Scotland: 2001 general election results
How Scotland voted at the 2001 general election: Labour won 55 of 72 seats with 43.3% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 55 | −1 | 1,001,173 | 43.3% | −2.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 10 | 0 | 378,034 | 16.3% | +3.4 | |
| Scottish National Party | 5 | −1 | 464,314 | 20.1% | −2.0 | |
| Conservative | 1 | +1 | 360,658 | 15.6% | −1.9 | |
| Others | 1 | +1 | 109,522 | 4.7% | +2.8 |
Change compared with the 1997 general election in Scotland.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen Central | Lab | 6,646 | 25.2 | 52.7% | Lab hold |
| Aberdeen North | Lab | 4,449 | 14.7 | 57.4% | Lab hold |
| Aberdeen South | Lab | 4,388 | 11.9 | 62.5% | Lab hold |
| Airdrie and Shotts | Lab | 12,340 | 38.9 | 54.4% | Lab hold |
| Angus | SNP | 3,611 | 10.3 | 59.3% | SNP hold |
| Argyll and Bute | LD | 1,653 | 5.3 | 63.0% | LD hold |
| Ayr | Lab | 2,545 | 6.6 | 69.3% | Lab hold |
| Banff and Buchan | SNP | 10,503 | 34.1 | 54.4% | SNP hold |
| Caithness Sutherland and Easter Ross | LD | 2,744 | 11.0 | 60.2% | LD hold |
| Carrick Cumnock and Doon Valley | Lab | 14,856 | 37.0 | 61.8% | Lab hold |
| Central Fife | Lab | 10,075 | 31.0 | 54.6% | Lab hold |
| Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab | 10,724 | 33.0 | 62.5% | Lab hold |
| Clydesdale | Lab | 7,794 | 20.4 | 59.3% | Lab hold |
| Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab | 15,314 | 50.5 | 58.1% | Lab hold |
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Lab | 7,520 | 25.3 | 59.7% | Lab hold |
| Cunninghame North | Lab | 8,398 | 24.8 | 61.5% | Lab hold |
| Cunninghame South | Lab | 11,230 | 40.0 | 56.2% | Lab hold |
| Dumbarton | Lab | 9,575 | 28.2 | 61.1% | Lab hold |
| Dumfries | Lab | 8,834 | 20.7 | 67.0% | Lab hold |
| Dundee East | Lab | 4,466 | 13.8 | 57.3% | Lab hold |
| Dundee West | Lab | 6,800 | 23.3 | 54.4% | Lab hold |
| Dunfermline East | Lab | 15,063 | 50.1 | 57.0% | Lab hold |
| Dunfermline West | Lab | 10,980 | 35.5 | 57.1% | Lab hold |
| East Kilbride | Lab | 12,755 | 30.6 | 62.6% | Lab hold |
| East Lothian | Lab | 10,830 | 29.4 | 62.5% | Lab hold |
| Eastwood | Lab | 9,141 | 18.9 | 70.8% | Lab hold |
| Edinburgh Central | Lab | 8,142 | 23.7 | 52.0% | Lab hold |
| Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Lab | 12,168 | 35.3 | 58.2% | Lab hold |
| Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab | 8,817 | 26.5 | 53.0% | Lab hold |
| Edinburgh Pentlands | Lab | 1,742 | 4.5 | 64.4% | Lab hold |
| Edinburgh South | Lab | 5,499 | 14.8 | 57.7% | Lab hold |
| Edinburgh West | LD | 7,589 | 19.2 | 63.2% | LD hold |
| Falkirk East | Lab | 10,712 | 31.8 | 57.9% | Lab hold |
| Falkirk West | Lab | 8,532 | 27.6 | 57.1% | Lab hold |
| Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | Con | 74 | 0.2 | 67.4% | Con gain from SNP |
| Glasgow Anniesland | Lab | 11,054 | 41.4 | 50.1% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Baillieston | Lab | 9,839 | 42.3 | 47.2% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Cathcart | Lab | 10,816 | 39.5 | 52.6% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Govan | Lab | 6,400 | 25.3 | 46.8% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Kelvin | Lab | 7,260 | 27.1 | 43.6% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Maryhill | Lab | 9,888 | 44.5 | 40.1% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Pollok | Lab | 11,268 | 44.6 | 51.4% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab | 12,625 | 43.2 | 56.3% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | 9,818 | 48.0 | 39.7% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Springburn | Oth | 14,754 | 61.2 | 43.7% | Oth gain from Lab |
| Gordon | LD | 7,879 | 22.5 | 58.3% | LD hold |
| Greenock and Inverclyde | Lab | 9,890 | 34.8 | 59.3% | Lab hold |
| Hamilton North and Bellshill | Lab | 13,561 | 44.6 | 56.8% | Lab hold |
| Hamilton South | Lab | 10,775 | 40.3 | 57.3% | Lab hold |
| Inverness East Nairn and Lochaber | Lab | 4,716 | 11.1 | 63.9% | Lab hold |
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab | 10,334 | 27.4 | 61.7% | Lab hold |
| Kirkcaldy | Lab | 8,963 | 31.8 | 54.6% | Lab hold |
| Linlithgow | Lab | 9,129 | 28.8 | 58.0% | Lab hold |
| Livingston | Lab | 10,616 | 29.5 | 55.6% | Lab hold |
| Midlothian | Lab | 9,014 | 31.4 | 59.1% | Lab hold |
| Moray | SNP | 1,744 | 5.3 | 57.4% | SNP hold |
| Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab | 10,956 | 36.9 | 56.6% | Lab hold |
| North East Fife | LD | 9,736 | 28.1 | 56.0% | LD hold |
| North Tayside | SNP | 3,283 | 8.5 | 62.5% | SNP hold |
| Ochil | Lab | 5,349 | 15.2 | 61.3% | Lab hold |
| Orkney and Shetland | LD | 3,475 | 20.8 | 52.4% | LD hold |
| Paisley North | Lab | 9,321 | 34.3 | 56.6% | Lab hold |
| Paisley South | Lab | 11,910 | 39.0 | 57.2% | Lab hold |
| Perth | SNP | 48 | 0.1 | 61.5% | SNP hold |
| Ross Skye and Inverness West | LD | 12,952 | 37.2 | 62.3% | LD hold |
| Roxburgh and Berwickshire | LD | 7,511 | 26.1 | 60.6% | LD hold |
| Stirling | Lab | 6,274 | 17.5 | 67.7% | Lab hold |
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Lab | 11,717 | 28.2 | 66.0% | Lab hold |
| Tweeddale Ettrick and Lauderdale | LD | 5,157 | 15.5 | 63.4% | LD hold |
| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LD | 4,821 | 12.7 | 61.8% | LD hold |
| West Renfrewshire | Lab | 8,575 | 25.6 | 63.3% | Lab hold |
| Western Isles | Lab | 1,074 | 8.2 | 60.6% | Lab hold |
Questions and answers
Who won in Scotland at the 2001 general election?
Labour won 55 of the 72 seats in Scotland, with 43.3% of the vote.
How many seats were there in Scotland in 2001?
72 constituencies.
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