2001 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

2001 United Kingdom general election

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All 72 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout	58.2%, 13.1%
First party Second party   Leader Tony Blair Charles Kennedy Party Labour Liberal Democrats Leader since 21 July 1994 9 August 1999 Seats before 56 10 Seats won 56 10 Seat change Popular vote 1,017,226 380,034 Percentage 43.9% 16.4% Swing 1.7% 3.4% UK seats 413 52   Third party Fourth party   Leader John Swinney William Hague Party SNP Conservative Leader since 26 September 2000 19 June 1997 Seats before 6 0 Seats won 5 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 464,314 360,658 Percentage 20.1% 15.6% Swing 2.0% 1.9% UK seats 5 166
Coloured according to the winning party's vote share in each constituency

A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday, 7 June 2001 and all 72 seats in Scotland were contested. There was only one Scottish seat which changed parties during the election; that of Galloway and Upper Nithsdale which Peter Duncan of the Conservative Party gained from Alisdair Morgan of the SNP, by just 74 votes. Apart from the Conservatives increasing their representation to a single seat, the election was essentially a repeat of the previous result four years earlier; with Labour still the largest party in terms of seats won.