§ Lord Pearson of Rannochasked Her Majesty's Government:
What percentage of the electorate voted Labour at the last general election. [HL3803]
§ The Minister of State, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (Lord Falconer of Thoroton)The table below sets out the number of votes and the percentage of the total electorate who voted for all parties represented in the House of Commons at the last general election. No other party received more than 166.500 votes—0.38 per cent of the total electorate. From this it can be seen that 10,724,953 electors voted for candidates representing the Labour Party out of a total electorate of 44,407,238. This represents 24.15 per cent.
Party: Votes* Percentage of total electorate Labour 10,724,953 24.15 Conservative 8,357,615 18.82 Liberal Democrats 4,814,321 10.84 SNP 464,314 1.05 UKIP 390,563 0.88 Ulster Unionist 216,839 0.48 Plaid Cymru 195,893 0.44 DUP 181,999 0.41 Sinn Fein 175,933 0.40 SDLP 169,865 0.38 Kidderminster HHC 28,487 0.06 Note: * Taken from Table 3 in Election 2001: The Official Results published by the Electoral Commission