Python - Contar términos en una lista

lista = [1, 2, 3, 1, 1, 4, 2]

aparecen = {}

for elemento in lista:

    if elemento in aparecen:

        aparecen[elemento] += 1

    else:

        aparecen[elemento] = 1

print aparecen

from collections import Counter

a = [1, 2, 4, 6, 6, 7, 8, 1, 1, 2, 3]

for e, q in sorted(Counter(a).items(), key=lambda x: x[0]):

        print("Element: {} Quantity: {}".format(e, q))

Element: 1 Quantity: 3

Element: 2 Quantity: 2

Element: 3 Quantity: 1

Element: 4 Quantity: 1

Element: 6 Quantity: 2

Element: 7 Quantity: 1

Element: 8 Quantity: 1