1997 General election results summary

Chart: Seats won at the 1997 general election

Lab — 418
Con — 165
Lib Dem — 46
Others — 30

Table: 1997 general election results summary

Party	Seats	Gain	Loss	Net	Votes	%	±%
Labour	418	145	0	+145	13,518,167	43.2	+8.8
Conservative	165	0	178	–178	9,600,943	30.7	–11.2
Liberal Democrat	46	30	2	+28	5,242,947	16.8	–1
Ulster Unionist	10	1	0	+1	258,349	0.8	0
Scottish National	6	3	0	+3	621,550	2.0	+0.1
Plaid Cymru	4	0	0	0	161,030	0.5	0
SDLP	3	0	1	–1	190,814	0.6	+0.1
Sinn Féin	2	2	0	+2	126,921	0.4	0
Democratic Unionist	2	0	1	–1	107,348	0.3	0
Speaker	1				23,969	0.1
UK Unionist	1	1	0	+1	12,817	0
Independent	1	1	0	+1	64,482	0.1	0

Source: House of Commons Research Paper 01/38 (pdf)

BBC coverage of the 1997 general election results

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