1997 General election results summary
PM Tony Blair
Held on Thursday, 1 May
Electorate – 43,714,673
Turnout – 71.4%
Table: 1997 general election results summary
| Party |
Seats |
Votes |
% Share |
Candidates |
| |
Labour |
418 |
13,518,167 |
43.2 |
639 |
|
Conservative |
165 |
9,600,943 |
30.7 |
648 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
46 |
5,242,947 |
16.8 |
639 |
|
Ulster Unionist |
10 |
258,349 |
0.8 |
16 |
|
Scottish National |
6 |
621,550 |
2.0 |
72 |
|
Plaid Cymru |
4 |
161,030 |
0.5 |
40 |
|
SDLP |
3 |
190,814 |
0.6 |
3 |
|
Sinn Fein |
2 |
126,921 |
0.4 |
17 |
|
Democratic Unionist |
2 |
107,348 |
0.3 |
9 |
|
Speaker |
1 |
23,969 |
0.1 |
1 |
|
UK Unionist Group |
1 |
12,817 |
?? |
1 |
|
Others |
1 |
159,639 |
0.5 |
297 |
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