Chart: Seats won at the 1997 general election
Lab — 418 |
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Con — 165 |
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Lib Dem — 46 |
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Others — 30 |
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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