Speech Index : 1997 General Election
Below are the results of the 1997 General Election, with the results of all parties who secured the election of at least one MP.
|
Party: |
Votes: |
% Share of Vote: |
Number of Candidates: |
MPs Elected: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Labour |
13518167 |
43.2% |
639 |
418 |
|
Conservative |
9600943 |
30.7% |
648 |
165 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
5242947 |
16.8% |
639 |
46 |
|
Scottish National |
621550 |
2.0% |
72 |
6 |
|
Plaid Cymru |
161030 |
0.5% |
40 |
4 |
|
Ulster Unionist |
258349 |
0.8% |
16 |
10 |
|
Democratic Unionist |
107348 |
0.3% |
9 |
2 |
|
SDLP |
190814 |
0.6% |
18 |
3 |
|
Popular Unionist |
19305 |
0.1% |
1 |
1 |
|
Sinn Fein |
126921 |
0.4% |
17 |
2 |
|
Speaker |
23969 |
0.1% |
1 |
1 |
|
United Kingdom Unionist |
12817 |
0.0% |
1 |
1 |
|
Independent (Martin Bell) |
29354 |
0.1% |
1 |
1 |