1997_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_England
1997 United Kingdom general election in England
General election held in the United Kingdom
The 1997 United Kingdom general election in England was held on 1 May 1997 for 529 English seats to the House of Commons. Under Tony Blair, the Labour Party won a landslide majority of English seats, the first time since 1966 that Labour had won an overall majority of English seats.[2] The England result, together with even larger landslide Labour results in Scotland and Wales, gave Labour the biggest majority for any single party since 1931. Blair subsequently formed the first Labour government since 1979, beginning 13 years of Labour government.
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Main article: 1997 United Kingdom general election
More information Party, Seats ...
| Party[2] | Seats | Votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Gains | Losses | Net +/- | % seats | Total votes | % votes | Change | ||
| Labour | 328 | 133 | 1 |  132 |
62.0 | 11,347,882 | 43.5 | 9.6 | |
| Conservative | 165 | 0 | 159 |  159 |
31.2 | 8,780,881 | 33.7 | 11.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 34 | 26 | 1 | 25 |
6.4 | 4,677,565 | 18.0 | 1.3 | |
| Referendum | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
— | 746,624 | 2.9 | N/A | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
— | 103,521 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
0.2 | 69,464 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
— | 60,013 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
— | 44,516 | 0.2 | | |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
— | 44,114 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
— | 35,181 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Natural Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
— | 25,958 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
— | 24,447 | 0.1 | | |
| Speaker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
0.2 | 24,447 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Ind. Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
— | 18,667 | 0.1 | | |
| Prolife Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
— | 13,890 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Other parties | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
— | 42,020 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| 26,058,712 | 71.5 | 6.5 | |||||||
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Regional vote shares and changes are sourced from the House of Commons Library.[3]
North East
More information Party, Seats ...
| Party | Seats | Votes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Total | % | Change (%) | ||
| Labour | 28 | +3 | 862,262 | 64.0 | +10.7 | |||
| Conservative | 1 | -3 | 266,294 | 19.8 | -11.0 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | |
169,270 | 12.6 | -2.9 | |||
| Others | 0 | |
48,764 | 3.6 | — | |||
| Total | 30 | Turnout | 1,346,590 | |||||
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North West
More information Party, Seats ...
| Party | Seats | Votes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Total | % | Change (%) | ||
| Labour | 49 | +13 | 1,499,518 | 51.5 | +9.0 | |||
| Conservative | 9 | -14 | 859,436 | 29.5 | -11.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | |
421,025 | 14.5 | -1.0 | |||
| Others | 1 | +1 | 130,730 | 4.5 | — | |||
| Total | 60 | Turnout | 2,910,709 | |||||
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Merseyside
More information Party, Seats ...
| Party | Seats | Votes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Total | % | Change (%) | ||
| Labour | 15 | +3 | 442,366 | 64.0 | +10.4 | |||
| Conservative | 0 | -4 | 141,120 | 19.8 | -9.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | +1 | 103,152 | 12.6 | -2.4 | |||
| Others | 0 | |
28,158 | 3.6 | — | |||
| Total | 16 | Turnout | 714,796 | |||||
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Yorkshire and the Humber
More information Party, Seats ...
| Party | Seats | Votes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Total | % | Change (%) | ||
| Labour | 47 | +13 | 1,339,170 | 51.9 | +7.6 | |||
| Conservative | 7 | -15 | 720,771 | 28.0 | -10.0 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | +2 | 412,216 | 16.0 | -0.8 | |||
| Others | 0 | |
106,016 | 4.1 | — | |||
| Total | 56 | Turnout | 2,578,173 | |||||
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East Midlands
More information Party, Seats ...
| Party | Seats | Votes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Total | % | Change (%) | ||
| Labour | 30 | +15 | 1,097,639 | 47.8 | +10.4 | |||
| Conservative | 14 | -15 | 800,958 | 34.9 | -11.7 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | |
311,264 | 13.6 | -1.7 | |||
| Others | 0 | |
84,889 | 3.7 | — | |||
| Total | 44 | Turnout | 2,294,750 | |||||
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West Midlands
More information Party, Seats ...
| Party | Seats | Votes | ||||||
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| Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Total | % | Change (%) | ||
| Labour | 43 | +15 | 1,326,822 | 47.0 | +8.2 | |||
| Conservative | 14 | -17 | 953,465 | 33.7 | -11.0 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | +1 | 388,807 | 13.8 | -1.3 | |||
| Others | 1 | +1 | 156,731 | 5.5 | — | |||
| Total | 59 | Turnout | 2,825,825 | |||||
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East of England
More information Party, Seats ...
| Party | Seats | Votes | ||||||
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| Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Total | % | Change (%) | ||
| Conservative | 33 | -19 | 1,164,777 | 39.5 | -13.0 | |||
| Labour | 22 | +18 | 1,137,637 | 38.6 | +12.2 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | +1 | 504,416 | 17.1 | -2.7 | |||
| Others | 0 | |
140,337 | 4.8 | — | |||
| Total | 56 | Turnout | 2,947,167 | |||||
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London
More information Party, Seats ...
| Party | Seats | Votes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Total | % | Change (%) | ||
| Labour | 57 | +25 | 1,643,329 | 49.5 | +12.4 | |||
| Conservative | 11 | -30 | 1,036,082 | 31.2 | -14.1 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | +5 | 485,511 | 14.6 | -1.3 | |||
| Others | 0 | |
156,126 | 4.7 | — | |||
| Total | 74 | Turnout | 3,321,048 | |||||
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South East
More information Party, Seats ...
| Party | Seats | Votes | ||||||
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| Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Total | % | Change (%) | ||
| Conservative | 54 | -25 | 1,817,343 | 41.9 | -13.1 | |||
| Labour | 22 | +18 | 1,264,778 | 29.1 | +10.2 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 7 | +7 | 1,012,418 | 23.3 | -1.4 | |||
| Others | 0 | |
247,069 | 5.7 | — | |||
| Total | 83 | Turnout | 4,341,608 | |||||
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South West
More information Party, Seats ...
| Party | Seats | Votes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Total | % | Change (%) | ||
| Conservative | 22 | -17 | 1,020,635 | 36.7 | -10.8 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 14 | +8 | 869,486 | 31.3 | -0.1 | |||
| Labour | 15 | +9 | 734,361 | 26.4 | +7.2 | |||
| Others | 0 | |
153,564 | 5.5 | — | |||
| Total | 51 | Turnout | 2,778,046 | |||||
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- Conservative party leader John Major resigned as Leader of the Conservative Party on 22 June 1995 to face critics in his party and government, and was reelected as Leader on 4 July 1995. Prior to his resignation he had held the post of Leader of the Conservative Party since 28 November 1990.[1]
- "1995: Major wins Conservative leadership". BBC News. 4 July 1995.
- "General election results 1 May 1997". 9 May 1997. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- "GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS, 1 MAY 1997" (PDF). House of Commons Information Office. London. February 1999. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2021.