UK Polling History: Election of 1 May 1997 – Eltham
Result summary
| Parties | ||||
| Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrat |
Other | |
| Votes | 23,710 | 13,528 | 3,701 | 2,489 |
| Votes gained | +6,563 | -5,285 | -1,103 | +2,324 |
| Share of votes | 54.6% | 31.2% | 8.5% | 5.7% |
| Share of eligible voters | 41.3% | 23.6% | 6.5% | 4.3% |
| Gain in share of votes | +12.7% | -14.8% | -3.2% | +5.3% |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | +8.4% | -12.6% | -2.8% | +4.0% |
| Total votes: | 43,428 | |
| Electorate: | 57,358 | |
| Turnout: | 75.7% | |
| Outcome: | Labour gain from Conservative | |
| Swing: | 13.8% | Labour from Conservative |
Polling history
List of contests
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Constituency formed from Woolwich West 9 June 1983 |
| Date | Type | Parties | |||||||
| Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrat |
Alliance | Other | UKIP | Green | Brexit | ||
| Date | Type | Parties | |||||||
| Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrat |
Alliance | Other | UKIP | Green | Brexit | ||
| 12 December 2019 | General Election | 20,550 | 17,353 | 2,941 | 1,322 | 1,523 | |||
| 8 June 2017 | General Election | 25,128 | 18,832 | 1,457 | 738 | ||||
| 7 May 2015 | General Election | 18,393 | 15,700 | 1,308 | 6,481 | 1,275 | |||
| 6 May 2010 | General Election | 17,416 | 15,753 | 5,299 | 2,066 | 1,011 | 419 | ||
| 5 May 2005 | General Election | 15,381 | 12,105 | 5,669 | 2,150 | ||||
| 7 June 2001 | General Election | 17,855 | 10,859 | 4,121 | 957 | ||||
| 1 May 1997 | General Election | 23,710 | 13,528 | 3,701 | 2,489 | ||||
| 9 April 1992 | General Election | 17,147 | 18,813 | 4,804 | 165 | ||||
| 11 June 1987 | General Election | 13,292 | 19,752 | 8,542 | |||||
| 9 June 1983 | General Election | 11,938 | 19,530 | 9,030 | 276 | ||||