UK Polling History: Election of 1 May 1997 – Blaby
Result summary
| Parties | ||||
| Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrat |
Other | |
| Votes | 24,564 | 18,090 | 8,001 | 2,938 |
| Votes gained | -14,934 | +3,939 | -5,779 | +2,157 |
| Share of votes | 45.8% | 33.8% | 14.9% | 5.5% |
| Share of eligible voters | 34.9% | 25.7% | 11.4% | 4.2% |
| Gain in share of votes | -12.1% | +13.0% | -5.3% | +4.3% |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | -13.4% | +8.4% | -5.5% | +3.2% |
| Total votes: | 53,593 | |
| Electorate: | 70,471 | |
| Turnout: | 76.0% | |
| Outcome: | Conservative hold | |
| Swing: | 12.5% | Labour from Conservative |
Polling history
List of contests
| Date | Type | Parties | |||||
| Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrat |
Liberal | Alliance | Other | ||
| Date | Type | Parties | |||||
| Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrat |
Liberal | Alliance | Other | ||
| 5 May 2005 | General Election | 22,487 | 14,614 | 9,382 | 2,905 | ||
| 7 June 2001 | General Election | 22,104 | 15,895 | 8,286 | 1,357 | ||
| 1 May 1997 | General Election | 24,564 | 18,090 | 8,001 | 2,938 | ||
| 9 April 1992 | General Election | 39,498 | 14,151 | 13,780 | 781 | ||
| 11 June 1987 | General Election | 37,732 | 9,046 | 15,556 | |||
| 9 June 1983 | General Election | 32,689 | 6,838 | 15,573 | 568 | ||
| 3 May 1979 | General Election | 33,221 | 12,581 | 9,277 | 2,056 | ||
| 10 October 1974 | General Election | 25,405 | 13,244 | 12,290 | |||
| 28 February 1974 | General Election | 26,892 | 13,749 | 14,594 | |||