Home General Elections 1 May 1997 Rossendale and Darwen

UK Polling History: Election of 1 May 1997 – Rossendale and Darwen

Result summary

Parties
Labour Conservative Liberal
Democrat		 Other
Votes 27,470 16,521 5,435 1,782
Votes gained -558 -11,387 -1,791 +1,061
Share of votes 53.6% 32.3% 10.6% 3.5%
Share of eligible voters 39.2% 23.5% 7.7% 2.5%
Gain in share of votes +9.8% -11.4% -0.7% +2.4%
Gain in share of eligible voters +2.7% -12.7% -1.6% +1.6%
Total votes: 51,208
Electorate: 70,154
Turnout: 73.0%
Outcome: Labour hold
Swing: 10.6% Labour from Conservative

Polling history

Plot

List of contests

« Constituency formed from
Darwen, Heywood and Royton, Rossendale
9 June 1983
Date Type Parties
Conservative Labour Liberal
Democrat		 Alliance Reform
UK		 UKIP Other Green Others
Date Type Parties
Conservative Labour Liberal
Democrat		 Alliance Reform
UK		 UKIP Other Green Others
4 July 2024 General Election 12,619 18,247 1,241 9,695 2,325 491
12 December 2019 General Election 27,570 18,048 2,011 1,193 0
8 June 2017 General Election 25,499 22,283 1,550 824 0
7 May 2015 General Election 22,847 17,193 806 6,862 270 1,046 0
6 May 2010 General Election 19,691 15,198 8,541 1,617 2,081 0
5 May 2005 General Election 15,397 19,073 6,670 3,297 0
7 June 2001 General Election 15,281 20,251 6,079 0
1 May 1997 General Election 16,521 27,470 5,435 1,782 0
9 April 1992 General Election 27,908 28,028 7,226 721 0
11 June 1987 General Election 28,056 23,074 9,097 0
9 June 1983 General Election 27,214 18,393 12,246 0

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