UK Polling History: Election of 1 May 1997 – Eastwood
Result summary
| Parties | |||||
| Labour | Conservative | SNP | Liberal Democrat |
Other | |
| Votes | 20,766 | 17,530 | 6,826 | 6,110 | 1,020 |
| Votes gained | +8,330 | -6,594 | +454 | -2,383 | +874 |
| Share of votes | 39.7% | 33.5% | 13.1% | 11.7% | 2.0% |
| Share of eligible voters | 31.1% | 26.3% | 10.2% | 9.2% | 1.5% |
| Gain in share of votes | +15.6% | -13.2% | +0.7% | -4.8% | +1.7% |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | +11.6% | -11.6% | +0.2% | -4.2% | +1.3% |
| Total votes: | 52,252 | |
| Electorate: | 66,769 | |
| Turnout: | 78.3% | |
| Outcome: | Labour gain from Conservative | |
| Swing: | 14.4% | Labour from Conservative |
Polling history
List of contests
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Constituency formed from East Renfrewshire 9 June 1983 |
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Constituency succeeded by East Renfrewshire 5 May 2005 |
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| Date | Type | Parties | |||||
| Conservative | Labour | Alliance | SNP | Liberal Democrat |
Other | ||
| Date | Type | Parties | |||||
| Conservative | Labour | Alliance | SNP | Liberal Democrat |
Other | ||
| 7 June 2001 | General Election | 13,895 | 23,036 | 4,137 | 6,239 | 1,061 | |
| 1 May 1997 | General Election | 17,530 | 20,766 | 6,826 | 6,110 | 1,020 | |
| 9 April 1992 | General Election | 24,124 | 12,436 | 6,372 | 8,493 | 146 | |
| 11 June 1987 | General Election | 19,388 | 12,305 | 13,374 | 4,033 | ||
| 9 June 1983 | General Election | 21,072 | 9,083 | 12,477 | 2,618 | ||