UK Polling History: Election of 1 May 1997 – Waveney
Result summary
| Parties | ||||
| Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrat |
Other | |
| Votes | 31,486 | 19,393 | 5,054 | 318 |
| Votes gained | +5,014 | -13,781 | -3,871 | +16 |
| Share of votes | 56.0% | 34.5% | 9.0% | 0.6% |
| Share of eligible voters | 41.7% | 25.7% | 6.7% | 0.4% |
| Gain in share of votes | +17.5% | -13.7% | -4.0% | +0.1% |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | +10.3% | -13.7% | -3.9% | +0.1% |
| Total votes: | 56,251 | |
| Electorate: | 75,420 | |
| Turnout: | 74.6% | |
| Outcome: | Labour gain from Conservative | |
| Swing: | 15.6% | Labour from Conservative |
Polling history
List of contests
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Constituency formed from Lowestoft 9 June 1983 |
| Date | Type | Parties | ||||||
| Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrat |
Alliance | UKIP | Green | Other | ||
| Date | Type | Parties | ||||||
| Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrat |
Alliance | UKIP | Green | Other | ||
| 12 December 2019 | General Election | 31,778 | 13,776 | 2,603 | 2,727 | 245 | ||
| 8 June 2017 | General Election | 28,643 | 19,428 | 1,012 | 1,933 | 1,332 | 326 | |
| 7 May 2015 | General Election | 22,104 | 19,696 | 1,055 | 7,580 | 1,761 | ||
| 6 May 2010 | General Election | 20,571 | 19,802 | 6,811 | 2,684 | 1,167 | 106 | |
| 5 May 2005 | General Election | 16,590 | 22,505 | 7,497 | 3,061 | |||
| 7 June 2001 | General Election | 15,361 | 23,914 | 5,370 | 2,522 | |||
| 1 May 1997 | General Election | 19,393 | 31,486 | 5,054 | 318 | |||
| 9 April 1992 | General Election | 33,174 | 26,472 | 8,925 | 302 | |||
| 11 June 1987 | General Election | 31,067 | 19,284 | 13,845 | ||||
| 9 June 1983 | General Election | 30,371 | 16,073 | 12,234 | ||||