UK Polling History: Election of 1 May 1997 – Perth
Result summary
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| SNP | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrat |
Other | |
| Votes | 16,209 | 13,068 | 11,036 | 3,583 | 655 |
| Votes gained | – | -9,416 | -581 | – | -892 |
| Share of votes | 36.4% | 29.3% | 24.8% | 8.0% | 1.5% |
| Share of eligible voters | 26.9% | 21.7% | 18.3% | 5.9% | 1.1% |
| Gain in share of votes | – | -33.7% | -7.8% | – | -2.9% |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | – | -19.5% | -3.0% | – | -1.7% |
| Total votes: | 44,551 | |
| Electorate: | 60,313 | |
| Turnout: | 73.9% | |
| Outcome: | SNP gain from Conservative | |
| Swing: | 15.4% | Other from Conservative |
Polling history
List of contests
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First contested 14 December 1918 |
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Constituency succeeded by Perth and East Perthshire 23 February 1950 |
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Constituency formed from Perth and Kinross 1 May 1997 |
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Constituency succeeded by Ochil and South Perthshire, Perth and North Perthshire 5 May 2005 |
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| Date | Type | Parties | |||||||
| Conservative | Labour | Liberal | SNP | Liberal Democrat |
Independent Labour |
Other | National Liberal |
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| Date | Type | Parties | |||||||
| Conservative | Labour | Liberal | SNP | Liberal Democrat |
Independent Labour |
Other | National Liberal |
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| 7 June 2001 | General Election | 11,189 | 9,638 | 11,237 | 4,853 | 899 | |||
| 1 May 1997 | General Election | 13,068 | 11,036 | 16,209 | 3,583 | 655 | |||
| 5 July 1945 | General Election | 22,484 | 11,617 | 1,547 | |||||
| 14 November 1935 | General Election | 23,011 | 8,209 | ||||||
| 27 October 1931 | General Election | 19,254 | 15,396 | 3,705 | |||||
| 30 May 1929 | General Election | 14,229 | 8,291 | 12,699 | |||||
| 29 October 1924 | General Election | 13,022 | 5,316 | 7,998 | |||||
| 6 December 1923 | General Election | 11,134 | 12,655 | ||||||
| 15 November 1922 | General Election | 11,387 | 4,651 | 5,874 | 2,689 | ||||
| 14 December 1918 | General Election | ||||||||