UK Polling History: Election of 1 May 1997
The map below is experimental, as the geographic locations and boundaries of historical constituencies are
not readily available. For an alphabetical table of constituencies,
click here.
Election result map
Result summary
| Parties | ||||||||||||
| Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrat |
Ulster Unionist |
SNP | Plaid Cymru |
SDLP | DUP | Sinn Fein |
Other | UKIP | Alliance (NI) |
|
| Total seats | 418 | 165 | 46 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – |
| Total votes | 13,518,167 | 9,591,085 | 5,242,947 | 258,349 | 621,550 | 161,030 | 190,814 | 107,348 | 126,921 | 1,392,284 | 12,817 | 62,972 |
| Seats gained | +128 | -154 | +20 | – | +2 | +1 | -1 | -1 | +2 | -2 | – | – |
| Votes gained | +1,516,844 | -3,896,553 | -695,619 | -45,277 | -12,375 | +7,118 | -12,397 | -14,832 | +32,986 | +612,823 | – | -6,911 |
| Share of votes | 43.2% | 30.7% | 16.8% | 0.8% | 2.0% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 4.5% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| Share of eligible voters | 30.8% | 21.9% | 12.0% | 0.6% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 3.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Gain in share of votes | +8.4% | -10.8% | -0.3% | -0.2% | +0.3% | +0.1% | -0.0% | -0.0% | +0.1% | +3.3% | +0.0% | -0.0% |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | +4.0% | -10.2% | -1.2% | -0.2% | +0.1% | +0.0% | -0.1% | -0.0% | +0.1% | +2.3% | +0.0% | -0.0% |
| Total votes: | 31,286,284 | |
| Electorate: | 43,846,343 | |
| Turnout: | 71.4% | |
| Swing: | 9.6% | Labour from Conservative |