List of MPs who lost their seat in the 1997 United Kingdom general election

This is a list of MPs who lost their seat at the 1997 general election. In total, 133 MPs lost their seats. Many Conservative MPs were defeated by Blair Babes.^[1]

List[edit]

Party		Name	Constituency	Office held whilst in power	Year elected	Defeated by
	Conservative Party	Raymond Robertson	Aberdeen South		1992	Anne Begg	Labour Party
		George Kynoch	Kincardine and Deeside, contesting West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (1995-1997)	1992	Robert Smith	Liberal Democrats
		Phillip Oppenheim^[2]	Amber Valley	Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (1996-1997)	1983	Judy Mallaber	Labour Party
		Phil Gallie	Ayr		1992	Sandra Osborne	Labour Party
		Elizabeth Peacock	Batley and Spen		1983	Mike Wood	Labour Party
		John Bowis	Battersea	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of state for Transport (1996-1997)	1987	Martin Linton	Labour Party
		David Evennett	Erith and Crayford, contesting Bexleyheath and Crayford		1983	Nigel Beard	Labour Party
		Andrew Hargreaves	Birmingham Hall Green		1987	Steve McCabe	Labour Party
		Harold Elletson	Blackpool North, contesting Blackpool North and Fleetwood		1992	Joan Humble	Labour Party
		Tom Sackville	Bolton West	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Office (1995-1997)	1983	Ruth Kelly	Labour Party
		Tony Newton	Braintree	Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council (1992-1997)	1974	Alan Hurst	Labour Party
		Jonathan Evans	Brecon and Radnorshire	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (1996-1997)	1992	Richard Livsey	Liberal Democrats
		Rhodes Boyson	Brent North	Minister of State for Local Government (1986-1987)	1974	Barry Gardiner	Labour Party
		Nirj Deva	Brentford and Isleworth		1992	Ann Keen	Labour Party
		Andrew Bowden	Brighton Kemptown		1970	Des Turner	Labour Party
		Derek Spencer	Brighton Pavilion	Solicitor General for England and Wales (1992-1997)	1992	David Lepper	Labour Party
		Michael Stern	Bristol North West		1983	Doug Naysmith	Labour Party
		William Waldegrave	Bristol West	Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1995-1997)	1979	Valerie Davey	Labour Party
		Jim Lester	Broxtowe		1974	Nick Palmer	Labour Party
		Ivan Lawrence	Burton	Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee (1992-1997)	1974	Janet Dean	Labour Party
		Alistair Burt	Bury North	Minister of State for the Department of Social Security (1995-1997)	1983	David Chaytor	Labour Party
		David Sumberg	Bury South		1983	Ivan Lewis	Labour Party
		Donald Thompson	Calder Valley		1979	Christine McCafferty	Labour Party
		Gwilym Jones	Cardiff North	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (1994-1997)	1983	Julie Morgan	Labour Party
		Nigel Forman	Carshalton and Wallington	Minister of Higher Education (1992)	1976	Tom Brake	Liberal Democrats (UK)
		Bob Spink	Castle Point		1992	Christine Butler	Labour Party
		Gyles Brandreth	City of Chester	Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (1996-1997)	1992	Christine Russell	Labour Party
		Den Dover	Chorley		1979	Lindsay Hoyle	Labour Party
		Michael Brown	Brigg and Cleethorpes, contesting Cleethorpes		1979	Shona McIsaac	Labour Party
		Rod Richards	Clwyd North West, contesting Clwyd West	Under-Secretary of State for Wales (1994-1996)	1992	Gareth Thomas	Labour Party
		Graham Riddick	Colne Valley		1987	Kali Mountford	Labour Party
		William Powell	Corby		1983	Phil Hope	Labour Party
		Malcolm Thornton	Crosby		1979	Claire Curtis-Thomas	Labour Party
		David Congdon	Croydon North East, contesting Croydon Central		1992	Geraint Davies	Labour Party
		Bob Dunn	Dartford		1979	Howard Stoate	Labour Party
		Greg Knight	Derby North	Minister of State for Industry (1996-1997)	1983	Bob Laxton	Labour Party
		Edwina Currie	South Derbyshire	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (1986-1988)	1983	Mark Todd	Labour Party
		David Shaw	Dover		1987	Gwyn Prosser	Labour Party
		Harry Greenway	Ealing North		1979	Stephen Pound	Labour Party
		Malcolm Rifkind	Edinburgh Pentlands	Foreign Secretary (1995-1997)	1974	Lynda Clark	Labour Party
		James Douglas-Hamilton	Edinburgh West	Minister of State for Scotland (1995-1997)	1974	Donald Gorrie	Liberal Democrats (UK)
		Ian Twinn	Edmonton		1983	Andy Love	Labour Party
		Spencer Batiste	Elmet		1983	Colin Burgon	Labour Party
		Michael Portillo	Enfield Southgate	Secretary of State for Defence (1995-1997)	1984	Stephen Twigg	Labour Party
		Angela Knight	Erewash	Economic Secretary to the Treasury (1995-1997)	1992	Liz Blackman	Labour Party
		Sebastian Coe	Falmouth and Camborne		1992	Candy Atherton	Labour Party
		John Marshall	Hendon South, contesting Finchley and Golders Green		1987	Rudi Vis	Labour Party
		Paul Marland	West Gloucestershire, contesting Forest of Dean	Chairman of the Home Agriculture Committee (1989-1997)	1979	Diana Organ	Labour Party
		Ian Lang	Galloway and Upper Nithsdale	President of the Board of Trade and Secretary of State for Trade & Industry (1995-1997)	1979	Alasdair Morgan	Scottish National Party
		Andrew Mitchell	Gedling	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (1995-1997)	1987	Vernon Coaker	Labour Party
		James Couchman	Gillingham		1983	Paul Clark	Labour Party
		Douglas French	Gloucester		1987	Tess Kingham	Labour Party
		Jacques Arnold	Gravesham		1987	Chris Pond	Labour Party
		Michael Carttiss	Great Yarmouth		1983	Anthony Wright	Labour Party
		Matthew Carrington	Fulham, contesting Hammersmith and Fulham		1987	Iain Coleman	Labour Party
		Jerry Hayes	Harlow		1983	Bill Rammell	Labour Party
		Norman Lamont	Kingston-upon-Thames, contesting Harrogate and Knaresborough	Chancellor of the Exchequer (1990-1993)	1972	Phil Willis	Liberal Democrats
		Hugh Dykes	Harrow East		1970	Tony McNulty	Labour Party
		Robert Hughes	Harrow West		1987	Gareth Thomas	Labour Party
		Iain Sproat	Harwich	Minister for Sport (1993-1997)	1992	Ivan Henderson	Labour Party
		Jacqui Lait	Hastings and Rye	Assistant Whip (1996-1997)	1992	Michael Foster	Labour Party
		Robert Jones	West Hertfordshire, contesting Hemel Hempstead	Minister of State for Construction (1995-1997)	1983	Tony McWalter	Labour Party
		John Gorst	Hendon North, contesting Hendon		1970	Andrew Dismore	Labour Party
		Colin Shepherd	Hereford		1974	Paul Keetch	Liberal Democrats (UK)
Charles Hendry	High Peak		1992	Tom Levitt		Labour Party
Robin Squire	Hornchurch	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (1995-1997)	1979	John Cryer		Labour Party
Vivian Bendall	Ilford North		1978	Linda Perham		Labour Party
Gary Waller	Keighley		1979	Ann Cryer		Labour Party
Roger Freeman	Kettering	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1995-1997)	1983	Phil Sawford		Labour Party
Richard Tracey	Surbiton, contesting Kingston and Surbiton	Minister for Sport (1985-1987)	1983	Ed Davey		Liberal Democrats
Keith Mans	Wyre, contesting Lancaster and Wyre		1987	Hilton Dawson		Labour Party
Timothy Kirkhope	Leeds North East	Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office (1995-1997)	1987	Fabian Hamilton		Labour Party
Keith Hampson	Leeds North West		1974	Harold Best		Labour Party
Tim Rathbone	Lewes		1974	Norman Baker		Liberal Democrats
Graham Bright	Luton South		1979	Margaret Moran		Labour Party
Peggy Fenner	Medway		1979	Bob Marshall-Andrews		Labour Party
Michael Bates	Langbaurgh, contesting Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Paymaster General (1996-1997)	1992	Ashok Kumar		Labour Party
Barry Legg	Milton Keynes South West		1992	Phyllis Starkey		Labour Party
Angela Rumbold	Mitcham and Morden		1982	Siobhain McDonagh		Labour Party
Roger Evans	Monmouth	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (1994-1997)	1992	Huw Edwards		Labour Party
Mark Lennox-Boyd	Morecambe and Lunesdale	Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Foreign Office (1990-1994)	1979	Geraldine Smith		Labour Party
Richard Alexander	Newark		1979	Fiona Jones		Labour Party
Peter Butler	North East Milton Keynes		1992	Brian White		Labour Party
Bill Walker	Tayside North		1979	John Swinney		Scottish National Party
Henry Bellingham	North West Norfolk		1983	George Turner		Labour Party
Tony Marlow	Northampton North		1979	Sally Keeble		Labour Party
Michael Morris	Northampton South	Chairman of Ways and Means (1992-1997)	1974	Tony Clarke		Labour Party
John Cope	Northavon	Paymaster General (1992-1994)	1974	Steve Webb		Liberal Democrats
Peter Griffiths	Portsmouth North		1979	Syd Rapson		Labour Party
David Martin	Portsmouth South		1987	Mike Hancock		Liberal Democrats
David Mellor	Putney	Secretary of State for National Heritage (1992)	1979	Tony Colman		Labour Party
John Watts	Slough, contesting Reading East	Minister of State for Transport (1994-1997)	1983	Jane Griffiths		Labour Party
Jeremy Hanley	Richmond and Barnes, contesting Richmond Park	Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1995-1997)	1983	Jenny Tonge		Liberal Democrats
Michael Neubert	Romford	Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces (1988-1990)	1974	Eileen Gordon		Labour Party
Jim Pawsey	Rugby and Kenilworth		1979	Andy King		Labour Party
John Sykes	Scarborough, contesting Scarborough and Whitby		1992	Lawrie Quinn		Labour Party
Irvine Patnick	Sheffield Hallam	Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (1990-1994)	1987	Richard Allan		Liberal Democrats
Marcus Fox	Shipley	Chairman of the 1922 Committee (1992-1997)	1970	Chris Leslie		Labour Party
Derek Conway	Shrewsbury and Atcham	Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (1996-1997)	1983	Paul Marsden		Labour Party
Roger Moate	Faversham, contesting Sittingbourne and Sheppey		1970	Derek Wyatt		Labour Party
Mark Robinson	Somerton and Frome	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (1985-1987)	1992	David Heath		Liberal Democrats
Robert Atkins	South Ribble	Minister of State for Environment and Countryside (1994-1995)	1979	David Borrow		Labour Party
Simon Coombs	Swindon, contesting Swindon South		1983	Julia Drown		Labour Party
Jonathan Aitken	South Thanet	Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1994-1995)	1974	Stephen Ladyman		Labour Party
James Hill	Southampton Test		1979	Alan Whitehead		Labour Party
Matthew Gordon-Banks	Southport		1992	Ronnie Fearn		Liberal Democrats
Timothy Wood	Stevenage	Comptroller of the Household (1995-1997)	1983	Barbara Follett		Labour Party
Michael Forsyth	Stirling	Secretary of State for Scotland (1995-1997)	1983	Anne McGuire		Labour Party
Tim Devlin	Stockton South		1987	Dari Taylor		Labour Party
Warren Hawksley	Halesowen and Stourbridge, contesting Stourbridge		1992	Debra Shipley		Labour Party
Roger Knapman	Stroud	Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (1996-1997)	1987	David Drew		Labour Party
Olga Maitland	Sutton and Cheam		1992	Paul Burstow		Liberal Democrats
Neil Hamilton	Tatton	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Corporate Affairs (1992-1994)	1983	Martin Bell		Independent
David Nicholson	Taunton		1987	Jackie Ballard		Liberal Democrats
Rupert Allason	Torbay		1987	Adrian Sanders		Liberal Democrats
Toby Jessel	Twickenham		1970	Vince Cable		Liberal Democrats
Nicholas Bonsor	Upminster	Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (1995-1997)	1979	Keith Darvill		Labour Party
Walter Sweeney	Vale of Glamorgan		1992	John Smith		Labour Party
Dudley Smith	Warwick and Leamington	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment (1970-1974)	1968	James Plaskitt		Labour Party
David Porter	Waveney		1987	Bob Blizzard		Labour Party
Peter Fry	Wellingborough		1969	Paul Stinchcombe		Labour Party
David Evans	Welwyn Hatfield		1987	Melanie Johnson		Labour Party
Charles Goodson-Wickes	Wimbledon		1987	Roger Casale		Labour Party
Gerry Malone	Winchester		1992	Mark Oaten		Liberal Democrats
David Hunt	Wirral West	Secretary of State for Wales (1995)	1976	Stephen Hesford		Labour Party
Nicholas Budgen	Wolverhampton South West		1974	Jenny Jones		Labour Party
Anthony Coombs	Wyre Forest		1987	David Lock		Labour Party
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Maddock	Christchurch		1993	Christopher Chope	Conservative Party
		Chris Davies	Littleborough and Saddleworth, contesting Oldham East and Saddleworth		1995	Phil Woolas	Labour Party
		Liz Lynne	Rochdale		1992	Lorna Fitzsimons	Labour Party
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Joe Hendron	Belfast West		1992	Gerry Adams	Sinn Féin
	Democratic Unionist Party	William McCrea	Mid Ulster		1983	Martin McGuinness	Sinn Féin
	Referendum Party	George Gardiner^[3]	Reigate		1974	Crispin Blunt	Conservative Party

References[edit]

^ "Labour's 1997 victory was a watershed for women – but our gains are at risk | Harriet Harman". The Guardian. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
^ "Parliamentary career for Hon Phillip Oppenheim - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
^ Elected as a Conservative MP

[1] "Labour's 1997 victory was a watershed for women – but our gains are at risk | Harriet Harman". The Guardian. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2021.

[2] "Parliamentary career for Hon Phillip Oppenheim - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2021.

[3] Elected as a Conservative MP

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v t e 1997 United Kingdom general election
MPs elected Scotland Wales Northern Ireland MPs who lost their seat Opinion polling Results Results by constituency
Incumbent Prime Minister: John Major (Conservative) Appointed Prime Minister: Tony Blair (Labour)
Parties elected to the House of Commons	Labour (Tony Blair) Conservative (John Major) Liberal Democrats (Paddy Ashdown) Ulster Unionist Party (David Trimble) Scottish National Party (Alex Salmond) Plaid Cymru (Dafydd Wigley) Social Democratic and Labour Party (John Hume) Sinn Féin (Gerry Adams) Democratic Unionist Party (Ian Paisley) UK Unionist Party (Robert McCartney)
Results by area	England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
See also	Blair Babe Martin Bell Enfield Southgate in the election Portillo moment New Labour, New Danger Referendum Party The Queen
1997 United Kingdom local elections