1997 United Kingdom general election in Wales
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![]() †Notional 1992 results if held on the 1997 boundaries *Indicates boundary change - so this is a notional figure. |
These are the results of the 1997 United Kingdom general election in Wales. The election was held on 1 May 1997 and all 40 seats in Wales were contested. The Labour Party won a landslide majority of Welsh MPs, gaining seven seats for a total of 34 out of 40. The Conservatives lost all of their Welsh MPs, leaving them without representation in Wales for the first time since universal suffrage was introduced. The Liberal Democrats gained 1 seat, whilst Plaid Cymru retained their 4 MPs.
Results
Below is a table summarising the results of the 1997 general election in Wales.[1]
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005B54;" data-sort-value="Plaid Cymru" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #bf475c;" data-sort-value="Referendum Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #EE1C25;" data-sort-value="Socialist Labour Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFBBBB;" data-sort-value="Independent Labour" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: white;" data-sort-value="Other parties" |Party[2] | Seats | Votes | |||||||
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Total | Gains | Losses | Net +/- | % seats | Total votes | % votes | Change | ||
Labour | 34 | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
85.0 | 885,935 | 54.7 | ![]() | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 8 | ![]() |
— | 317,127 | 19.6 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
5.0 | 200,020 | 12.4 | ![]() | |
Plaid Cymru | 4 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
10.0 | 161,030 | 10.0 | ![]() | |
Referendum | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
— | 38,245 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
— | 6,203 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
— | 4,633 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
— | 2,258 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
— | 1,718 | 0.1 | ![]() | |
Other parties | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
— | 3,087 | 0.2 | N/A |
References
- ^ "General election results 1 May 1997". 9 May 1997. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "General election results 1 May 1997". 9 May 1997. Retrieved 25 July 2018.