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The Election. The Statistics. How the UK voted on May 1st.

The BBC has kept track of every nuance of the 1997 General Election. Now, after the Labour Party was voted in by a landslide majority, we bring you a statistical breakdown of the way the UK voted.


Detailed breakdown of results and seats

Final Result: Labour has a majority of 179

Final Vote in seats (change in brackets)

Conservative 165 (-178)
Labour 419 (+146)
Liberal Democrat 46 (+28)
SNP 6 (+3)
PC 4 (no change)
Ind 1 (+1)
UUP 10 (+1)
DUP 2 (-2)
SDLP 3 (-1)
SF 2 (+2)
UKU 1 (+1)

GB Vote Share

Con 31%
Lab 45%
LibD 17%
Oth 7%

Northern Ireland vote share

UUP 32.7%
DUP 13.6%
SDLP 24.1%
SF 16.1%
APNI 8%
Con 1.2%
Others 4.4%

Votes By Region

REGION% SHARE OF VOTENUMBER OF SEATS
England
Con 33.7 165
Lab 43.7 329
Lib Dem 17.9 34
Wales
Con 19.6 0
Lab 54.7 34
LibDem 12.4 2
PC 9.9 4
Scotland
Con 17.5 0
Lab 45.4 56
LibDem 13 10
SNP 22.1 6
Great Britain
Con 31.4 165
Lab 44.4 419
LibDem 17.2 46
South East
Con 41.3 73
Lab 31.9 36
LibDem 21.4 8
South West
Con 36.7 22
Lab 26.4 15
LibDem 31.3 14
Greater London
Con 31.2 11
Lab 49.5 57
LibDem 14.6 6
West Midlands
Con 33.7 14
Lab 47.8 44
LibDem 13.8 1
East Midlands
Con 34.8 14
Lab 48.1 31
LibDem 13.5 0
North
Con 22 3
Lab 61.2 32
LibDem 13.2 1
North West
Con 27.1 7
Lab 54.2 60
LibDem 14.3 2
Yorkshire and Humberside
Con 28 7
Lab 51.8 46
LibDem 16.1 2
East Anglia
Con 38.7 14
Lab 38.3 8
LibDem 17.9 0

Number of votes cast (by party)

England, Scotland and Wales (GB):

Lab 13,551,381
Con 9,590,565
LibDem 5,243,322
SNP 621,154
PC 161,030

Minor parties:

Ref 810,778
UKIP 105,850
NLP 30,165
SocLab 52,516
Green 65,997
Ind Con 12,153
Ind Lab 18,497
Liberal 45,166
Comm 911
BNP 35,393
Nat Front 2,716
Loony 7,906
MK 1,906
New Lab 10,597
PUP 10,928
Rainbow 3,745
Scotsoc 9,740
SocP 9,486
Others 103,178


Northern Ireland:

UUP 258,349
DUP 107,348
SDLP 190,814
Sinn Fein 126,921
APNI 62,972
Other 44,358

Defeated MPs

Jonathan Aitken (C, Thanet South)
Richard Alexander (C, Newark)
Rupert Allason (C, Torbay)
Jacques Arnold (C, Gravesham)
Robert Atkins (C, Ribble South)
Matthew Banks (C, Southport)
Michael Bates (C, Middlesbrough South & Cleveland East)
Spencer Batiste (C, Elmet)
Henry Bellingham (C, Norfolk North West)
Vivian Bendall (C, Ilford North)
Sir Nicholas Bonsor (C, Upminster)
Sir Andrew Bowden (C, Brighton Kemptown)
John Bowis (C, Battersea)
Sir Rhodes Boyson (C, Brent North)
Gyles Brandreth (C, Chester, City of)
Sir Graham Bright (C, Luton South)
Michael Brown (C, Cleethorpes)
Nicholas Budgen (C, Wolverhampton South West)
Alistair Burt (C, Bury North)
Peter Butler (C, Milton Keynes North East)
Matthew Carrington (C, Hammersmith & Fulham)
Michael Carttiss (C, Great Yarmouth)
Sebastian Coe (C, Falmouth & Camborne)
Derek Conway (C, Shrewsbury & Atcham)
Anthony Coombs (C, Wyre Forest)
Simon Coombs (C, Swindon South)
Sir John Cope (C, Northavon)
James Couchman (C, Gillingham)
Mrs Edwina Currie (C, Derbyshire South)
Chris Davies (LD, Oldham East & Saddleworth)
Niranjan Deva (C, Brentford & Isleworth)
Tim Devlin (C, Stockton South)
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton (C, Edinburgh West)
Den Dover (C, Chorley)
Robert Dunn (C, Dartford)
Hugh Dykes (C, Harrow East)
Harold Elletson (C, Blackpool North & Fleetwood)
David Evans (C, Welwyn Hatfield)
Jonathan Evans (C, Brecon & Radnorshire)
Roger Evans (C, Monmouth)
David Evennett (C, Bexleyheath & Crayford)
Dame Peggy Fenner (C, Medway)
Nigel Forman (C, Carshalton & Wallington)
Michael Forsyth (C, Stirling)
Sir Marcus Fox (C, Shipley)
Roger Freeman (C, Kettering)
Douglas French (C, Gloucester)
Sir Peter Fry (C, Wellingborough)
Phil Gallie (C, Ayr)
Sir George Gardiner (Ref, Reigate)
Dr Charles Goodson-Wickes (C, Wimbledon)
Sir John Gorst (C, Hendon)
Harry Greenway (C, Ealing North)
Peter Griffiths (C, Portsmouth North)
Neil Hamilton (C, Tatton)
Dr Keith Hampson (C, Leeds North West)
Jeremy Hanley (C, Richmond Park)
Andrew Hargreaves (C, Birmingham Hall Green)
Warren Hawksley (C, Stourbridge)
Jerry Hayes (C, Harlow)
Dr Joe Hendron (SDLP, Belfast West)
Charles Hendry (C, High Peak)
Sir James Hill (C, Southampton Test)
Robert Hughes (C, Harrow West)
David Hunt (C, Wirral West)
Toby Jessel (C, Twickenham)
Gwilym Jones (C, Cardiff North)
Robert Jones (C, Hemel Hempstead)
Timothy Kirkhope (C, Leeds North East)
Roger Knapman (C, Stroud)
Mrs Angela Knight (C, Erewash)
Greg Knight (C, Derby North)
George Kynoch (C, Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine)
Mrs Jacqui Lait (C, Hastings & Rye)
Norman Lamont (C, Harrogate & Knaresborough)
Ian Lang (C, Galloway & Upper Nithsdale)
Sir Ivan Lawrence (C, Burton)
Barry Legg (C, Milton Keynes South West)
Sir Mark Lennox-Boyd (C, Morecambe & Lunesdale)
Sir James Lester (C, Broxtowe)
Miss Liz Lynne (LD, Rochdale)
Mrs Diana Maddock (LD, Christchurch)
Lady Olga Maitland (C, Sutton & Cheam)
Gerry Malone (C, Winchester)
Keith Mans (C, Lancaster & Wyre)
Paul Marland (C, Forest of Dean)
Tony Marlow (C, Northampton North)
John Marshall (C, Finchley & Golders Green)
David Martin (C, Portsmouth South)
Rev William McCrea (DUP, Ulster Mid)
David Mellor (C, Putney)
Andrew Mitchell (C, Gedling)
Sir Roger Moate (C, Sittingbourne & Sheppey)
Michael Morris (C, Northampton South)
Sir Michael Neubert (C, Romford)
Tony Newton (C, Braintree)
David Nicholson (C, Taunton)
Phillip Oppenheim (C, Amber Valley)
Sir Irvine Patnick (C, Sheffield Hallam)
James Pawsey (C, Rugby & Kenilworth)
Mrs Elizabeth Peacock (C, Batley & Spen)
David Porter (C, Waveney)
Michael Portillo (C, Enfield Southgate)
William Powell (C, Corby)
Tim Rathbone (C, Lewes)
Roderick Richards (C, Clwyd West)
Graham Riddick (C, Colne Valley)
Malcolm Rifkind (C, Edinburgh Pentlands)
Raymond Robertson (C, Aberdeen South)
Mark Robinson (C, Somerton & Frome)
Dame Angela Rumbold (C, Mitcham & Morden)
Thomas Sackville (C, Bolton West)
David Shaw (C, Dover)
Sir Colin Shepherd (C, Hereford)
Sir Dudley Smith (C, Warwick & Leamington)
Sir Derek Spencer (C, Brighton Pavilion)
Dr Robert Spink (C, Castle Point)
Iain Sproat (C, Harwich)
Robin Squire (C, Hornchurch)
Michael Stern (C, Bristol North West)
David Sumberg (C, Bury South)
Walter Sweeney (C, Vale of Glamorgan)
John Sykes (C, Scarborough & Whitby)
Sir Donald Thompson (C, Calder Valley)
Sir Malcolm Thornton (C, Crosby)
Richard Tracey (C, Kingston & Surbiton)
Dr Ian Twinn (C, Edmonton)
William Waldegrave (C, Bristol West)
Bill Walker (C, Tayside North)
Gary Waller (C, Keighley)
John Watts (C, Reading East)
Tim Wood (C, Stevenage)

MPs elected in 1997 from ethnic minority groups

NamePartyConstituencyYear First ElectedEthnic Group
Abbott, DianeL Hackney N. & Stoke Newington 1987Black
Boateng, Paul L Brent South 1987Black
Grant, Bernie L Tottenham 1987Black
Khabra, Piara L Ealing Southall 1992Asian
King, Oona L Bethnal Green & Bow 1997Black
Kumar, Ashok L Middlesbrough S & Cleveland E 1991Asian
Sarwar, Mohammed L Glasgow Govan 1997Asian
Sayeed, Jonathon C Mid Bedfordshire 1997Asian
Singh, Marsha L Bradford West 1997Asian
Vaz, Keith L Leicester East 1987Asian

KEY to the main parties

L - Labour Party
C - Conservative Party
LibDem - Liberal Democratic Party
BNP - British National Party
Green - Green Party
Lib - Liberal Party
NatDems - National Democratic Party
NLP - Natural Law Party
Pro - Life-Pro-Life Alliance Party
Ref - Referendum Party
SEP - Socialist Equality Party
SLP - Socialist Labour Party
Soc/ScotSoc - Socialist Party
UKIP - UK Independence Party
SNP - Scottish National Party
PC - Plaid Cymru
UUP - Ulster Unionist Party
DUP - Democratic Unionist Party
SDLP - Social Democratic & Labour Party
SF - Sinn Fein

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