1997 United Kingdom general election in Wales
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All 40 Welsh seats to the House of Commons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Liberal Democrats gained one seat, whilst Plaid Cymru retained their four MPs.[1]
The Conservatives lost all of their Welsh MPs, leaving them without representation in Wales for the first time since 1906.[2][3][4] They would not gain another MP until the 2005 general election.[5]
Results
Below is a table summarising the results of the 1997 general election in Wales.[1]
Party[6] | 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 | New | |
Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
— | 6,203 | 0.4 | New | |
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
— | 4,633 | 0.3 | New | |
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 |
External links
- Jones, Barry (1997). "The 1997 general election in Wales". Regional & Federal Studies. 7 (3): 173–175. doi:10.1080/13597569708421023. ISSN 1359-7566.
References
- ^ a b "General election results 1 May 1997". 9 May 1997. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ Cowling, David (8 May 2001). "The landslide of 1997". BBC News. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "It ain't over". The Economist. 8 May 1997. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ Black, Jeremy (2004). Britain Since the Seventies: Politics and Society in the Consumer Age. Reaktion Books. p. 203. ISBN 978-1-86189-201-0.
- ^ "First Welsh MP for Tories for 12 years". Evening Standard. 5 May 2005. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ "General election results 1 May 1997". 9 May 1997. Retrieved 25 July 2018.