UK Elections Info
< General Election - May 1997 >
| Westminster Elections |
| MPs by Constituency |
| Full List |
| MPs by Age |
| MPs by Surname |
| MPs by Party |
| Candidates by Party |
| MPs by %age of Vote |
| Candidates by %age of Vote |
| Votes for Parties |
| Majorities |
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| LAB | 392 |
| CON | 165 |
| LIB Dem | 46 |
| LAB Co-op | 26 |
| UUP | 10 |
| SNP | 6 |
| PC | 4 |
| SDLP | 3 |
| DUP | 2 |
| SF | 2 |
| Ind | 1 |
| Speaker | 1 |
| UKUP | 1 |
| Party | MPs | Total Votes |
Percentage of Votes | Contests | %age Votes in Contested |
%age Votes of Total Electorate | %age Votes of Electorate Contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 418 | 13,519,409 | 43.22 | 639 | 44.46 | 30.97 | 31.93 |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 165 | 9,603,340 | 30.70 | 648 | 31.20 | 22.00 | 22.37 |
| Liberal Democrats | 46 | 5,238,155 | 16.75 | 639 | 17.23 | 12.00 | 12.37 |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 10 | 258,349 | 0.83 | 16 | 37.32 | 0.59 | 24.63 |
| Scottish National Party | 6 | 617,258 | 1.97 | 72 | 21.95 | 1.41 | 15.88 |
| Plaid Cymru | 4 | 161,030 | 0.51 | 40 | 9.95 | 0.37 | 7.32 |
| Social Democratic Labour Party | 3 | 190,814 | 0.61 | 18 | 24.13 | 0.44 | 16.23 |
| Sinn Féin | 2 | 126,921 | 0.41 | 17 | 16.83 | 0.29 | 11.41 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 2 | 107,348 | 0.34 | 9 | 27.53 | 0.25 | 18.19 |
| Independent | 1 | 55,045 | 0.18 | 85 | 1.34 | 0.13 | 0.97 |
| Speaker of the House of Commons | 1 | 23,969 | 0.08 | 1 | 65.32 | 0.05 | 35.51 |
| UKUP | 1 | 12,817 | 0.04 | 1 | 35.05 | 0.03 | 20.34 |
| Referendum Party | 0 | 811,829 | 2.60 | 547 | 3.13 | 1.86 | 2.24 |
| UK Independence Party | 0 | 106,001 | 0.34 | 194 | 1.06 | 0.24 | 0.78 |
| Green Party | 0 | 64,991 | 0.21 | 95 | 1.37 | 0.15 | 0.98 |
| Alliance Party | 0 | 62,972 | 0.20 | 17 | 8.45 | 0.14 | 5.65 |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 55,372 | 0.18 | 65 | 1.87 | 0.13 | 1.27 |
| Official Liberal Party | 0 | 41,548 | 0.13 | 53 | 1.62 | 0.10 | 1.14 |
| British National Party | 0 | 35,831 | 0.11 | 57 | 1.35 | 0.08 | 0.94 |
| Natural Law Party | 0 | 30,106 | 0.10 | 195 | 0.31 | 0.07 | 0.23 |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 22,461 | 0.07 | 14 | 3.87 | 0.05 | 2.61 |
| Pro-Life Alliance | 0 | 19,017 | 0.06 | 55 | 0.75 | 0.04 | 0.52 |
| Independent Conservative | 0 | 17,206 | 0.06 | 10 | 3.60 | 0.04 | 2.63 |
| PUP | 0 | 10,934 | 0.03 | 3 | 9.59 | 0.03 | 5.70 |
| Nat Dem | 0 | 10,829 | 0.03 | 21 | 1.12 | 0.02 | 0.75 |
| New LAB | 0 | 10,597 | 0.03 | 5 | 4.39 | 0.02 | 2.99 |
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | 9,740 | 0.03 | 16 | 1.75 | 0.02 | 1.15 |
| Monster Raving Loony Party | 0 | 8,138 | 0.03 | 27 | 0.61 | 0.02 | 0.43 |
| Socialist | 0 | 6,007 | 0.02 | 17 | 0.84 | 0.01 | 0.54 |
| Dream | 0 | 3,842 | 0.01 | 29 | 0.28 | 0.01 | 0.20 |
| Liberal Party | 0 | 3,681 | 0.01 | 2 | 4.06 | 0.01 | 2.56 |
| Workers Party | 0 | 2,766 | 0.01 | 8 | 0.78 | 0.01 | 0.54 |
| National Front | 0 | 2,716 | 0.01 | 6 | 0.98 | 0.01 | 0.69 |
| Legalise Cannabis Alliance | 0 | 2,085 | 0.01 | 4 | 1.04 | 0.00 | 0.77 |
| Mebyon Kernow | 0 | 1,906 | 0.01 | 4 | 0.84 | 0.00 | 0.63 |
| NI Womens | 0 | 1,820 | 0.01 | 2 | 2.20 | 0.00 | 1.34 |
| Socialist Party of Great Britain | 0 | 1,359 | 0.00 | 5 | 0.68 | 0.00 | 0.43 |
| Ind CRP | 0 | 1,276 | 0.00 | 1 | 2.34 | 0.00 | 1.85 |
| Social Democrat | 0 | 1,246 | 0.00 | 2 | 1.22 | 0.00 | 0.89 |
| Women's Party | 0 | 1,204 | 0.00 | 1 | 3.05 | 0.00 | 1.90 |
| Workers Revolutionary Party | 0 | 1,152 | 0.00 | 9 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.20 |
| Real LAB | 0 | 1,117 | 0.00 | 1 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 1.53 |
| 4th Party | 0 | 912 | 0.00 | 2 | 1.04 | 0.00 | 0.63 |
| NPC | 0 | 902 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.80 | 0.00 | 1.30 |
| Ind IOW | 0 | 848 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.16 | 0.00 | 0.83 |
| Christian Democrat | 0 | 694 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.45 | 0.00 | 0.33 |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 0 | 659 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.54 | 0.00 | 0.35 |
| Top | 0 | 640 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.03 | 0.00 | 0.81 |
| Osc | 0 | 637 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.54 | 0.00 | 0.97 |
| Independent Green | 0 | 593 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.04 | 0.00 | 0.82 |
| Ind ECR | 0 | 589 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.01 | 0.00 | 0.80 |
| Soc Equity | 0 | 505 | 0.00 | 4 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.20 |
| UK Pensioners Party | 0 | 458 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.46 | 0.00 | 0.31 |
| Third Way | 0 | 431 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.47 | 0.00 | 0.34 |
| Fellowship | 0 | 428 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.06 | 0.00 | 0.70 |
| Justice | 0 | 403 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.46 | 0.00 | 0.31 |
| Home Rule | 0 | 392 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.72 | 0.00 | 0.54 |
| Local Ind | 0 | 390 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.73 | 0.00 | 0.54 |
| Shields | 0 | 374 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.96 | 0.00 | 0.60 |
| Bean Party | 0 | 341 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.95 | 0.00 | 0.68 |
| Ind AFE | 0 | 307 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.49 | 0.00 | 0.39 |
| SFDC | 0 | 306 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.49 | 0.00 | 0.38 |
| Musician | 0 | 306 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.57 | 0.00 | 0.41 |
| Pacifist | 0 | 294 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.52 | 0.00 | 0.39 |
| Fancy Dress | 0 | 287 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.55 | 0.00 | 0.41 |
| Slough | 0 | 277 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.58 | 0.00 | 0.39 |
| New Way | 0 | 274 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.49 | 0.00 | 0.38 |
| Communist League | 0 | 272 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 0.21 |
| Glow | 0 | 268 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.28 | 0.00 | 0.20 |
| CFSS | 0 | 257 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.46 | 0.00 | 0.35 |
| Alt LIB Dem | 0 | 250 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.60 | 0.00 | 0.45 |
| PF | 0 | 244 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.49 | 0.00 | 0.37 |
| PP | 0 | 240 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 0.31 |
| IZB | 0 | 221 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.46 | 0.00 | 0.32 |
| Full Employment | 0 | 206 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 0.27 |
| Rep GB | 0 | 196 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.44 | 0.00 | 0.30 |
| Ind Hum | 0 | 183 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 0.29 |
| EDP | 0 | 183 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.23 |
| Route 66 | 0 | 181 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.35 | 0.00 | 0.26 |
| Bert | 0 | 178 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.25 |
| Radical Alt | 0 | 178 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.25 |
| Whig | 0 | 160 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.31 | 0.00 | 0.24 |
| European Unity | 0 | 140 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 0.22 |
| Rizz | 0 | 139 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.10 |
| Peoples' Progressive Party | 0 | 128 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.17 |
| Sub-Genius | 0 | 125 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.26 | 0.00 | 0.19 |
| SIP | 0 | 125 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.27 | 0.00 | 0.20 |
| Constitutionalist | 0 | 124 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.31 | 0.00 | 0.20 |
| Freedom | 0 | 122 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.28 | 0.00 | 0.21 |
| Mongolian | 0 | 112 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.17 |
| Humanist | 0 | 105 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.24 | 0.00 | 0.16 |
| Dem Nat | 0 | 104 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.24 | 0.00 | 0.18 |
| Home Rule | 0 | 102 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.22 | 0.00 | 0.17 |
| Independent Democrat | 0 | 98 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.15 |
| Choice | 0 | 96 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0.13 |
| Sportsmans Alliance | 0 | 90 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.15 |
| Go Bowling | 0 | 81 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.11 |
| 21st Century | 0 | 80 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.13 |
| Anti-Corruption | 0 | 80 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.12 |
| Wessex Regiment | 0 | 72 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.11 |
| NI Party | 0 | 67 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0.11 |