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1997 United Kingdom general election

←  1992 1 May 1997 2001 →

All 659 seats to the House of Commons
330 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout71.3% (Decrease6.4%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Tony Blair John Major Paddy Ashdown
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since 21 July 1994 4 July 1995 16 July 1988
Leader's seat Sedgefield Huntingdon Yeovil
Last election 271 seats, 34.4% 336 seats, 41.9% 20 seats, 17.8%
Seats won 418 165 46
Seat change Increase145 Decrease171 Increase26
Popular vote 13,518,167 9,600,943 5,242,947
Percentage 43.2% 30.7% 16.8%
Swing Increase8.8% Decrease11.2% Decrease1.0%

Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

Prime Minister before election

John Major
Conservative

Prime Minister after election

Tony Blair
Labour

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1997 United Kingdom general election

←  1992 1 May 1997 2001 →

All 659 seats to the House of Commons
330 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout71.3% (Decrease6.4%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Tony Blair John Major Paddy Ashdown
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since 21 July 1994 4 July 1995 16 July 1988
Leader's seat Sedgefield Huntingdon Yeovil
Last election 271 seats, 34.4% 336 seats, 41.9% 20 seats, 17.8%
Seats won 418 165 46
Seat change Increase145 Decrease171 Increase26
Popular vote 13,518,167 9,600,943 5,242,947
Percentage 43.2% 30.7% 16.8%
Swing Increase8.8% Decrease11.2% Decrease1.0%

Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

Prime Minister before election

John Major
Conservative

Prime Minister after election

Tony Blair
Labour


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