1997 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

These are the results of the 1997 United Kingdom general election in Scotland. The election was held on 1 May 1997 and all 72 seats in Scotland were contested.

1997 United Kingdom general election

1 May 1997
All 72 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout	71.3%, 4.2%
First party Second party   Leader Tony Blair Paddy Ashdown Party Labour Liberal Democrats Leader since 21 July 1994 16 July 1988 Seats before 50 9 Seats won 56 10 Seat change 6 1 Popular vote 1,283,350 365,362 Percentage 45.6% 13.0% Swing 6.6% 0.1%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Alex Salmond John Major Party SNP Conservative Leader since 22 September 1990 4 July 1995[n 1] Seats before 3 11 Seats won 6 0 Seat change 3 11 Popular vote 621,550 493,059 Percentage 22.1% 17.5% Swing 0.6% 8.2%
Results of the 1997 election in Scotland

Main article: 1997 United Kingdom general election

Results

Below is a table summarising the results of the 1997 general election in Scotland.[2]

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	56	6	1,283,350	45.6	6.6
	SNP	6	3	621,550	22.1	0.6
	Liberal Democrats	10	1	365,362	13.0	0.1
	Conservative	0	11	493,059	17.5	8.2
	Referendum	0	New	26,726	0.95	New
	Scottish Socialist	0	New	9,740	0.35	New
	ProLife Alliance	0		5,750	0.25
	Independent	0		2,162	0.08
	Natural Law	0		1,979	0.07
	Socialist Labour	0		1,945	0.07
	Scottish Green	0		1,721	0.06
	UKIP	0		1,585	0.06
	Independent Labour	0		812	0.03
	BNP	0		651	0.02
	Liberal	0		650	0.02
	Socialist (GB)	0		315	0.01
	Workers Revolutionary	0		80	0.00
Turnout				2,816,748	71.3	4.2

Votes summary

Popular vote Labour   45.56% SNP   22.06% Conservative   17.50% Liberal Democrats   12.97% Other   1.91%

Parliament seats Labour   77.78% Liberal Democrats   13.89% SNP   8.33%

Notes

1. Conservative party leader John Major resigned as Leader of the Conservative Party on 22 June 1995 to face critics in his party and government, and was reelected as Leader on 4 July 1995. Prior to his resignation he had held the post of Leader of the Conservative Party since 28 November 1990.[1]

References

1. "1995: Major wins Conservative leadership". BBC News. 4 July 1995.
2. "Election 2001 | Results | Scotland". BBC News. 14 August 2001. Retrieved 3 November 2011.