United Kingdom general election, 1997 (Scotland)

United Kingdom general election, 1997

1 May 1997

All 72 Scottish seats to the House of Commons

	First party	Second party

Leader	Tony Blair	Paddy Ashdown
Party	Labour	Liberal Democrat
Leader since	21 July 1994	16 July 1988
Last election	50 Seats	9 Seats
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	28 November 1990
Last election	3 Seats	11 Seats
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%

Prime Minister before election

John Major
Conservative

Subsequent Prime Minister

Tony Blair
Labour

Results

Below is a table summarising the results of the UK general election in Scotland.^[1]

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 Democrat	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
	Independent	0		2,162
	Natural Law	0		1,979
	Socialist Labour	0		1,945
	Scottish Green	0		1,721
	UKIP	0		1,585
	Independent Labour	0		812
	BNP	0		651
	Liberal	0		650
	Socialist (GB)	0		315
	Workers Revolutionary	0		80
Turnout:				2,816,748	71.3	4.2

↑ "Election 2001 | Results | Scotland". BBC News. 14 August 2001. Retrieved 2011-11-03.

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Referendums	1979 1997 2014

Local referendums	Scottish licensing referendums Strathclyde (water) 1994 Edinburgh (congestion charge) 2005

See also: Elections in the Kingdom of Scotland (Pre-1707) Great Britain (1707–1800) United Kingdom Politics of Scotland

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