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

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%

See also

• United Kingdom general election, 1997
• 2001 United Kingdom general election results in Scotland

References

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