1997 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

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1997 United Kingdom general election

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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 49 9 Seats won 56 10 Seat change 7 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%
Coloured according to the winning party's vote share in each constituency

A general election was held in the United Kingdom on 1 May 1997 and all 72 seats in Scotland were contested. This would be the last UK general election to be contested in Scotland before the Scottish Parliament was established on 1 July 1999 following overwhelming public approval in a referendum.

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