1997 United Kingdom general election in Wales

1997 United Kingdom general election in Wales
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All 40 Welsh seats to the House of Commons
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Tony Blair Dafydd Wigley Paddy Ashdown
Party Labour Plaid Cymru Liberal Democrats
Leader since 21 July 1994 26 October 1991 16 July 1988
Last election 27 seats, 49.5% 4 seats, 8.9% 1 seat, 12.4%
Seats before 27† 4† 1†
Seats won 34 4 2
Seat change Increase7* Steady Increase1*
Popular vote 885,935 161,030 200,020
Percentage 54.7% 10.0% 12.4%
Swing Increase5.2% Increase1.1% Decrease0.1%
†Notional 1992 results if held on the 1997 boundaries

*Indicates boundary change - so this is a notional figure.
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Main article: 1997 United Kingdom general election

These are the results of the 1997 United Kingdom general election in Wales. The election was held on 1 May 1997 and all 40 seats in Wales were contested. The Labour Party won a landslide majority of Welsh MPs, gaining seven seats for a total of 34 out of 40. The Liberal Democrats gained one seat, whilst Plaid Cymru retained their four MPs.[1]

The Conservatives lost all of their Welsh MPs, leaving them without representation in Wales for the first time since the 1906 general election.[2][3][4] They would not gain another MP until the 2005 general election.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference results was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cowling, David (8 May 2001). "The landslide of 1997". BBC News. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  3. ^ "It ain't over". The Economist. 8 May 1997. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  4. ^ Black, Jeremy (2004). Britain Since the Seventies: Politics and Society in the Consumer Age. Reaktion Books. p. 203. ISBN 978-1-86189-201-0.
  5. ^ "First Welsh MP for Tories for 12 years". Evening Standard. 5 May 2005. Retrieved 3 February 2022.