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UK Parliament - Votes
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Office | House of Commons |
Honorific | House of Commons - Abbr: House of Commons |
Type | Control Indicator |
Filing Deadline | March 16, 1997 - 12:00pm Central |
Polls Open | May 01, 1997 - 01:00am Central |
Polls Close | May 01, 1997 - 05:00pm Central |
Term Start | May 07, 1997 - 12:00pm |
Term End | May 14, 2001 - 12:00pm |
Contributor | 411 Name Removed |
Last Modified | Thomas Walker July 20, 2006 10:54pm |
Data Sources | [Link] [Link] |
Description |
In 1997 Labour ended 18 years in the political wilderness in spectacular style.
The party returned to power with a parliamentary landslide, winning the biggest majority held by any government since 1935.
Tony Blair's New Labour had gained a staggering 179-seat overall majority in the Commons as the Conservatives were tossed aside by the voters.
The election also saw the Liberal Democrats put in a remarkable performance, more than doubling their number of MPs despite taking a reduced share of the vote compared with 1992.
In the election's aftermath, commentators speculated whether it was at all possible for the Conservatives to overturn such a huge majority in a single election.
Key Party Leaders: John Major (Conservatives), Tony Blair (Labour), and Paddy Ashdown (Liberal Democrats)
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Party | Labour |
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Liberal Democrats |
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Uncertified Votes | 13,518,167 (43.25%) |
9,600,943 (30.72%) |
5,242,947 (16.78%) |
811,849 (2.60%) |
621,550 (1.99%) |
258,349 (0.83%) |
190,814 (0.61%) |
Margin | 0 (0.00%) |
-3,917,224 (-12.53%) |
-8,275,220 (-26.48%) |
-12,706,318 (-40.65%) |
-12,896,617 (-41.26%) |
-13,259,818 (-42.42%) |
-13,327,353 (-42.64%) |
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Plaid Cymru |
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Independent |
Green Party of England & Wales |
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
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Uncertified Votes | 161,030 (0.52%) |
126,921 (0.41%) |
107,348 (0.34%) |
105,722 (0.34%) |
64,482 (0.21%) |
63,991 (0.21%) |
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Margin | -13,357,137 (-42.74%) |
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