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 7* 1* Popular vote 885,935 161,030 200,020 Percentage 54.7% 10.0% 12.4% Swing 5.2% 1.1% 0.1%
†Notional 1992 results if held on the 1997 boundaries *Indicates boundary change - so this is a notional figure.

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]

Results

Below is a table summarising the results of the 1997 general election in Wales. ^[1]

Party [6]		Seats					Aggregate Votes
		Total	Gains	Losses	Net +/-	Of all (%)	Total	Of all (%)	Difference
	Labour	34	7	0	7	85.0	885,935	54.7	5.2
	Conservative	0	0	8	8	0.0	317,127	19.6	9.0
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	0	1	5.0	200,020	12.4	0.1
	Plaid Cymru	4	0	0		10.0	161,030	10.0	1.1
	Referendum	0	0	0		0.0	38,245	2.4	New
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0		0.0	6,203	0.4	New
	Independent Labour	0	0	0		0.0	4,633	0.3	New
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	2,258	0.2	N/A
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	1,718	0.1	0.3
	Others	0	0	0		0.0	3,087	0.2	N/A
Total		40			2		1,620,256	73.5

Results by constituency

Main article: Results of the 1997 United Kingdom general election by constituency

The following is the results by constituency by Senedd electoral region:

Mid and West Wales

Mid and West Wales elected 8 Members of Parliament.

Constituency	Candidates												Incumbent
	Labour		Conservative		Liberal Democrat		Plaid Cymru		Referendum		Other
Brecon and Radnorshire [7]		Christopher Mann 11,424 (26.6%)		Jonathan Evans 12,419 (29.0%)		Richard Livsey 17,516 (40.8%)		Steven Cornelius 622 (1.5%)		Elizabeth Phillips 900 (2.1%)				Jonathan Evans
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr [8]		Alan Williams 17,907 (42.9%)		Edmund Hayward 5,022 (12.0%)		Juliana Hughes 3,150 (7.5%)		Rhodri Glyn Thomas 14,457 (34.6%)		Ian Humphreys-Evans 1,196 (2.9%)				Alan Williams‡ (Carmarthen)
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire [9]		Nick Ainger 20,956 (49.1%)		Owen Williams 11,335 (26.6%)		Keith Evans 3,516 (8.2%)		Roy Llewellyn 5,402 (12.7%)		Joy Poirrier 1,432 (3.4%)				Nick Ainger‡ (Pembrokeshire)
Ceredigion [10]		Robert (Hag) Harris 9,767 (24.3%)		Felix Aubel 5,983 (14.9%)		Dai Davies 6,616 (16.5%)		Cynog Dafis 16,728 (41.6%)		John Leaney 1,092 (2.7%)				Cynog Dafis‡ (Ceredigion and Pembroke North)
Llanelli [11]		Denzil Davies 23,851 (57.9%)		Andrew Hayes 5,003 (12.1%)		Nick Burree 3,788 (9.2%)		Marc Phillips 7,812 (19.0%)				John Willock (SLP) 757 (1.8%)		Denzil Davies
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy [12]		Hefin E. Rees 5,660 (23.0%)		Jeremy Quin 3,922 (16.0%)		Robina L. Feeley 1,719 (7.0%)		Elfyn Llwyd 12,465 (50.7%)		Phillip H. Hodge 809 (3.3%)				Elfyn Llwyd
Montgomeryshire [13]		Angharad Davies 6,109 (19.1%)		Glyn Davies 8,344 (26.1%)		Lembit Öpik 14,647 (45.9%)		Helen Mary Jones 1,608 (5.0%)		John Bufton 879 (2.8%)		Susan Walker (Green) 338 (1.1%)		Alex Carlile†
Preseli Pembrokeshire [14]		Jackie Lawrence 20,477 (48.3%)		Robert Buckland 11,741 (27.7%)		Jeffrey Clarke 5,527 (13.0%)		Alun Jones 2,683 (6.3%)		David Berry 1,574 (3.7%)		Molly Scott Cato (Green) 401 (0.9%)		Nick Ainger‡ (Pembrokeshire)

North Wales

North Wales elected 9 Members of Parliament.

Constituency	Candidates												Incumbent
	Labour		Conservative		Liberal Democrat		Plaid Cymru		Referendum		Other
Alyn and Deeside [15]		Barry Jones 25,955 (61.9%)		Timothy P. Roberts 9,552 (22.8%)		Eleanor Burnham 4,076 (9.7%)		Siw Hills 738 (1.8%)		Malcolm J. D. Jones 1,627 (3.9%)				Barry Jones
Caernarfon [16]		Eifion Wyn Williams 10,167 (29.5%)		Elwyn Williams 4,230 (12.3%)		Mary Macqueen 1,686 (4.9%)		Dafydd Wigley 17,616 (51.0%)		Clive Collins 811 (2.4%)				Dafydd Wigley
Conwy [17]		Betty Williams 14,561 (35.0%)		David Jones 10,085 (24.3%)		Roger Roberts 12,965 (31.2%)		Rhodri Davies 2,844 (6.8%)		Allan Barham 760 (1.8%)		Richard Bradley (Ind.) 250 (0.6%) David Hughes (NLP) 95 (0.2%)		Wyn Roberts†
Clwyd South [18]		Martyn Jones 22,901 (58.1%)		Boris Johnson 9,091 (23.1%)		Andrew Chadwick 3,684 (9.4%)		Gareth Williams 2,500 (6.3%)		Alex Lewis 1,207 (3.1%)				Martyn Jones‡ (Clwyd South West)
Clwyd West [19]		Gareth Thomas 14,918 (37.1%)		Rod Richards 13,070 (32.5%)		Gwyn Williams 5,151 (12.8%)		Eryl W. Williams 5,421 (12.8%)		Heather Bennett-Collins 1,114 (2.8%)		David K. Neal (Conservatory) 583 (1.3%)		Rod Richards‡ (Clwyd North West)
Delyn [20]		David Hanson 23,300 (57.2%)		Karen Lumley 10,607 (26.0%)		David Lloyd 4,160 (10.2%)		Ashley J. Drake 1,558 (3.8%)		Elizabeth H. Soutter 1,117 (2.7%)				David Hanson
Vale of Clwyd [21]		Chris Ruane 20,617 (52.7%)		David Edwards 11,662 (29.8%)		Daniel Munford 3,425 (8.8%)		Gwyneth Kensler 2,301 (5.9%)		Simon Vickers 834 (2.1%)		Scott Cooke (UKIP) 293 (0.7%)		New constituency
Wrexham [22]		John Marek 20,450 (56.1%)		Stuart Andrew 8,688 (23.9%)		Andrew Thomas 4,833 (13.3%)		Kevin Plant 1,170 (3.2%)		John Cronk 1,195 (3.3%)		Nicholas Low (NLP) 86 (0.2%)		John Marek
Ynys Môn [23]		Owen Edwards 13,275 (33.2%)		Gwilym Owen 8,569 (21.5%)		Deric Burnham 1,537 (3.8%)		Ieuan Wyn Jones 15,756 (39.5%)		Hugh Gray-Morris 793 (2.0%)				Ieuan Wyn Jones

South Central Wales

South Central Wales elected 8 Members of Parliament.

Constituency	Candidates												Incumbent
	Labour		Conservative		Liberal Democrat		Plaid Cymru		Referendum		Other
Cardiff Central [24]		Jon Owen Jones 18,464 (43.7%)		David Melding 8,470 (20.0%)		Jenny Randerson 10,541 (24.9%)		Wayne Vernon 1,504 (3.6%)		Nick Lloyd 760 (1.8%)		Terence Burns (SLP) 2,230 (5.3%) Craig James (OMRLP) 204 (0.5%) Anthony Hobbs (NLP) 80 (0.2%)		Jon Owen Jones
Cardiff North [25]		Julie Morgan 24,460 (50.4%)		Gwilym Jones 16,334 (33.7%)		Robyn Rowland 5,294 (10.9%)		Colin Palfrey 1,201 (2.5%)		Edward J. Litchfield 1,199 (2.5%)				Gwilym Jones
Cardiff South and Penarth [26]		Alun Michael 22,647 (53.4%)		Caroline E. Roberts 8,786 (20.7%)		Simon J. Wakefield 3,964 (9.3%)		David B. L. Haswell 1,356 (3.2%)		Phillip S. E. Morgan 1,211 (2.9%)		John Foreman (New Labour) 3,942 (9.3%) Mike K. Shepherd (Socialist Alternative) 344 (0.8%) Barbara Caves (NLP) 170 (0.4%)		Alun Michael
Cardiff West [27]		Rhodri Morgan 24,297 (60.3%)		Simon Hoare 8,669 (21.5%)		Jacqui Gasson 4,366 (10.8%)		Gwenllian Carr 1,949 (4.8%)		Trefor Johns 996 (2.5%)				Rhodri Morgan
Cynon Valley [28]		Ann Clwyd 23,307 (69.7%)		Andrew Smith 2,260 (6.8%)		Huw Price 3,459 (10.3%)		Alun Davies 3,552 (10.6%)		Gwyn John 844 (2.5%)				Ann Clwyd
Pontypridd [29]		Kim Howells 29,290 (63.9%)		Jonathan M. Cowen 5,910 (12.9%)		Nigel Howells 6,161 (13.4%)		Owain Llewelyn 2,977 (6.5%)		John Wood 874 (1.9%)		Peter Skelly (SLP) 380 (0.8%) Robert Griffiths (Communist) 178 (0.4%) Anthony G. Moore (NLP) 85 (0.2%)		Kim Howells
Rhondda [30]		Allan Rogers 30,381 (74.5%)		Steven Whiting 1,551 (3.8%)		Rodney Berman 2,307 (5.7%)		Leanne Wood 5,450 (13.4%)		Stephen Gardiner 658 (1.6%)		Kevin Jakeway (Green) 460 (1.1%)		Allan Rogers
Vale of Glamorgan [31]		John Smith 29,054 (53.9%)		Walter Sweeney 18,522 (34.4%)		Suzanne Campbell 4,945 (9.2%)		Melanie Corp 1,393 (2.6%)						Walter Sweeney

South East Wales

South East Wales elected 8 Members of Parliament.

Constituency	Candidates												Incumbent
	Labour		Conservative		Liberal Democrat		Plaid Cymru		Referendum		Other
Blaenau Gwent [32]		Llew Smith 31,493 (79.5%)		Margrit A. Williams 2,607 (6.6%)		Geraldine Layton 3,458 (8.7%)		Jim B. Criddle 2,072 (5.2%)						Llew Smith
Caerphilly [33]		Ron Davies 30,697 (67.3%)		Rhodri Harris 4,858 (10.7%)		Tony D. Ferguson 3,724 (8.2%)		Lindsay Whittle 4,383 (9.7%)		Mark E. Morgan 1,337 (3.0%)		Catherine Williams (PLA) 270 (0.6%)		Ron Davies
Islwyn [34]		Don Touhig 26,995 (74.2%)		David Walters 2,864 (7.9%)		Christopher Worker 3,064 (8.4%)		Darren Jones 2,272 (6.2%)		Susan Monaghan 1,209 (3.3%)				Don Touhig
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney [35]		Ted Rowlands 30,012 (76.7%)		Jonathan Morgan 2,508 (6.4%)		Duncan Anstey 2,926 (7.5%)		Alun Cox 2,344 (6.0%)		Ronald Hutchings 660 (1.7%)		Alan Cowdell (Ind. Lab.) 691 (1.8%)		Ted Rowlands
Monmouth [36]		Huw Edwards 23,404 (47.7%)		Roger Evans 19,226 (39.2%)		Mark Williams 4,689 (9.6%)		Alan Cotton 516 (1.1%)		Timothy Warry 1,190 (2.4%)				Roger Evans
Newport East [37]		Alan Howarth 21,481 (57.7%)		David Evans 7,958 (21.4%)		Alistair Cameron 3,880 (10.4%)		Christopher Holland 721 (1.9%)		Edward Chaney-Davis 1,267 (3.4%)		Arthur Scargill (SLP) 1,951 (5.2%)		Roy Hughes†
Newport West [38]		Paul Flynn 24,331 (60.5%)		Peter Clarke 9,794 (24.4%)		Stanley Wilson 3,907 (9.7%)		Huw Jackson 648 (1.6%)		Andrew Thompsett 1,199 (3.0%)		Hugh Hughes (UKIP) 323 (0.3%)		Paul Flynn
Torfaen [39]		Paul Murphy 29,863 (69.1%)		Neil Parish 5,327 (12.3%)		Jean Gray 5,249 (12.1%)		Robert Gough 1,042 (2.4%)		Deborah Holler 1,245 (2.9%)		Roger Coghill (Green) 519 (1.2%)		Paul Murphy

South West Wales

South West Wales elected 7 Members of Parliament.

Constituency	Candidates												Incumbent
	Labour		Conservative		Liberal Democrat		Plaid Cymru		Referendum		Other
Aberavon [40]		John Morris 25,650 (71.3%)		Peter Harper 2,835 (7.9%)		Ronald McConville 4,079 (11.3%)		Philip Cockwell 2,088 (5.8%)		Peter David 970 (2.7%)		Captain Beany (Independent) 341 (1.0%)		John Morris
Bridgend [41]		Win Griffiths 25,115 (58.1%)		David Davies 9,867 (22.8%)		Andrew Mckinlay 4,968 (11.5%)		Dennis R. Watkins 1,649 (3.8%)		Tudor Greaves 1,662 (3.8%)				Win Griffiths
Gower [42]		Martin Caton 23,313 (53.8%)		Alun Cairns 10,306 (23.8%)		Howard W. Evans 5,624 (13.0%)		D Elwyn Williams 2,226 (5.1%)		Richard D. Lewis 1,745 (4.0%)		Anthony G. Popham (Independent) 122 (0.3%)		Gareth Wardell†
Neath [43]		Peter Hain 30,324 (73.5%)		David M. Evans 3,583 (8.7%)		Frank H. Little 2,597 (6.3%)		Trefor Jones 3,344 (8.1%)		Peter A. Morris 975 (2.4%)		Howard Marks (Legalise Cannabis Party) 420 (1.0%)		Peter Hain
Ogmore [44]		Ray Powell 28,163 (74.0%)		David A. Unwin 3,716 (9.8%)		Kirsty Williams 3,510 (9.2%)		John D. Rogers 2,679 (7.0%)						Ray Powell
Swansea East [45]		Donald Anderson 29,151 (75.4%)		Catherine Dibble 3,582 (9.3%)		Elwyn Jones 3,440 (8.9%)		Michelle Pooley 1,308 (2.3%)		Catherine Maggs 904 (2.3%)		Ronnie Job (Socialist Alternative) 289 (0.8%)		Donald Anderson
Swansea West [46]		Alan Williams 22,748 (56.2%)		Andrew Baker 8,289 (20.5%)		John Newbury 5,872 (14.5%)		Dai Lloyd 2,675 (6.6%)				David Proctor (SLP) 885 (2.2%)		Alan Williams

External links

• Jones, Barry (1997). "The 1997 general election in Wales" . Regional & Federal Studies. 7 (3): 173–175. doi:10.1080/13597569708421023. ISSN   1359-7566.

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