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†Notional 1992 results if held on the 1997 boundaries *Indicates boundary change - so this is a notional figure. |
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]
Below is a table summarising the results of the 1997 general election in Wales. [1]
Party [6] | Seats | Votes | |||||||
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Total | Gains | Losses | Net +/- | % seats | Total votes | % votes | Change | ||
Labour | 34 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 85.0 | 885,935 | 54.7 | 5.2 | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | — | 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 | — | 38,245 | 2.4 | New | ||
Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6,203 | 0.4 | New | ||
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4,633 | 0.3 | New | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2,258 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1,718 | 0.1 | 0.3 | ||
Other parties | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3,087 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
The following is the results by constituency by Senedd electoral region:
Mid and West Wales elected 8 Members of Parliament.
Constituency | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
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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%) | Bill Walker | ||||||||
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 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‡ | ||||||||
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‡ | ||||||||
Llanelli [11] | Denzil Davies 28,851 (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‡ |
North Wales elected 9 Members of Parliament.
Constituency | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||||
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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%) |
| 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 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‡ | |||||||||
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 elected 8 Members of Parliament.
Constituency | Candidates | Incumbent | |||||||||||||||
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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%) |
| 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%) |
| 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%) |
| 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 elected 8 Members of Parliament.
Constituency | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
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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 elected 7 Members of Parliament.
Constituency | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
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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 |
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