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The results of the 1997 United Kingdom general election, by parliamentary constituency were as follows:
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The results of the 1997 United Kingdom general election, by parliamentary constituency were as follows:
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| Constituency | Cnty | Rgn | Last elctn | Winning party | Turnout | Votes | ||||||||||||||
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| Party | Votes | Share | Majority | Con | Lab | LD | UKIP | BNP | Grn | Ref | PLA | Other | Total | |||||||
| Sort | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Aldershot [1] | HAM | SE | Con | Con | 23,119 | 42.7 | 6,621 | 70.8% | 23,119 | 13,057 | 16,498 | 794 | 322 | 231 | ||||||
| Aldridge-Brownhills [2] | WMD | WM | Con | Con | 21,856 | 47.1 | 2,526 | 74.3% | 21,856 | 19,330 | 5,184 | |||||||||
| Altrincham and Sale West [3] | GTM | NW | Con | Con | 22,348 | 43.2 | 1,505 | 73.3% | 22,348 | 20,843 | 6,535 | 270 | 1,348 | 313 | ||||||
| Amber Valley [4] | DBY | EM | Con | Lab | 29,943 | 54.7 | 11,613 | 76.0% | 18,330 | 29,943 | 4,219 | 2,283 | ||||||||
| Arundel and South Downs [5] | EASX | SE | Con | Con | 27,251 | 53.1 | 14,035 | 75.5% | 27,251 | 9,376 | 13,216 | 1,494 | ||||||||
| Ashfield [6] | NOT | EM | Lab | Lab | 32,979 | 65.1 | 22,728 | 70.0% | 10,251 | 32,979 | 4,882 | 595 | 1,896 | 50,603 | ||||||
| Ashford [7] | KNT | SE | Con | Con | 22,899 | 41.4 | 5,345 | 74.2% | 22,899 | 17,554 | 10,901 | 660 | 3,201 | 89 | 55,302 | |||||
| Ashton-under-Lyne [8] | GTM | NW | Lab | Lab | 31,919 | 67.5 | 22,965 | 65.5% | 8,954 | 31,919 | 4,603 | 1,346 | 458 | 47,280 | ||||||
| Aylesbury [9] | BUCKS | SE | Con | Con | 25,426 | 44.2 | 8,419 | 72.8% | 25,426 | 12,759 | 17,007 | 2,196 | 166 | 57,554 | ||||||
| Banbury [10] | OXO | SE | Con | Con | 23,271 | 45.2 | 5,219 | 61.8% | 23,271 | 18,052 | 8,216 | 695 | 1,281 | |||||||
| Barking [11] | LDN | GLDN | Lab | Lab | 21,698 | 65.8 | 15,896 | 61.7% | 5,802 | 21,698 | 3,128 | 894 | 1,283 | 159 [12] | 32,962 | |||||
| Constituency | Cnty | Last elctn | Winning party | Turnout | Votes | |||||||||||||||
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| Party | Votes | Share | Majority | Con | Lab | LD | UKIP | BNP | Grn | Ref | PC | PLA | Other | Total | ||||||
| Sort | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Aberavon [87] | WGM | Lab | Lab | 25,650 | 71.3 | 21,571 | 71.9% | 2,835 | 25,650 | 4,079 | 970 | 2,088 | 341 | |||||||
| Alyn and Deeside [88] | FLT | Lab | Lab | 25,955 | 61.9 | 16,403 | 72.2% | 9,552 | 25,955 | 4,076 | 1,627 | 738 | ||||||||
| Blaenau Gwent | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Brecon and Radnorshire | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bridgend | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Caernarfon | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Caerphilly | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cardiff Central | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cardiff North | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cardiff South and Penarth | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cardiff West | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Carmarthen | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceredigion and Pembroke North | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Clwyd North West | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Clwyd South West | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Conwy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cynon Valley | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Delyn | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gower | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Islwyn | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Llanelli | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Monmouth | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Montgomery | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Neath | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Newport | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Newport West | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ogmore | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pembrokeshire | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pontypridd | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhondda | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Swansea East | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Swansea West | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Torfaen | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Vale of Glamorgan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wrexham | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ynys Môn | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Cnty | Rgn | Last elctn | Winning party | Turnout | Votes | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Share | Majority | SF | DUP | SDLP | UUP | Alliance | Con | PUP | Ind | Total | |||||||
| Sort | |||||||||||||||||||
| East Antrim [89] | ANT | NI | UUP | UUP | 13,318 | 38.8 | 6,389 | 58.3% | 543 | 6,682 | 1,576 | 13,318 | 6,929 | 2,334 | 1,757 | 1,214 | 34,353 | ||
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