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May 1st, 1997 General Election Results - United Kingdom Totals

 Electors    43,846,152     
 Total Votes    31,286,284  71.4%   

 

Party Votes  % Seats

 Labour    13,518,167  43.2  418 
 Conservative    9,600,943  30.7  165 
 Liberal Democrat    5,242,947  16.8  46 
 Ulster Unionist Party    258,349  0.8  10 
 Scottish National Party    621,550  2.0 
 Plaid Cymru (Party of Wales)    161,030  0.5 
 Social Democratic and Labour Party    190,814  0.6 
 Sinn Fein    126,921  0.4 
 Democratic Unionist Party    107,348  0.3 
 Speaker    23,969  0.1 
 United Kingdom Unionist Party    12,817  0.0 
 Referendum Party    811,849  2.6 
 United Kingdom Independence Party    105,722  0.3 
 Others    503,858  1.6