# List of MPs who lost their seat in the 1997 United Kingdom general election

This is a list of MPs who lost their seat at the 1997 general election. In total, 133 MPs lost their seats, with Conservative MPs being defeated by female Labour MPs.

## List

| Party | Name | Constituency | Office held whilst in power | Year elected | Defeated by | Party |
| Conservative Party | Raymond Robertson | Aberdeen South | | 1992 | Anne Begg | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | George Kynoch | Kincardine and Deeside, contesting West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (1995–1997) | 1992 | Robert Smith | Liberal Democrats |
| Conservative Party | Phillip Oppenheim | Amber Valley | Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (1996–1997) | 1983 | Judy Mallaber | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Phil Gallie | Ayr | | 1992 | Sandra Osborne | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Elizabeth Peacock | Batley and Spen | | 1983 | Mike Wood | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | John Bowis | Battersea | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of state for Transport (1996-1997) | 1987 | Martin Linton | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | David Evennett | Erith and Crayford, contesting Bexleyheath and Crayford | | 1983 | Nigel Beard | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Andrew Hargreaves | Birmingham Hall Green | | 1987 | Steve McCabe | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Harold Elletson | Blackpool North, contesting Blackpool North and Fleetwood | | 1992 | Joan Humble | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Tom Sackville | Bolton West | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Office (1995-1997) | 1983 | Ruth Kelly | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Tony Newton | Braintree | Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council (1992-1997) | 1974 | Alan Hurst | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Jonathan Evans | Brecon and Radnorshire | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (1996-1997) | 1992 | Richard Livsey | Liberal Democrats |
| Conservative Party | Rhodes Boyson | Brent North | Minister of State for Local Government (1986-1987) | 1974 | Barry Gardiner | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Nirj Deva | Brentford and Isleworth | | 1992 | Ann Keen | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Andrew Bowden | Brighton Kemptown | | 1970 | Des Turner | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Derek Spencer | Brighton Pavilion | Solicitor General for England and Wales (1992-1997) | 1992 | David Lepper | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Michael Stern | Bristol North West | | 1983 | Doug Naysmith | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | William Waldegrave | Bristol West | Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1995-1997) | 1979 | Valerie Davey | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Jim Lester | Broxtowe | | 1974 | Nick Palmer | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Ivan Lawrence | Burton | Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee (1992-1997) | 1974 | Janet Dean | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Alistair Burt | Bury North | Minister of State for the Department of Social Security (1995-1997) | 1983 | David Chaytor | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | David Sumberg | Bury South | | 1983 | Ivan Lewis | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Donald Thompson | Calder Valley | | 1979 | Christine McCafferty | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Gwilym Jones | Cardiff North | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (1994-1997) | 1983 | Julie Morgan | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Nigel Forman | Carshalton and Wallington | Minister of Higher Education (1992) | 1976 | Tom Brake | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Conservative Party | Bob Spink | Castle Point | | 1992 | Christine Butler | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Gyles Brandreth | City of Chester | Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (1996-1997) | 1992 | Christine Russell | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Den Dover | Chorley | | 1979 | Lindsay Hoyle | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Michael Brown | Brigg and Cleethorpes, contesting Cleethorpes | | 1979 | Shona McIsaac | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Rod Richards | Clwyd North West, contesting Clwyd West | Under-Secretary of State for Wales (1994-1996) | 1992 | Gareth Thomas | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Graham Riddick | Colne Valley | | 1987 | Kali Mountford | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | William Powell | Corby | | 1983 | Phil Hope | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Malcolm Thornton | Crosby | | 1979 | Claire Curtis-Thomas | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | David Congdon | Croydon North East, contesting Croydon Central | | 1992 | Geraint Davies | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Bob Dunn | Dartford | | 1979 | Howard Stoate | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Greg Knight | Derby North | Minister of State for Industry (1996-1997) | 1983 | Bob Laxton | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Edwina Currie | South Derbyshire | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (1986-1988) | 1983 | Mark Todd | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | David Shaw | Dover | | 1987 | Gwyn Prosser | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Harry Greenway | Ealing North | | 1979 | Stephen Pound | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Malcolm Rifkind | Edinburgh Pentlands | Foreign Secretary (1995-1997) | 1974 | Lynda Clark | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | James Douglas-Hamilton | Edinburgh West | Minister of State for Scotland (1995-1997) | 1974 | Donald Gorrie | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Conservative Party | Ian Twinn | Edmonton | | 1983 | Andy Love | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Spencer Batiste | Elmet | | 1983 | Colin Burgon | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Michael Portillo | Enfield Southgate | Secretary of State for Defence (1995-1997) | 1984 | Stephen Twigg | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Angela Knight | Erewash | Economic Secretary to the Treasury (1995-1997) | 1992 | Liz Blackman | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Sebastian Coe | Falmouth and Camborne | | 1992 | Candy Atherton | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | John Marshall | Hendon South, contesting Finchley and Golders Green | | 1987 | Rudi Vis | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Paul Marland | West Gloucestershire, contesting Forest of Dean | Chairman of the Home Agriculture Committee (1989-1997) | 1979 | Diana Organ | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Ian Lang | Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | President of the Board of Trade and Secretary of State for Trade & Industry (1995-1997) | 1979 | Alasdair Morgan | Scottish National Party |
| Conservative Party | Andrew Mitchell | Gedling | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (1995-1997) | 1987 | Vernon Coaker | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | James Couchman | Gillingham | | 1983 | Paul Clark | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Douglas French | Gloucester | | 1987 | Tess Kingham | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Jacques Arnold | Gravesham | | 1987 | Chris Pond | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Michael Carttiss | Great Yarmouth | | 1983 | Anthony Wright | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Matthew Carrington | Fulham, contesting Hammersmith and Fulham | | 1987 | Iain Coleman | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Jerry Hayes | Harlow | | 1983 | Bill Rammell | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Norman Lamont | Kingston-upon-Thames, contesting Harrogate and Knaresborough | Chancellor of the Exchequer (1990-1993) | 1972 | Phil Willis | Liberal Democrats |
| Conservative Party | Hugh Dykes | Harrow East | | 1970 | Tony McNulty | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Robert Hughes | Harrow West | | 1987 | Gareth Thomas | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Iain Sproat | Harwich | Minister for Sport (1993-1997) | 1992 | Ivan Henderson | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Jacqui Lait | Hastings and Rye | Assistant Whip (1996-1997) | 1992 | Michael Foster | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Robert Jones | West Hertfordshire, contesting Hemel Hempstead | Minister of State for Construction (1995-1997) | 1983 | Tony McWalter | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | John Gorst | Hendon North, contesting Hendon | | 1970 | Andrew Dismore | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Colin Shepherd | Hereford | | 1974 | Paul Keetch | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Conservative Party | Charles Hendry | High Peak | | 1992 | Tom Levitt | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Robin Squire | Hornchurch | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (1995-1997) | 1979 | John Cryer | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Vivian Bendall | Ilford North | | 1978 | Linda Perham | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Gary Waller | Keighley | | 1979 | Ann Cryer | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Roger Freeman | Kettering | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1995-1997) | 1983 | Phil Sawford | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Richard Tracey | Surbiton, contesting Kingston and Surbiton | Minister for Sport (1985-1987) | 1983 | Ed Davey | Liberal Democrats |
| Conservative Party | Keith Mans | Wyre, contesting Lancaster and Wyre | | 1987 | Hilton Dawson | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Timothy Kirkhope | Leeds North East | Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office (1995-1997) | 1987 | Fabian Hamilton | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Keith Hampson | Leeds North West | | 1974 | Harold Best | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Tim Rathbone | Lewes | | 1974 | Norman Baker | Liberal Democrats |
| Conservative Party | Graham Bright | Luton South | | 1979 | Margaret Moran | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Peggy Fenner | Medway | | 1979 | Bob Marshall-Andrews | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Michael Bates | Langbaurgh, contesting Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Paymaster General (1996-1997) | 1992 | Ashok Kumar | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Barry Legg | Milton Keynes South West | | 1992 | Phyllis Starkey | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Angela Rumbold | Mitcham and Morden | | 1982 | Siobhain McDonagh | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Roger Evans | Monmouth | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (1994-1997) | 1992 | Huw Edwards | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Mark Lennox-Boyd | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Foreign Office (1990-1994) | 1979 | Geraldine Smith | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Richard Alexander | Newark | | 1979 | Fiona Jones | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Peter Butler | North East Milton Keynes | | 1992 | Brian White | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Bill Walker | Tayside North | | 1979 | John Swinney | Scottish National Party |
| Conservative Party | Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | | 1983 | George Turner | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Tony Marlow | Northampton North | | 1979 | Sally Keeble | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Michael Morris | Northampton South | Chairman of Ways and Means (1992-1997) | 1974 | Tony Clarke | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | John Cope | Northavon | Paymaster General (1992-1994) | 1974 | Steve Webb | Liberal Democrats |
| Conservative Party | Peter Griffiths | Portsmouth North | | 1979 | Syd Rapson | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | David Martin | Portsmouth South | | 1987 | Mike Hancock | Liberal Democrats |
| Conservative Party | David Mellor | Putney | Secretary of State for National Heritage (1992) | 1979 | Tony Colman | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | John Watts | Slough, contesting Reading East | Minister of State for Transport (1994-1997) | 1983 | Jane Griffiths | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Jeremy Hanley | Richmond and Barnes, contesting Richmond Park | Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1995-1997) | 1983 | Jenny Tonge | Liberal Democrats |
| Conservative Party | Michael Neubert | Romford | Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces (1988-1990) | 1974 | Eileen Gordon | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Jim Pawsey | Rugby and Kenilworth | | 1979 | Andy King | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | John Sykes | Scarborough, contesting Scarborough and Whitby | | 1992 | Lawrie Quinn | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Irvine Patnick | Sheffield Hallam | Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (1990-1994) | 1987 | Richard Allan | Liberal Democrats |
| Conservative Party | Marcus Fox | Shipley | Chairman of the 1922 Committee (1992-1997) | 1970 | Chris Leslie | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Derek Conway | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (1996-1997) | 1983 | Paul Marsden | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Roger Moate | Faversham, contesting Sittingbourne and Sheppey | | 1970 | Derek Wyatt | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Mark Robinson | Somerton and Frome | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (1985-1987) | 1992 | David Heath | Liberal Democrats |
| Conservative Party | Robert Atkins | South Ribble | Minister of State for Environment and Countryside (1994-1995) | 1979 | David Borrow | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Simon Coombs | Swindon, contesting Swindon South | | 1983 | Julia Drown | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Jonathan Aitken | South Thanet | Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1994-1995) | 1974 | Stephen Ladyman | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | James Hill | Southampton Test | | 1979 | Alan Whitehead | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Matthew Gordon-Banks | Southport | | 1992 | Ronnie Fearn | Liberal Democrats |
| Conservative Party | Timothy Wood | Stevenage | Comptroller of the Household (1995-1997) | 1983 | Barbara Follett | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Michael Forsyth | Stirling | Secretary of State for Scotland (1995-1997) | 1983 | Anne McGuire | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Tim Devlin | Stockton South | | 1987 | Dari Taylor | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Warren Hawksley | Halesowen and Stourbridge, contesting Stourbridge | | 1992 | Debra Shipley | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Roger Knapman | Stroud | Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (1996-1997) | 1987 | David Drew | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Olga Maitland | Sutton and Cheam | | 1992 | Paul Burstow | Liberal Democrats |
| Conservative Party | Neil Hamilton | Tatton | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Corporate Affairs (1992-1994) | 1983 | Martin Bell | Independent |
| Conservative Party | David Nicholson | Taunton | | 1987 | Jackie Ballard | Liberal Democrats |
| Conservative Party | Rupert Allason | Torbay | | 1987 | Adrian Sanders | Liberal Democrats |
| Conservative Party | Toby Jessel | Twickenham | | 1970 | Vince Cable | Liberal Democrats |
| Conservative Party | Nicholas Bonsor | Upminster | Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (1995-1997) | 1979 | Keith Darvill | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Walter Sweeney | Vale of Glamorgan | | 1992 | John Smith | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Dudley Smith | Warwick and Leamington | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment (1970-1974) | 1968 | James Plaskitt | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | David Porter | Waveney | | 1987 | Bob Blizzard | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Peter Fry | Wellingborough | | 1969 | Paul Stinchcombe | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | David Evans | Welwyn Hatfield | | 1987 | Melanie Johnson | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Charles Goodson-Wickes | Wimbledon | | 1987 | Roger Casale | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Gerry Malone | Winchester | | 1992 | Mark Oaten | Liberal Democrats |
| Conservative Party | David Hunt | Wirral West | Secretary of State for Wales (1995) | 1976 | Stephen Hesford | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Nicholas Budgen | Wolverhampton South West | | 1974 | Jenny Jones | Labour Party |
| Conservative Party | Anthony Coombs | Wyre Forest | | 1987 | David Lock | Labour Party |
| Liberal Democrats | Diana Maddock | Christchurch | | 1993 | Christopher Chope | Conservative Party |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Davies | Littleborough and Saddleworth, contesting Oldham East and Saddleworth | | 1995 | Phil Woolas | Labour Party |
| Liberal Democrats | Liz Lynne | Rochdale | | 1992 | Lorna Fitzsimons | Labour Party |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | Joe Hendron | Belfast West | | 1992 | Gerry Adams | Sinn Féin |
| Democratic Unionist Party | William McCrea | Mid Ulster | | 1983 | Martin McGuinness | Sinn Féin |
| Referendum Party | George Gardiner | Reigate | | 1974 | Crispin Blunt | Conservative Party |