# 1997 United Kingdom general election in England

The 1997 United Kingdom general election in England was held on 1 May 1997 for 529 English seats to the House of Commons. Under Tony Blair, the Labour Party won a landslide majority of English seats, the first time since 1966 that Labour had won an overall majority of English seats. The England result, together with even larger landslide Labour results in Scotland and Wales, gave Labour the biggest majority for any single party since 1931. Blair subsequently formed the first Labour government since 1979, beginning 13 years of Labour government.

## Results table

| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Total | Gains | Losses | Net +/- | % seats | Total votes | % votes | Change |
| | Labour | 328 | 133 | 1 | 132 | 62.0 | 11,347,882 | 43.5 | 9.6 |
| | Conservative | 165 | 0 | 159 | 159 | 31.2 | 8,780,881 | 33.7 | 11.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 34 | 26 | 1 | 25 | 6.4 | 4,677,565 | 18.0 | 1.3 |
| | Referendum | 0 | 0 | 0 | | — | 746,624 | 2.9 | N/A |
| | UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | — | 103,521 | 0.4 | N/A |
| | Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 69,464 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| | Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | | — | 60,013 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| | Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | | — | 44,516 | 0.2 | |
| | Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | | — | 44,114 | 0.2 | N/A |
| | BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | — | 35,181 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | Natural Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | | — | 25,958 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | | — | 24,447 | 0.1 | |
| | Speaker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 24,447 | 0.1 | N/A |
| | Ind. Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | | — | 18,667 | 0.1 | |
| | Prolife Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | | — | 13,890 | 0.1 | N/A |
| | Other parties | 0 | 0 | 0 | | — | 42,020 | 0.2 | N/A |
| | | | | | | | 26,058,712 | 71.5 | 6.5 |
Popular vote
Labour
43.5%
Conservative
33.7%
Liberal Democrats
18.0%
Referendum
2.9%
Other
2.1% :
Parliament seats
Labour
62.0%
Conservative
31.2%
Liberal Democrats
6.4%
Other
0.4% :

## Regional results

Regional vote shares and changes are sourced from the House of Commons Library.

### North East

| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Total | % | Change (%) |
| | Labour | 28 | | | +3 | 862,262 | 64.0 | +10.7 |
| | Conservative | 1 | | | -3 | 266,294 | 19.8 | -11.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1 | | | | 169,270 | 12.6 | -2.9 |
| | Others | 0 | | | | 48,764 | 3.6 | — |
| Total | Total | 30 | | Turnout | Turnout | 1,346,590 | 1,346,590 | 1,346,590 |

### North West

| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Total | % | Change (%) |
| | Labour | 49 | | | +13 | 1,499,518 | 51.5 | +9.0 |
| | Conservative | 9 | | | -14 | 859,436 | 29.5 | -11.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1 | | | | 421,025 | 14.5 | -1.0 |
| | Others | 1 | | | +1 | 130,730 | 4.5 | — |
| Total | Total | 60 | | Turnout | Turnout | 2,910,709 | 2,910,709 | 2,910,709 |

### Merseyside

| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Total | % | Change (%) |
| | Labour | 15 | | | +3 | 442,366 | 64.0 | +10.4 |
| | Conservative | 0 | | | -4 | 141,120 | 19.8 | -9.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1 | | | +1 | 103,152 | 12.6 | -2.4 |
| | Others | 0 | | | | 28,158 | 3.6 | — |
| Total | Total | 16 | | Turnout | Turnout | 714,796 | 714,796 | 714,796 |

### Yorkshire and the Humber

| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Total | % | Change (%) |
| | Labour | 47 | | | +13 | 1,339,170 | 51.9 | +7.6 |
| | Conservative | 7 | | | -15 | 720,771 | 28.0 | -10.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 2 | | | +2 | 412,216 | 16.0 | -0.8 |
| | Others | 0 | | | | 106,016 | 4.1 | — |
| Total | Total | 56 | | Turnout | Turnout | 2,578,173 | 2,578,173 | 2,578,173 |

### East Midlands

| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Total | % | Change (%) |
| | Labour | 30 | | | +15 | 1,097,639 | 47.8 | +10.4 |
| | Conservative | 14 | | | -15 | 800,958 | 34.9 | -11.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 0 | | | | 311,264 | 13.6 | -1.7 |
| | Others | 0 | | | | 84,889 | 3.7 | — |
| Total | Total | 44 | | Turnout | Turnout | 2,294,750 | 2,294,750 | 2,294,750 |

### West Midlands

| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Total | % | Change (%) |
| | Labour | 43 | | | +15 | 1,326,822 | 47.0 | +8.2 |
| | Conservative | 14 | | | -17 | 953,465 | 33.7 | -11.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1 | | | +1 | 388,807 | 13.8 | -1.3 |
| | Others | 1 | | | +1 | 156,731 | 5.5 | — |
| Total | Total | 59 | | Turnout | Turnout | 2,825,825 | 2,825,825 | 2,825,825 |

### East of England

| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Total | % | Change (%) |
| | Conservative | 33 | | | -19 | 1,164,777 | 39.5 | -13.0 |
| | Labour | 22 | | | +18 | 1,137,637 | 38.6 | +12.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1 | | | +1 | 504,416 | 17.1 | -2.7 |
| | Others | 0 | | | | 140,337 | 4.8 | — |
| Total | Total | 56 | | Turnout | Turnout | 2,947,167 | 2,947,167 | 2,947,167 |

### London

| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Total | % | Change (%) |
| | Labour | 57 | | | +25 | 1,643,329 | 49.5 | +12.4 |
| | Conservative | 11 | | | -30 | 1,036,082 | 31.2 | -14.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 6 | | | +5 | 485,511 | 14.6 | -1.3 |
| | Others | 0 | | | | 156,126 | 4.7 | — |
| Total | Total | 74 | | Turnout | Turnout | 3,321,048 | 3,321,048 | 3,321,048 |

### South East

| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Total | % | Change (%) |
| | Conservative | 54 | | | -25 | 1,817,343 | 41.9 | -13.1 |
| | Labour | 22 | | | +18 | 1,264,778 | 29.1 | +10.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 7 | | | +7 | 1,012,418 | 23.3 | -1.4 |
| | Others | 0 | | | | 247,069 | 5.7 | — |
| Total | Total | 83 | | Turnout | Turnout | 4,341,608 | 4,341,608 | 4,341,608 |

### South West

| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Total | % | Change (%) |
| | Conservative | 22 | | | -17 | 1,020,635 | 36.7 | -10.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 14 | | | +8 | 869,486 | 31.3 | -0.1 |
| | Labour | 15 | | | +9 | 734,361 | 26.4 | +7.2 |
| | Others | 0 | | | | 153,564 | 5.5 | — |
| Total | Total | 51 | | Turnout | Turnout | 2,778,046 | 2,778,046 | 2,778,046 |