1997 United Kingdom general election in England information
General election held in the United Kingdom
1997 United Kingdom general election in England
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1 May 1997 (1997-05-01)
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All 529 English seats to the House of Commons 265 seats needed for English majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Tony Blair
John Major
Paddy Ashdown
Party
Labour
Conservative
Liberal Democrats
Leader since
21 July 1994
4 July 1995[n 1]
16 July 1988
Leader's seat
Sedgefield
Huntingdon
Yeovil
Last election
195 seats, 33.9%
319 seats, 45.5%
10 seats, 19.2%
Seats before
196†
324†
9†
Seats won
328
165
34
Seat change
132*
159*
25*
Popular vote
11,347,882
8,780,881
4,677,565
Percentage
43.5%
33.7%
18.0%
Swing
9.6%
11.8%
1.2%
†Notional 1992 results if held on the 1997 boundaries
*Indicates boundary change - so this is a notional figure.
Main article: 1997 United Kingdom general election
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.[2] 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.
^"1995: Major wins Conservative leadership". BBC News. 4 July 1995.
^"General election results 1 May 1997". 9 May 1997. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
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