1997 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland information
Main article: 1997 United Kingdom general election
1997 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
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1 May 1997
2001 →
18 seats in Northern Ireland of the 659 seats in the House of Commons
Turnout
67.4% ()
First party
Second party
Leader
David Trimble
John Hume
Party
Ulster Unionist
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Leader since
28 August 1995
6 May 1979
Leader's seat
Upper Bann
Foyle
Seats won
10
3
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
258,439
190,844
Percentage
32.7%
24.1%
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
Gerry Adams
Ian Paisley
Party
Sinn Féin
DUP
Leader since
1983
30 September 1971
Leader's seat
Belfast West
North Antrim
Seats won
2
2
Seat change
2
1
Popular vote
126,921
107,348
Percentage
16.1%
13.6%
The 1997 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 1 May with 18 MPs elected in single-seat constituencies using first-past-the-post as part of the wider general election in the United Kingdom. This was an increase of one seat in Northern Ireland, where the House of Commons as a whole had increased from 650 to 659 seats.
1,177,969 people were eligible to vote, up 53,069 from the 1992 general election. 67.39% of eligible voters turned out, down 2.6 percentage points from the last general election.[1]
^"UK Parliamentary Election 1997 - Turnout". EONI. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
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