1997 United Kingdom general election in Scotland information
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1997 United Kingdom general election
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1 May 1997
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All 72 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout
71.3%, 4.2%
First party
Second party
Leader
Tony Blair
Paddy Ashdown
Party
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Leader since
21 July 1994
16 July 1988
Seats before
49
9
Seats won
56
10
Seat change
7
1
Popular vote
1,283,350
365,362
Percentage
45.6%
13.0%
Swing
6.6%
0.1%
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
Alex Salmond
John Major
Party
SNP
Conservative
Leader since
22 September 1990
4 July 1995[n 1]
Seats before
3
11
Seats won
6
0
Seat change
3
11
Popular vote
621,550
493,059
Percentage
22.1%
17.5%
Swing
0.6%
8.2%
Coloured according to the winning party's vote share in each constituency
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Main article: 1997 United Kingdom general election
A general election was held in the United Kingdom on 1 May 1997 and all 72 seats in Scotland were contested. This would be the last UK general election to be contested in Scotland before the Scottish Parliament was established on 1 July 1999 following overwhelming public approval in a referendum.
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