UNITED KINGDOM
HOUSE OF COMMONS ELECTIONS OF 1 MAY 1997
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SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS
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Comparisons are with the elections of 1992

                                          43,784,559 enrolled voters
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Party                          votes       %    change    seats
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Labour Party                   13,517,911  43.2 (+08.8)   418 (+147)
Conservative Party              9,600,940  30.7 (-11.2)   165 (-171)
Liberal Democrats               5,243,440  16.8 (-01.1)    46 (+26)
Referendum Party                  811,829  02.6             -
Scottish National Party           622,260  02.0 (+00.1)     6 (+3)
Ulster Unionists                  258,349  00.8 ( 00.0)    10 (+1)
Social Dem and Labour (SDLP)      190,814  00.6 (+00.1)     3 (-1)
Plaid Cymru (Welsh Nats)          161,030  00.5 (+00.1)     4
Sinn Fein                         127,144  00.4 (+00.2)     2 (+1)
Democratic Unionist               107,348  00.3 ( 00.0)     2 (-1)
Others                            647,043  02.1             3 (+2)
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                               31,288,108                 659
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The change in party numbers takes no account of changes in
constituency boundaries since 1992. "Others" includes the Speaker,
who was elected as a Labour member in 1992.