These are the results of the 1997 United Kingdom general election in Wales. The election was held on 1 May 1997 and all 40 seats in
Wales were contested. The Labour Party won a
landslide majority of
Welsh MPs, gaining seven seats for a total of 34 out of 40. The Liberal Democrats gained one seat, whilst Plaid Cymru retained their four MPs.
The Conservatives lost all of their Welsh MPs, leaving them without representation in Wales for the first time since the
1906 general election
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. They would not gain another MP until the
2005 general election.
Results
Below is a table summarising the results of the 1997 general election in Wales.
Results by constituency
The following is the results by constituency by
Senedd electoral region
The Senedd constituencies and electoral regions () are the electoral districts used to elect Members of the Senedd (MS; cy, Aelodau'r Senedd or AS) to the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; ), and have been used in some form since the first election of ...
:
Mid and West Wales
Mid and West Wales elected 8
Members of Parliament.
North Wales
North Wales elected 9
Members of Parliament.
South Central Wales
South Central Wales elected 8
Members of Parliament.
South East Wales
South East Wales elected 8
Members of Parliament.
South West Wales
South West Wales elected 7
Members of Parliament.
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References
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#Wales
General election in Wales
1990s elections in Wales
1997
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