Results of the 1997 United Kingdom general election by constituency

This is the breakdown of the results of the 1997 United Kingdom general election by constituency. The results are listed by nation, region and/or county.

Bold indicates the candidate that was elected MP † represents that the incumbent did not run again. § represents that the incumbent was defeated for nomination. ₰ represents that the incumbent was disqualified from their nomination contest. ‡ represents that the incumbent contested a different constituency.

Breakdown by regions NationRegionCounty/Sub-regionTotal MPsLabourConservativeLiberal DemocratOthersEngland (529)East Midlands (44)Derbyshire109 51 500Leicestershire and Rutland105 25 200Lincolnshire71 16 100Northamptonshire65 51 500Nottinghamshire1110 31 300East of England (56)Bedfordshire63 33200Cambridgeshire7215100Essex1765105110Hertfordshire11556500Norfolk8434300Suffolk7215100Greater London (74)North East London232271700North West London20151051000South East London161124210South West London1597112550North East England (30)Cleveland6620200County Durham77000Northumberland42110Tyne and Wear131310100North West England (76)Cheshire117131011Cumbria64200Greater Manchester2825625110Lancashire151352500Merseyside1615203110South East England (83)Berkshire8334310Buckinghamshire7225200East Sussex84435110Hampshire1732113320Isle of Wight1001110Kent17889700Oxfordshire6141110Surrey1101100West Sussex8117100South West England (51)Bristol4420200Cornwall51103420Devon113254320Dorset8081010Gloucestershire84324210Somerset91124530Wiltshire6224200West Midlands (59)Herefordshire2011110Shropshire5322100Staffordshire12834300Warwickshire5421200West Midlands county292444401Worcestershire6333301Yorkshire and the Humber (56)Humberside10723200North Yorkshire83243110South Yorkshire151401110West Yorkshire23229010110Northern Ireland (18)18Scotland (72)Central Scotland1010000Glasgow1010000Highlands and Islands7210411Lothians98102110Mid Scotland and Fife96102121North East Scotland95202212South Scotland96203211West Scotland9910100Wales (40)Mid and West Wales8401212North Wales9720202South Central Wales8820200South East Wales8810100South West Wales77000

England

England elected 529 out of the 659 Members of Parliament across the 9 regions of England.

East Midlands

The East Midlands elected 44 Members of Parliament across 6 counties; Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland.

Derbyshire Derbyshire elected 10 Members of Parliament in 10 seats – 2 borough and 8 county constituencies. ConstituencyCandidatesIncumbentLabourConservativeLiberal DemocratReferendumOtherAmber Valley Judy Mallaber 29,943 (54.7%)Phillip Oppenheim 18,330 (33.4%)Roger Shelley 4,219 (7.7%)Irene McGibbon 2,283 (4.2%) Graham Bright†Bolsover Dennis Skinner 35,073 (74.0%)Richard Harwood 7,924 (16.7%)Ian Cox 4,417 (9.3%) Dennis SkinnerChesterfield Tony Benn 26,105 (50.8%)Martin Potter 4,752 (9.2%)Anthony Rogers 20,330 (39.6%)Norman Scarth (Ind.) 202 (0.4%) Tony BennDerby North Bob Laxton 29,844 (53.2%)Gregory Knight 19,229 (34.3%)Robert Charlesworth 5,059 (9.0%)Paul Reynolds 1,816 (3.2%)Jane Waters (PLA) 195 (0.3%) Gregory KnightDerby South Margaret Beckett 29,154 (56.3%)Javed Arain 13,048 (25.2%)Jeremy Beckett 7,438 (14.4%)John K. Browne 1,862 (3.6%)Rob Evans (ND) 317 (0.6%) Margaret BeckettErewash Liz Blackman 31,196 (51.7%)Angela Knight 22,061 (36.6%)Martin Garnett 5,181 (8.6%)Stephen Stagg 1,404 (2.3%)Matthew Simmons (SLP) 496 (0.8%) Angela KnightHigh Peak Tom Levitt 29,052 (50.8%)Charles Hendry 20,261 (35.5%)Sue Barber 6,420 (11.2%)Colin Hanson-Orr 1,420 (2.5%) Charles HendryNorth East Derbyshire Harry Barnes 31,425 (60.5%)Simon Elliott 13,104 (25.2%)Stephen Hardy 7,450 (14.3%) Harry BarnesSouth Derbyshire Mark Todd 32,709 (54.5%)Edwina Currie 18,742 (31.3%)Robert Renold 5,408 (9.0%)Richard North 2,491 (4.2%)Ian Crompton (UKIP) 617 (1.0%) Edwina CurrieWest DerbyshireStephen J. Clamp 19,060 (33.5%) Patrick McLoughlin 23,945 (42.1%)Christopher Seeley 9,940 (17.5%)John Gouriet 2,499 (4.4%)Godfrey Meynell (Ind. Grn.) 593 (1.0%)Hugh Price (UKIP) 484 (0.9%)"The Flying Brick" Delves (OMRLP) 281 (0.5%)Martin Kyslun (Ind.) 81 (0.1%) Patrick McLoughlin

Leicestershire and Rutland Leicestershire and Rutland elected 10 Members of Parliament in 10 seats – 3 borough and 7 county constituencies. ConstituencyCandidatesIncumbentLabourConservativeLiberal DemocratReferendumOtherBlabyRoss Willmott 18,090 (33.8%) Andrew Robathan 24,564 (45.8%)Geoff Welsh 8,001 (14.9%)Robert Harrison 2,018 (3.8%)+John Peacock (BNP) 523 (1.0%)Terence Stokes (Ind.) 397 (0.7%) Andrew RobathanBosworthAndrew Furlong 20,162 (38.7%) David Tredinnick 21,189 (40.6%)Jon Ellis 9,281 (17.8%)Scott Halborg 1,521 (2.9%) David TredinnickCharnwoodDavid Knaggs 20,210 (36.0%) Stephen Dorrell 26,110 (46.5%)Roger Wilson 7,224 (12.9%)Hugh Meechan 2,104 (3.7%)Matthew Palmer (BNP) 525 (0.9%)New constituencyHarboroughNick Holden 13,332 (25.2%) Edward Garnier 22,170 (41.8%)Mark Cox 15,646 (29.5%)Neil Wright 1,859 (3.5%) Edward GarnierLeicester East Keith Vaz 29,083 (65.50%)Simon Milton 10,661 (24.01%)Jay Matabudul 3,105 (6.99%)Philip Iwaniw 1,015 (2.29%)+Sohan Singh Sidhu (SLP) 436 (0.98%)Neil Slack (Ind.) 102 (0.23%) Keith VazLeicester South Jim Marshall 27,914 (58.0%)Chris Heaton-Harris 11,421 (23.7%)Barry Coles 6,654 (13.8%)John Hancock 1,184 (2.5%)+Jim Dooher (SLP) 634 (1.3%)Kevin Sills (ND) 307 (0.6%) Jim MarshallLeicester West Patricia Hewitt 22,580 (55.2%)Richard Thomas 9,716 (23.7%)Mark Jones 5,795 (14.2%)William Shooter 970 (2.4%)+Geoff Forse (Green) 586 (1.4%)David Roberts (SLP) 452 (1.1%)Josephine Nicholls (SP) 327 (0.8%)Adrian Belshaw (BNP) 302 (0.7%)Clive Potter (ND) 186 (0.5%) Greville Janner†Loughborough Andy Reed 25,448 (48.6%)Ken Andrews 19,736 (37.7%)Diana Brass 6,190 (11.8%)Rama P. Gupta 991 (1.9%) Stephen Dorrell‡North West Leicestershire David Taylor 29,332 (56.4%)Robert Goodwill 16,113 (31.0%)Stan Heptinstall 4,492 (8.6%)Maurice Abney-Hastings 2,008 (4.0%) David Ashby†Rutland and MeltonJohn Meads 15,271 (29.0%) Alan Duncan 24,107 (45.8%)Kim Lee 10,112 (19.2%)Rupert King 2,317 (4.4%)Jeff Abbott (UKIP) 823 (1.6%) Alan Duncan

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire elected 7 Members of Parliament in 7 seats – 1 borough and 6 county constituencies. This excludes (North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire) which are included as part of Humberside. ConstituencyCandidatesIncumbentLabourConservativeLiberal DemocratReferendumOtherBoston and SkegnessPhilip McCauley 19,103 (41.0%) Richard Body 19,750 (42.4%)John Meads 7,721 (16.6%) Richard Body (Holland with Boston)GainsboroughPaul Taylor 13,767 (28.8%) Edward Leigh 20,593 (43.1%)Neil Taylor 13,436 (28.1%) Edward Leigh (Gainsborough and Horncastle)Grantham and StamfordPeter Denning 19,980 (37.7%) Quentin Davies 22,672 (42.8%)John Sellick 6,612 (12.5%)Marilyn Swain 2,721 (5.1%)+Malcolm Charlesworth (UKIP) 556 (1.0%)Rosa Clark (PLA) 314 (0.6%)Ian Harper (NLP) 115 (0.2%)New constituencyLincoln Gillian Merron 25,563 (54.9%)Tony Brown 14,433 (31.0%)Lisa Gabriel 5,048 (10.8%)John Ivory 1,329 (2.9%)Adrian Myers (NLP) 175 (0.4%) Kenneth Carlisle†Louth and HorncastleJohn Hough 14,799 (29.6%) Peter Tapsell 21,699 (43.4%)Fiona Martin 12,207 (24.4%)Rosemary Robinson (Green) 1,248 (2.5%) Peter Tapsell (East Lindsey)Sleaford and North HykehamSean Hariss 18,235 (34.3%) Douglas Hogg 23,358 (43.9%)John Marriott 8,063 (15.2%)Peter Clery 2,942 (5.5%)Richard Overton (Ind. Con.) 578 (1.1%) Douglas Hogg (Grantham)South Holland and The DeepingsJohn Lewis 16,700 (33.3%) John Hayes 24,691 (49.3%)Peter Millen 7,836 (15.6%)Guy Erwood (Ind. Con.) 902 (1.8%)New constituency

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire elected 6 Members of Parliament in 6 seats – 2 borough and 4 county constituencies. ConstituencyCandidatesIncumbentLabourConservativeLiberal DemocratReferendumOtherCorby Phil Hope 29,888 (55.4%)William Powell 18,028 (33.4%)Ian Hankison 4,045 (7.5%)Sebastian Riley-Smith 1,356 (2.5%)Ian Gillman (UKIP) 507 (0.9%)Jane Bence (NLP) 133 (0.2%) William PowellDaventryKen Ritchie 21,237 (34.4%) Tim Boswell 28,615 (46.3%)John Gordon 9,233 (15.0%)Barbara Russocki 2,018 (3.3%)B.J. Mahoney (UKIP) 443 (0.7%)Russell B. France (NLP) 204 (0.3%) Tim BoswellKettering Phil Sawford 24,650 (43.3%)Roger Freeman 24,461 (43.0%)Roger Aron 6,098 (10.7%)Arthur E. Smith 1,551 (2.7%)Rosemary le Carpentier (NLP) 197 (0.3%) Roger FreemanNorthampton North Sally Keeble 27,247 (52.7%)Tony Marlow 17,247 (33.4%)L. Dunbar 6,579 (12.7%)D. Torbica (UKIP) 474 (0.9%)B. Spivack (NLP) 161 (0.3%) Tony MarlowNorthampton South Tony Clarke 24,214 (42.4%)Michael Morris 23,470 (41.1%)Anthony W. Worgan 6,316 (11.1%)Christopher C. Petrie 1,405 (2.5%)Derek Clark (UKIP) 1,159 (2.0%)Graham D. Woollcombe (NLP) 541 (0.9%) Michael MorrisWellingborough Paul Stinchcombe 24,854 (44.2%)Peter Fry 24,667 (43.8%)Peter Smith 5,279 (9.4%)Tony Ellwood (UKIP) 1,192 (2.1%)Annie Lorys (NLP) 297 (0.5%) Peter Fry

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire elected 11 Members of Parliament in 11 seats – 3 borough and 8 county constituencies. ConstituencyCandidatesIncumbentLabourConservativeLiberal DemocratReferendumOtherAshfield Geoff Hoon 32,979 (65.1%)Mark Simmonds 10,251 (20.3%)William E. Smith 4,882 (20.3%)Martin I. Betts 1,896 (3.8%)Steven E. Belshaw (BNP) 595 (1.2%) Geoff HoonBassetlaw Joe Ashton 29,298 (61.1%)Martyn Cleasby 11,950 (24.9%)Mike Kerringan 4,950 (10.3%)Roy Graham 1,838 (3.8%) Joe AshtonBroxtowe Nick Palmer 27,343 (47.0%)Jim Lester 21,768 (37.4%)Terence P. Miller 6,934 (11.9%)Roy Tucker 2,092 (3.6%) Jim LesterGedling Vernon Coaker 24,390 (46.8%)Andrew Mitchell 20,588 (39.5%)Raymond Poynter 5,180 (9.9%)John Connor 2,006 (3.9%) Andrew MitchellMansfield Alan Meale 30,556 (64.4%)Tim Frost 10,038 (21.2%)Phil Smith 5,244 (11.1%)Jim Bogusz 1,588 (3.3%) Alan MealeNewark Fiona Jones 23,496 (45.2%)Richard Alexander 20,480 (39.4%)Peter Harris 5,960 (11.5%)Graham Creedy 2,035 (3.9%) Richard AlexanderNottingham East John Heppell 24,755 (62.3%)Andrew Raca 9,336 (23.5%)Kevin Mulloy 4,008 (10.1%)Ben Brown 1,645 (4.1%) John HeppellNottingham North Graham Allen 27,203 (65.7%)Gillian Shaw 8,402 (20.3%)Rachel Oliver 3,301 (8.0%)Joe Neal 1,858 (4.5%)Andy Belfield (SP) 637 (1.5%) Graham AllenNottingham South Alan Simpson 26,825 (55.3%)Brian Kirsch 13,461 (27.7%)Gary Long 6,265 (12.9%)Ken Thompson 1,523 (3.1%)Sharron Edwards (ND) 446 (0.9%) Alan SimpsonRushcliffeJocelyn Pettitt 22,503 (36.2%) Kenneth Clarke 27,558 (44.4%)Sam Boote 8,851 (14.3%)Catherine Chadd 2,682 (4.3%)+Joseph Moore (UKIP) 403 (0.7%)Anna Miszewska (NLP) 115 (0.2%) Kenneth ClarkeSherwood Paddy Tipping 33,071 (58.5%)Roland Spencer 16,259 (28.8%)Bruce Moult 4,889 (8.6%)Lee Slack 1,882 (3.3%)Paul Ballard (BNP) 432 (0.8%) Paddy Tipping

East of England

The East of England elected 56 Members of Parliament across 6 counties; Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

Bedfordshire Bedfordshire elected 6 Members of Parliament in 6 seats – 3 borough and 3 county constituencies. ConstituencyCandidatesIncumbentLabourConservativeLiberal DemocratReferendumOtherBedford Patrick Hall 25,860 (50.6%)Bob Blackman 16,474 (33.7%)Christopher Noyce 6,044 (12.3%)Peter Conquest 1,503 (3.1%)Patricia Saunders (NLP) 149 (0.3%)New constituencyLuton North Kelvin Hopkins 25,860 (54.6%)David Senior 16,234 (34.3%)Kathryn Newbound 4,299 (9.1%)+Colin Brown (UKIP) 689 (1.5%)Aaron Custance (NLP) 250 (0.5%) John Carlisle†Luton South Margaret Moran 26,428 (54.8%)Graham Bright 15,109 (31.4%)Keith Fitchett 4,610 (9.6%)Clive Jacobs 1,205 (2.5%)+Charlie Lawman (UKIP) 390 (0.8%)Marc Scheimann (Green) 356 (0.7%)Claire Perrin (NLP) 86 (0.2%) Graham BrightMid BedfordshireNeil Mallett 17,086 (32.5%) Jonathan Sayeed 24,176 (46.0%)Tim Hill 8,823 (16.8%)Shirley Marler 2,257 (4.3%)Marek J. Lorys (NLP) 174 (0.3%) Nicholas Lyell‡North East BedfordshireJohn Lehal 16,428 (32.6%) Nicholas Lyell 22,311 (44.3%)Philip Bristow 7,179 (14.2%)John Taylor 2,490 (4.9%)+Frank Foley (Ind. Con.)