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Main article: 1997 United Kingdom general election

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.[1]

The Conservatives lost all of their Welsh MPs, leaving them without representation in Wales for the first time since the 1906 general election.[2][3][4] They would not gain another MP until the 2005 general election.[5]

Results

Below is a table summarising the results of the 1997 general election in Wales.[1]

Party[6] Seats Votes
Total Gains Losses Net +/- % seats Total votes % votes Change
Labour 34 7 0 Increase7 85.0 885,935 54.7 Increase5.2
Conservative 0 0 8 Decrease8 — 317,127 19.6 Decrease9.0
Liberal Democrats 2 1 0 Increase1 5.0 200,020 12.4 Decrease0.1
Plaid Cymru 4 0 0 Steady 10.0 161,030 10.0 Increase1.1
Referendum 0 0 0 Steady — 38,245 2.4 New
Socialist Labour 0 0 0 Steady — 6,203 0.4 New
Independent Labour 0 0 0 Steady — 4,633 0.3 New
Independent 0 0 0 Steady — 2,258 0.2 N/A
Green 0 0 0 Steady — 1,718 0.1 Decrease0.3
Other parties 0 0 0 Steady — 3,087 0.2 N/A




Results by constituency

Main article: Results of the 1997 United Kingdom general election by constituency

The following is the results by constituency by Senedd electoral region:

Mid and West Wales

Mid and West Wales elected 8 Members of Parliament.

Constituency Candidates Incumbent
Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat Plaid Cymru Referendum Other
Brecon and Radnorshire[7] Christopher Mann

11,424 (26.6%)

Jonathan Evans

12,419 (29.0%)

Richard Livsey

17,516 (40.8%)

Steven Cornelius

622 (1.5%)

Elizabeth Phillips

900 (2.1%)

  Bill Walker
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr[8]   Alan Williams

17,907 (42.9%)

Edmund Hayward

5,022 (12.0%)

Juliana Hughes

3,150 (7.5%)

Rhodri Glyn Thomas

14,457 (34.6%)

Ian Humphreys-Evans

1,196 (2.9%)

  Alan Williams‡

(Carmarthen)

Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire[9]   Nick Ainger

20,956 (49.1%)

Owen Williams

11,335 (26.6%)

Keith Evans

3,516 (8.2%)

Roy Llewellyn

5,402 (12.7%)

Joy Poirrier

1,432 (3.4%)

  Nick Ainger‡

(Pembrokeshire)

Ceredigion[10] Robert (Hag) Harris

9,767 (24.3%)

Felix Aubel

5,983 (14.9%)

Dai Davies

6,616 (16.5%)

Cynog Dafis

16,728 (41.6%)

John Leaney

1,092 (2.7%)

Cynog Dafis‡

(Ceredigion and Pembroke North)

Llanelli[11]   Denzil Davies

23,851 (57.9%)

Andrew Hayes

5,003 (12.1%)

Nick Burree

3,788 (9.2%)

Marc Phillips

7,812 (19.0%)

John Willock (SLP)

757 (1.8%)

  Denzil Davies
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy[12] Hefin E. Rees

5,660 (23.0%)

Jeremy Quin

3,922 (16.0%)

Robina L. Feeley

1,719 (7.0%)

Elfyn Llwyd

12,465 (50.7%)

Phillip H. Hodge

809 (3.3%)

Elfyn Llwyd
Montgomeryshire[13] Angharad Davies

6,109 (19.1%)

Glyn Davies

8,344 (26.1%)

Lembit Öpik

14,647 (45.9%)

Helen Mary Jones

1,608 (5.0%)

John Bufton

879 (2.8%)

Susan Walker (Green)

338 (1.1%)

Alex Carlile†
Preseli Pembrokeshire[14]   Jackie Lawrence

20,477 (48.3%)

Robert Buckland

11,741 (27.7%)

Jeffrey Clarke

5,527 (13.0%)

Alun Jones

2,683 (6.3%)

David Berry

1,574 (3.7%)

Molly Scott Cato (Green)

401 (0.9%)

  Nick Ainger‡

(Pembrokeshire)

North Wales

North Wales elected 9 Members of Parliament.

Constituency Candidates Incumbent
Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat Plaid Cymru Referendum Other
Alyn and Deeside[15]   Barry Jones

25,955 (61.9%)

Timothy P. Roberts

9,552 (22.8%)

Eleanor Burnham

4,076 (9.7%)

Siw Hills

738 (1.8%)

Malcolm J. D. Jones

1,627 (3.9%)

  Barry Jones
Caernarfon[16] Eifion Wyn Williams

10,167 (29.5%)

Elwyn Williams

4,230 (12.3%)

Mary Macqueen

1,686 (4.9%)

Dafydd Wigley

17,616 (51.0%)

Clive Collins

811 (2.4%)

Dafydd Wigley
Conwy[17]   Betty Williams

14,561 (35.0%)

David Jones

10,085 (24.3%)

Roger Roberts

12,965 (31.2%)

Rhodri Davies

2,844 (6.8%)

Allan Barham

760 (1.8%)

Richard Bradley (Ind.)

250 (0.6%)

David Hughes (NLP)

95 (0.2%)

  Wyn Roberts†
Clwyd South[18]   Martyn Jones

22,901 (58.1%)

Boris Johnson

9,091 (23.1%)

Andrew Chadwick

3,684 (9.4%)

Gareth Williams

2,500 (6.3%)

Alex Lewis

1,207 (3.1%)

  Martyn Jones‡

(Clwyd South West)

Clwyd West[19]   Gareth Thomas

14,918 (37.1%)

Rod Richards

13,070 (32.5%)

Gwyn Williams

5,151 (12.8%)

Eryl W. Williams

5,421 (12.8%)

Heather Bennett-Collins

1,114 (2.8%)

David K. Neal (Conservatory)

583 (1.3%)

  Rod Richards‡

(Clwyd North West)

Delyn[20]   David Hanson

23,300 (57.2%)

Karen Lumley

10,607 (26.0%)

David Lloyd

4,160 (10.2%)

Ashley J. Drake

1,558 (3.8%)

Elizabeth H. Soutter

1,117 (2.7%)

  David Hanson
Vale of Clwyd[21]   Chris Ruane

20,617 (52.7%)

David Edwards

11,662 (29.8%)

Daniel Munford

3,425 (8.8%)

Gwyneth Kensler

2,301 (5.9%)

Simon Vickers

834 (2.1%)

Scott Cooke (UKIP)

293 (0.7%)

New constituency
Wrexham[22]   John Marek

20,450 (56.1%)

Stuart Andrew

8,688 (23.9%)

Andrew Thomas

4,833 (13.3%)

Kevin Plant

1,170 (3.2%)

John Cronk

1,195 (3.3%)

Nicholas Low (NLP)

86 (0.2%)

  John Marek
Ynys Môn[23] Owen Edwards

13,275 (33.2%)

Gwilym Owen

8,569 (21.5%)

Deric Burnham

1,537 (3.8%)

Ieuan Wyn Jones

15,756 (39.5%)

Hugh Gray-Morris

793 (2.0%)

Ieuan Wyn Jones

South Central Wales

South Central Wales elected 8 Members of Parliament.

Constituency Candidates Incumbent
Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat Plaid Cymru Referendum Other
Cardiff Central[24]   Jon Owen Jones

18,464 (43.7%)

David Melding

8,470 (20.0%)

Jenny Randerson

10,541 (24.9%)

Wayne Vernon

1,504 (3.6%)

Nick Lloyd

760 (1.8%)

Terence Burns (SLP)

2,230 (5.3%)

Craig James (OMRLP)

204 (0.5%)

Anthony Hobbs (NLP)

80 (0.2%)

  Jon Owen Jones
Cardiff North[25]   Julie Morgan

24,460 (50.4%)

Gwilym Jones

16,334 (33.7%)

Robyn Rowland

5,294 (10.9%)

Colin Palfrey

1,201 (2.5%)

Edward J. Litchfield

1,199 (2.5%)

  Gwilym Jones
Cardiff South and Penarth[26]   Alun Michael

22,647 (53.4%)

Caroline E. Roberts

8,786 (20.7%)

Simon J. Wakefield

3,964 (9.3%)

David B. L. Haswell

1,356 (3.2%)

Phillip S. E. Morgan

1,211 (2.9%)

John Foreman (New Labour)

3,942 (9.3%)

Mike K. Shepherd (Socialist Alternative)

344 (0.8%)

Barbara Caves (NLP)

170 (0.4%)

  Alun Michael
Cardiff West[27]   Rhodri Morgan

24,297 (60.3%)

Simon Hoare

8,669 (21.5%)

Jacqui Gasson

4,366 (10.8%)

Gwenllian Carr

1,949 (4.8%)

Trefor Johns

996 (2.5%)

  Rhodri Morgan
Cynon Valley[28]   Ann Clwyd

23,307 (69.7%)

Andrew Smith

2,260 (6.8%)

Huw Price

3,459 (10.3%)

Alun Davies

3,552 (10.6%)

Gwyn John

844 (2.5%)

  Ann Clwyd
Pontypridd[29]   Kim Howells

29,290 (63.9%)

Jonathan M. Cowen

5,910 (12.9%)

Nigel Howells

6,161 (13.4%)

Owain Llewelyn

2,977 (6.5%)

John Wood

874 (1.9%)

Peter Skelly (SLP)

380 (0.8%)

Robert Griffiths (Communist)

178 (0.4%)

Anthony G. Moore (NLP)

85 (0.2%)

  Kim Howells
Rhondda[30]   Allan Rogers

30,381 (74.5%)

Steven Whiting

1,551 (3.8%)

Rodney Berman

2,307 (5.7%)

Leanne Wood

5,450 (13.4%)

Stephen Gardiner

658 (1.6%)

Kevin Jakeway (Green)

460 (1.1%)

  Allan Rogers
Vale of Glamorgan[31]   John Smith

29,054 (53.9%)

Walter Sweeney

18,522 (34.4%)

Suzanne Campbell

4,945 (9.2%)

Melanie Corp

1,393 (2.6%)

  Walter Sweeney

South East Wales

South East Wales elected 8 Members of Parliament.

Constituency Candidates Incumbent
Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat Plaid Cymru Referendum Other
Blaenau Gwent[32]   Llew Smith

31,493 (79.5%)

Margrit A. Williams

2,607 (6.6%)

Geraldine Layton

3,458 (8.7%)

Jim B. Criddle

2,072 (5.2%)

  Llew Smith
Caerphilly[33]   Ron Davies

30,697 (67.3%)

Rhodri Harris

4,858 (10.7%)

Tony D. Ferguson

3,724 (8.2%)

Lindsay Whittle

4,383 (9.7%)

Mark E. Morgan

1,337 (3.0%)

Catherine Williams (PLA)

270 (0.6%)

  Ron Davies
Islwyn[34]   Don Touhig

26,995 (74.2%)

David Walters

2,864 (7.9%)

Christopher Worker

3,064 (8.4%)

Darren Jones

2,272 (6.2%)

Susan Monaghan

1,209 (3.3%)

  Don Touhig
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney[35]   Ted Rowlands

30,012 (76.7%)

Jonathan Morgan

2,508 (6.4%)

Duncan Anstey

2,926 (7.5%)

Alun Cox

2,344 (6.0%)

Ronald Hutchings

660 (1.7%)

Alan Cowdell (Ind. Lab.)

691 (1.8%)

  Ted Rowlands
Monmouth[36]   Huw Edwards

23,404 (47.7%)

Roger Evans

19,226 (39.2%)

Mark Williams

4,689 (9.6%)

Alan Cotton

516 (1.1%)

Timothy Warry

1,190 (2.4%)

  Roger Evans
Newport East[37]   Alan Howarth

21,481 (57.7%)

David Evans

7,958 (21.4%)

Alistair Cameron

3,880 (10.4%)

Christopher Holland

721 (1.9%)

Edward Chaney-Davis

1,267 (3.4%)

Arthur Scargill (SLP)

1,951 (5.2%)

  Roy Hughes†
Newport West[38]   Paul Flynn

24,331 (60.5%)

Peter Clarke

9,794 (24.4%)

Stanley Wilson

3,907 (9.7%)

Huw Jackson

648 (1.6%)

Andrew Thompsett

1,199 (3.0%)

Hugh Hughes (UKIP)

323 (0.3%)

  Paul Flynn
Torfaen[39]   Paul Murphy

29,863 (69.1%)

Neil Parish

5,327 (12.3%)

Jean Gray

5,249 (12.1%)

Robert Gough

1,042 (2.4%)

Deborah Holler

1,245 (2.9%)

Roger Coghill (Green)

519 (1.2%)

  Paul Murphy

South West Wales

South West Wales elected 7 Members of Parliament.

Constituency Candidates Incumbent
Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat Plaid Cymru Referendum Other
Aberavon[40]   John Morris

25,650 (71.3%)

Peter Harper

2,835 (7.9%)

Ronald McConville

4,079 (11.3%)

Philip Cockwell

2,088 (5.8%)

Peter David

970 (2.7%)

Captain Beany (Independent)

341 (1.0%)

  John Morris
Bridgend[41]   Win Griffiths

25,115 (58.1%)

David Davies

9,867 (22.8%)

Andrew Mckinlay

4,968 (11.5%)

Dennis R. Watkins

1,649 (3.8%)

Tudor Greaves

1,662 (3.8%)

  Win Griffiths
Gower[42]   Martin Caton

23,313 (53.8%)

Alun Cairns

10,306 (23.8%)

Howard W. Evans

5,624 (13.0%)

D Elwyn Williams

2,226 (5.1%)

Richard D. Lewis

1,745 (4.0%)

Anthony G. Popham (Independent)

122 (0.3%)

  Gareth Wardell†
Neath[43]   Peter Hain

30,324 (73.5%)

David M. Evans

3,583 (8.7%)

Frank H. Little

2,597 (6.3%)

Trefor Jones

3,344 (8.1%)

Peter A. Morris

975 (2.4%)

Howard Marks (Legalise Cannabis Party)

420 (1.0%)

  Peter Hain
Ogmore[44]   Ray Powell

28,163 (74.0%)

David A. Unwin

3,716 (9.8%)

Kirsty Williams

3,510 (9.2%)

John D. Rogers

2,679 (7.0%)

  Ray Powell
Swansea East[45]   Donald Anderson

29,151 (75.4%)

Catherine Dibble

3,582 (9.3%)

Elwyn Jones

3,440 (8.9%)

Michelle Pooley

1,308 (2.3%)

Catherine Maggs

904 (2.3%)

Ronnie Job (Socialist Alternative)

289 (0.8%)

  Donald Anderson
Swansea West[46]   Alan Williams

22,748 (56.2%)

Andrew Baker

8,289 (20.5%)

John Newbury

5,872 (14.5%)

Dai Lloyd

2,675 (6.6%)

David Proctor (SLP)

885 (2.2%)

  Alan Williams

External links

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