1992 vs 1997 general election: what changed

How vote shares and seats changed between the 1992 and 1997 UK general elections, nationally and in every nation and region. Conservative–Labour swing: 10.1 points to Labour.

Con–Lab swing: 10.1 ptsto Labour
1992: Con 336largest party
1997: Lab 418largest party

United Kingdom
Party	Share 1992	Share 1997	Change	Seats 1992	Seats 1997	Change
Labour	34.4%	43.2%	+8.8	271	418	+147
Conservative	41.9%	30.7%	−11.3	336	165	−171
Liberal Democrats	17.9%	16.8%	−1.2	20	46	+26
Ulster Unionist Party	0.8%	0.8%	0	9	10	+1
Scottish National Party	1.9%	2.0%	+0.1	3	6	+3
Plaid Cymru	0.5%	0.5%	0	4	4	0
Social Democratic and Labour Party	0.6%	0.6%	+0.1	4	3	−1
Others	1.3%	4.5%	+3.1	1	2	+1
Sinn Féin	0.2%	0.4%	+0.2	0	2	+2
Democratic Unionist Party	0.3%	0.3%	0	3	2	−1
UK Unionist Party	—	0.04%	—	—	1	+1

Nations and regions

Region	Top party 1992	Top party 1997	Con–Lab swing	Seats
England	Con 319	Lab 328	10.7 pts to Lab	524 → 529
Scotland	Lab 49	Lab 56	7.4 pts to Lab	72 → 72
Wales	Lab 27	Lab 34	7.1 pts to Lab	38 → 40
Northern Ireland	UUP 9	UUP 10	2.8 pts to Lab	17 → 18
North East	Lab 25	Lab 28	10.8 pts to Lab	30 → 30
North West	Lab 48	Lab 64	10.0 pts to Lab	79 → 76
Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab 34	Lab 47	8.8 pts to Lab	54 → 56
East Midlands	Con 28	Lab 30	11.1 pts to Lab	42 → 44
West Midlands	Con 29	Lab 43	9.6 pts to Lab	58 → 59
East of England	Con 47	Con 33	12.6 pts to Lab	51 → 56
London	Con 48	Lab 57	13.3 pts to Lab	84 → 74
South East	Con 76	Con 54	11.7 pts to Lab	78 → 83
South West	Con 38	Con 22	9.0 pts to Lab	48 → 51

Constituency boundaries changed between 1992 and 1997, so seats cannot be compared one by one. The national and regional figures above are comparable.

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