Scotland: 1997 general election results

How Scotland voted at the 1997 general election: Labour won 56 of 72 seats with 45.6% of the vote. Every constituency result.

37 for a majority

Lab56
LD10
SNP6

Scotland: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Labour	56	+7	1,283,350	45.6%	+6.6	72
Liberal Democrats	10	+1	365,362	13.0%	−0.1	72
Scottish National Party	6	+3	621,550	22.1%	+0.6	72
Conservative	0	−11	493,059	17.5%	−8.2	72
Others	0	0	53,427	1.9%	+1.1	69

Change compared with the 1992 general election in Scotland.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout
Aberdeen Central	Lab	10,801	30.3	65.5%
Aberdeen North	Lab	10,010	26.1	70.7%
Aberdeen South	Lab	3,365	7.6	72.8%
Airdrie and Shotts	Lab	15,412	37.4	71.4%
Angus	SNP	10,189	23.7	72.1%
Argyll and Bute	LD	6,081	17.0	72.9%
Ayr	Lab	6,543	14.6	80.0%
Banff and Buchan	SNP	12,845	32.0	68.7%
Caithness Sutherland and Easter Ross	LD	2,259	7.7	70.0%
Carrick Cumnock and Doon Valley	Lab	21,062	42.8	75.0%
Central Fife	Lab	13,713	33.6	69.8%
Clydebank and Milngavie	Lab	13,320	34.1	75.0%
Clydesdale	Lab	13,809	30.4	71.6%
Coatbridge and Chryston	Lab	19,292	51.3	72.3%
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	Lab	11,128	30.9	75.0%
Cunninghame North	Lab	11,039	26.8	74.1%
Cunninghame South	Lab	14,869	42.0	71.5%
Dumbarton	Lab	10,883	26.4	73.4%
Dumfries	Lab	9,643	19.5	78.9%
Dundee East	Lab	9,961	24.6	69.3%
Dundee West	Lab	11,859	30.6	67.6%
Dunfermline East	Lab	18,751	51.3	70.2%
Dunfermline West	Lab	12,354	33.9	69.3%
East Kilbride	Lab	17,384	35.6	74.8%
East Lothian	Lab	14,221	32.7	75.5%
Eastwood	Lab	3,236	6.2	78.3%
Edinburgh Central	Lab	11,070	25.9	67.1%
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	Lab	14,530	34.5	70.6%
Edinburgh North and Leith	Lab	10,978	26.8	66.5%
Edinburgh Pentlands	Lab	4,862	10.6	76.7%
Edinburgh South	Lab	11,452	25.5	71.8%
Edinburgh West	LD	7,253	15.2	77.9%
Falkirk East	Lab	13,385	32.2	73.2%
Falkirk West	Lab	13,783	35.9	72.6%
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale	SNP	5,624	13.4	79.7%
Glasgow Anniesland	Lab	15,154	44.7	63.8%
Glasgow Baillieston	Lab	14,840	46.6	62.2%
Glasgow Cathcart	Lab	12,965	38.8	67.6%
Glasgow Govan	Lab	2,914	9.0	64.5%
Glasgow Kelvin	Lab	9,665	29.6	56.1%
Glasgow Maryhill	Lab	14,264	48.0	56.4%
Glasgow Pollok	Lab	13,791	42.0	66.5%
Glasgow Rutherglen	Lab	15,007	42.3	70.1%
Glasgow Shettleston	Lab	15,868	59.2	55.7%
Glasgow Springburn	Lab	17,326	54.9	58.9%
Gordon	LD	6,997	16.6	71.9%
Greenock and Inverclyde	Lab	13,040	37.6	70.8%
Hamilton North and Bellshill	Lab	17,067	44.9	70.9%
Hamilton South	Lab	15,878	48.0	71.1%
Inverness East Nairn and Lochaber	Lab	2,339	4.9	72.7%
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Lab	7,256	15.3	77.1%
Kirkcaldy	Lab	10,710	30.6	66.9%
Linlithgow	Lab	10,838	27.3	73.8%
Livingston	Lab	11,747	27.4	71.0%
Midlothian	Lab	9,870	28.0	74.1%
Moray	SNP	5,566	14.0	68.2%
Motherwell and Wishaw	Lab	12,791	34.9	70.1%
North East Fife	LD	10,356	24.8	71.2%
North Tayside	SNP	4,160	9.1	74.3%
Ochil	Lab	4,652	10.6	77.4%
Orkney and Shetland	LD	6,968	33.7	63.9%
Paisley North	Lab	12,814	37.5	68.6%
Paisley South	Lab	12,750	34.1	69.1%
Perth	SNP	3,141	7.1	73.9%
Ross Skye and Inverness West	LD	4,019	10.1	71.6%
Roxburgh and Berwickshire	LD	7,906	22.6	73.9%
Stirling	Lab	6,411	14.9	81.8%
Strathkelvin and Bearsden	Lab	16,292	32.8	78.8%
Tweeddale Ettrick and Lauderdale	LD	1,489	3.8	76.3%
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	LD	2,662	6.2	73.1%
West Renfrewshire	Lab	7,979	20.1	76.0%
Western Isles	Lab	3,576	22.2	70.1%

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Questions and answers

Who won in Scotland at the 1997 general election?

Labour won 56 of the 72 seats in Scotland, with 45.6% of the vote.

How many seats were there in Scotland in 1997?

72 constituencies.

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