South East: 1997 general election results

How South East voted at the 1997 general election: the Conservatives won 54 of 83 seats with 41.9% of the vote. Every constituency result.

42 for a majority

Con54
Lab22
LD7

South East: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	54	−22	1,817,343	41.9%	−13.1	83
Labour	22	+20	1,264,778	29.1%	+10.2	83
Liberal Democrats	7	+7	1,012,418	23.3%	−1.4	83
Others	0	0	247,069	5.7%	+4.2	82

Change compared with the 1992 general election in South East.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout
Aldershot	Con	6,621	12.2	70.8%
Arundel and South Downs	Con	14,035	27.3	75.5%
Ashford	Con	5,355	9.7	74.2%
Aylesbury	Con	8,419	14.6	72.8%
Banbury	Con	4,737	8.1	75.1%
Basingstoke	Con	2,397	4.2	74.1%
Beaconsfield	Con	13,987	27.9	72.8%
Bexhill and Battle	Con	11,100	22.7	74.5%
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	Con	7,321	15.8	69.6%
Bracknell	Con	10,387	17.6	74.5%
Brighton Kemptown	Lab	3,534	7.7	70.6%
Brighton Pavilion	Lab	13,181	26.9	73.4%
Buckingham	Con	12,386	25.1	78.5%
Canterbury	Con	3,964	7.3	72.5%
Chatham and Aylesford	Lab	2,790	5.7	70.6%
Chesham and Amersham	Con	13,859	26.6	74.5%
Chichester	Con	9,734	17.5	74.6%
Crawley	Lab	11,707	23.2	72.9%
Dartford	Lab	4,328	8.3	74.6%
Dover	Lab	11,739	21.7	78.9%
East Hampshire	Con	11,590	19.9	75.6%
East Surrey	Con	15,093	27.6	74.6%
East Worthing and Shoreham	Con	5,098	9.9	72.9%
Eastbourne	Con	1,994	3.8	72.8%
Eastleigh	LD	754	1.4	76.6%
Epsom and Ewell	Con	11,525	21.3	74.0%
Esher and Walton	Con	14,528	27.1	74.3%
Fareham	Con	10,358	19.9	75.9%
Faversham and Mid Kent	Con	4,173	8.4	73.9%
Folkestone and Hythe	Con	6,332	12.2	72.7%
Gillingham	Lab	1,980	3.9	72.0%
Gosport	Con	6,258	12.9	70.3%
Gravesham	Lab	5,779	10.9	76.9%
Guildford	Con	4,791	8.4	74.6%
Hastings and Rye	Lab	2,560	5.2	69.7%
Havant	Con	3,729	7.7	70.4%
Henley	Con	11,167	21.7	77.6%
Horsham	Con	14,862	26.0	75.3%
Hove	Lab	3,959	8.2	69.6%
Isle of Wight	LD	6,406	8.8	72.0%
Lewes	LD	1,300	2.6	76.4%
Maidenhead	Con	11,981	23.5	75.6%
Maidstone and the Weald	Con	9,603	17.9	73.7%
Medway	Lab	5,354	12.0	72.3%
Mid Sussex	Con	6,854	12.8	77.6%
Milton Keynes South West	Lab	10,292	20.3	71.4%
Mole Valley	Con	10,221	18.8	78.4%
New Forest East	Con	5,215	10.6	74.6%
New Forest West	Con	11,332	22.8	74.7%
Newbury	LD	8,517	15.1	76.3%
North East Hampshire	Con	14,398	28.2	73.6%
North East Milton Keynes	Lab	240	0.5	72.8%
North Thanet	Con	2,766	5.7	68.8%
North West Hampshire	Con	11,551	21.1	74.2%
Oxford East	Lab	16,665	34.8	68.4%
Oxford West and Abingdon	LD	6,285	10.3	78.0%
Portsmouth North	Lab	4,323	9.6	70.1%
Portsmouth South	LD	4,327	8.4	63.8%
Reading East	Lab	3,795	7.6	70.2%
Reading West	Lab	2,997	6.2	70.1%
Reigate	Con	7,741	16.1	74.4%
Romsey	Con	8,585	16.6	76.4%
Runnymede and Weybridge	Con	9,875	19.2	71.5%
Sevenoaks	Con	10,461	20.9	75.4%
Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Lab	1,929	4.2	72.3%
Slough	Lab	13,071	27.4	67.9%
South Thanet	Lab	2,878	6.4	71.6%
South West Surrey	Con	2,694	4.8	77.5%
Southampton Itchen	Lab	14,229	26.4	70.0%
Southampton Test	Lab	13,684	26.1	71.8%
Spelthorne	Con	3,473	6.7	73.6%
Surrey Heath	Con	16,287	29.8	74.1%
Tonbridge and Malling	Con	10,230	20.8	75.8%
Tunbridge Wells	Con	7,506	15.5	74.1%
Wantage	Con	6,089	10.9	78.1%
Wealden	Con	14,204	24.0	73.7%
Winchester	LD	2	0.0	78.3%
Windsor	Con	9,917	19.5	73.5%
Witney	Con	7,028	12.5	76.7%
Woking	Con	5,678	11.2	72.7%
Wokingham	Con	9,365	18.7	75.0%
Worthing West	Con	7,713	15.0	71.8%
Wycombe	Con	2,370	4.5	71.1%

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Questions and answers

Who won in South East at the 1997 general election?

The Conservatives won 54 of the 83 seats in South East, with 41.9% of the vote.

How many seats were there in South East in 1997?

83 constituencies.

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