West Midlands: 1997 general election results
How West Midlands voted at the 1997 general election: Labour won 43 of 59 seats with 47.0% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 43 | +14 | 1,326,822 | 47.0% | +8.2 | |
| Conservative | 14 | −15 | 953,465 | 33.7% | −11.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | +1 | 388,807 | 13.8% | −1.3 | |
| Others | 1 | +1 | 156,731 | 5.6% | +4.1 |
Change compared with the 1992 general election in West Midlands.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldridge-Brownhills | Con | 2,526 | 5.5 | 74.3% | |
| Birmingham Edgbaston | Lab | 4,842 | 10.0 | 68.9% | |
| Birmingham Erdington | Lab | 12,657 | 31.3 | 60.8% | |
| Birmingham Hall Green | Lab | 8,420 | 20.1 | 71.1% | |
| Birmingham Hodge Hill | Lab | 14,200 | 41.6 | 60.9% | |
| Birmingham Ladywood | Lab | 23,082 | 60.8 | 54.2% | |
| Birmingham Northfield | Lab | 11,443 | 29.5 | 68.3% | |
| Birmingham Perry Barr | Lab | 18,957 | 41.3 | 64.5% | |
| Birmingham Selly Oak | Lab | 14,088 | 27.9 | 70.1% | |
| Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | 19,526 | 46.8 | 57.0% | |
| Birmingham Yardley | Lab | 5,315 | 14.1 | 71.1% | |
| Bromsgrove | Con | 4,845 | 9.3 | 77.1% | |
| Burton | Lab | 6,330 | 11.6 | 75.0% | |
| Cannock Chase | Lab | 14,478 | 27.7 | 74.0% | |
| Coventry North East | Lab | 22,569 | 46.9 | 64.8% | |
| Coventry North West | Lab | 16,601 | 30.6 | 70.7% | |
| Coventry South | Lab | 10,953 | 21.9 | 68.7% | |
| Dudley North | Lab | 9,457 | 19.8 | 69.4% | |
| Dudley South | Lab | 13,027 | 27.2 | 71.7% | |
| Halesowen and Rowley Regis | Lab | 10,337 | 21.2 | 73.3% | |
| Hereford | LD | 6,648 | 12.7 | 75.2% | |
| Leominster | Con | 8,835 | 17.5 | 76.6% | |
| Lichfield | Con | 238 | 0.5 | 77.4% | |
| Ludlow | Con | 5,909 | 12.8 | 75.5% | |
| Meriden | Con | 582 | 1.1 | 71.7% | |
| Mid Worcestershire | Con | 9,412 | 18.5 | 74.3% | |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab | 17,206 | 35.0 | 73.7% | |
| North Shropshire | Con | 2,195 | 4.3 | 72.6% | |
| North Warwickshire | Lab | 14,767 | 27.2 | 74.8% | |
| Nuneaton | Lab | 13,540 | 25.3 | 74.4% | |
| Redditch | Lab | 6,125 | 13.7 | 73.4% | |
| Rugby and Kenilworth | Lab | 495 | 0.8 | 77.1% | |
| Shrewsbury and Atcham | Lab | 1,670 | 3.0 | 75.2% | |
| Solihull | Con | 11,397 | 19.4 | 74.6% | |
| South Staffordshire | Con | 7,821 | 15.3 | 74.2% | |
| Stafford | Lab | 4,314 | 8.3 | 77.5% | |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab | 10,049 | 19.7 | 77.8% | |
| Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | 19,924 | 49.5 | 62.5% | |
| Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab | 17,392 | 45.0 | 65.4% | |
| Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | 18,303 | 39.6 | 65.9% | |
| Stone | Con | 3,818 | 7.2 | 78.3% | |
| Stourbridge | Lab | 5,645 | 11.4 | 76.5% | |
| Stratford-on-Avon | Con | 14,106 | 22.7 | 76.2% | |
| Sutton Coldfield | Con | 14,885 | 28.4 | 72.9% | |
| Tamworth | Lab | 7,496 | 15.0 | 74.2% | |
| Telford | Lab | 11,290 | 30.4 | 65.6% | |
| Walsall North | Lab | 12,588 | 29.1 | 64.1% | |
| Walsall South | Lab | 11,312 | 26.2 | 67.3% | |
| Warley | Lab | 15,451 | 39.7 | 65.0% | |
| Warwick and Leamington | Lab | 3,398 | 5.7 | 75.1% | |
| West Bromwich East | Lab | 13,584 | 32.7 | 65.4% | |
| West Bromwich West | Oth | — | — | 54.4% | |
| West Worcestershire | Con | 3,846 | 7.8 | 76.3% | |
| Wolverhampton North East | Lab | 12,987 | 31.4 | 67.1% | |
| Wolverhampton South East | Lab | 15,182 | 43.6 | 64.1% | |
| Wolverhampton South West | Lab | 5,118 | 10.5 | 72.4% | |
| Worcester | Lab | 7,425 | 14.4 | 74.6% | |
| Wrekin The | Lab | 3,025 | 6.7 | 75.2% | |
| Wyre Forest | Lab | 6,946 | 12.6 | 75.3% |
West Midlands at every election →
Questions and answers
Who won in West Midlands at the 1997 general election?
Labour won 43 of the 59 seats in West Midlands, with 47.0% of the vote.
How many seats were there in West Midlands in 1997?
59 constituencies.
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