1997 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

1997 United Kingdom general election
1 May 1997
All 72 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout71.3%, 4.2%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Tony Blair Paddy Ashdown
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader since 21 July 1994 16 July 1988
Last election 49 seats, 39.0% 9 seats, 13.1%
Seats before 49 9
Seats won 56 10
Seat change 7 1
Popular vote 1,283,350 365,362
Percentage 45.6% 13.0%
Swing 6.6% 0.1%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Alex Salmond John Major
Party SNP Conservative
Leader since 22 September 1990 4 July 1995
Last election 3 seats, 21.5% 11 seats, 25.6%
Seats before 3 11
Seats won 6 0
Seat change 3 11
Popular vote 621,550 493,059
Percentage 22.1% 17.5%
Swing 0.6% 8.2%
Coloured according to the winning party's vote share in each constituency

A general election was held in the United Kingdom on 1 May 1997 and all 72 seats in Scotland were contested. This would be the last UK general election to be contested in Scotland before the Scottish Parliament was established on 1 July 1999 following overwhelming public approval in a referendum.

The eleventh consecutive victory for Scottish Labour, this election gained notoriety for the fact that the Conservatives, led by then Prime Minister John Major, lost every single Scottish seat they had previously held, leaving no Conservative MPs from Scotland for the first time in British history.

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