1997 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

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.

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
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
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
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