1997 United Kingdom general election in Wales

1997 United Kingdom general election in Wales
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All 40 Welsh seats to the House of Commons
	†Notional 1992 results if held on the 1997 boundaries ; ; *Indicates boundary change - so this is a notional figure.

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These are the results of the 1997 United Kingdom general election in Wales. The election was held on 1 May 1997 and all 40 seats in Wales were contested. The Labour Party won a landslide majority of Welsh MPs, gaining seven seats for a total of 34 out of 40. The Liberal Democrats gained one seat, whilst Plaid Cymru retained their four MPs.^[1]

The Conservatives lost all of their Welsh MPs, leaving them without representation in Wales for the first time since the 1906 general election.^[2]^[3]^[4] They would not gain another MP until the 2005 general election.^[5]

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^ Cowling, David (8 May 2001). "The landslide of 1997". BBC News. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
^ "It ain't over". The Economist. 8 May 1997. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
^ Black, Jeremy (2004). Britain Since the Seventies: Politics and Society in the Consumer Age. Reaktion Books. p. 203. ISBN 978-1-86189-201-0.
^ "First Welsh MP for Tories for 12 years". Evening Standard. 5 May 2005. Retrieved 3 February 2022.

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[2] Cowling, David (8 May 2001). "The landslide of 1997". BBC News. Retrieved 3 March 2022.

[3] "It ain't over". The Economist. 8 May 1997. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 3 March 2022.

[4] Black, Jeremy (2004). Britain Since the Seventies: Politics and Society in the Consumer Age. Reaktion Books. p. 203. ISBN 978-1-86189-201-0.

[5] "First Welsh MP for Tories for 12 years". Evening Standard. 5 May 2005. Retrieved 3 February 2022.

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