UNITED KINGDOM HOUSE OF COMMONS ELECTIONS OF 1 MAY 1997 CONSTITUENCIES IN ORDER OF STRENGTH FOR LABOUR =================================================================== Key ------------------------------------------------------------------- * Labour gain from Conservative ** Labour gain from Lib Dem # Lib Dem gain from Conseravtive ˆ SNP gain from Conservative C Member of the Cabinet (1997) m Minister not in the Cabinet (1997) Conservative constituencies Member Majority ------------------------------------------------------------------- 419 Dorset S Ian Bruce 00.0 / Lab 420 Bedfordshire SW Sir David Madel 00.2 / Lab 421 Lichfield Michael Fabricant 00.2 / Lab 422 Teignbridge Patrick Nicholls 00.2 / LD 423 Hexham Peter Atkinson 00.3 / Lab 424 Bury St Edmunds David Ruffley 00.4 / Lab 425 Meriden Caroline Spelman 00.5 / Lab 426 Wells David Heathcote-Amory 00.5 / Lab 427 Boston & Skegness Sir Richard Body 00.7 / Lab 428 Dorset Mid & Poole N Christopher Fraser 00.7 / LD 429 Beverley & Holderness James Cran 00.8 / Lab 430 Totnes Sir Anthony Steen 00.8 / LD 431 Uxbridge Sir Michael Shersby (1) 00.9 / Lab 432 Bosworth David Tredinnick 01.0 / Lab 433 Chipping Barnet Sir Sydney Chapman 01.1 / Lab 434 Norfolk Mid Keith Simpson 01.1 / Lab 435 Norfolk N David Prior 01.1 / Lab 436 Eddisbury Alastair Goodlad (7) 01.2 / Lab 437 Billericay Teresa Gorman 01.3 / Lab 438 Tiverton & Honiton Angela Browning 01.4 / LD 439 Altrincham & Sale W Graham Brady 01.5 / Lab 440 Bridgwater Tom King 01.7 / LD 441 Dorset W Oliver Letwin 01.7 / LD 442 Christchurch Christopher Chope 01.9 / LD 443 Eastbourne Nigel Waterson 01.9 / LD 444 Suffolk W Richard Spring 01.9 / Lab 445 Norfolk SW Gillian Shephard 02.0 / Lab 446 Basingstoke Andrew Hunter 02.1 / Lab 447 Shropshire N Owen Paterson 02.1 / Lab 448 Wycombe Sir Ray Whitney 02.3 / Lab 449 Orpington John Horam 02.4 / LD 450 Surrey SW Virginia Bottomley 02.4 / LD 451 Grantham & Stamford Quentin Davies 02.5 / Lab 452 Dorset N Robert Walter 02.6 / LD 453 Aldridge-Brownhills Richard Shepherd 02.8 / Lab 454 Southend W David Amess 02.8 / LD 455 Suffolk Coastal John Gummer 02.8 / Lab 456 Thanet N Roger Gale 02.8 / Lab 457 Hertfordshire NE Oliver Heald 02.9 / Lab 458 Hertsmere James Clappison 03.0 / Lab 459 Wiltshire N James Gray 03.0 / LD 460 Cheadle Stephen Day 03.1 / LD 461 Spelthorne David Wilshire 03.3 / Lab 462 Suffolk C & Ipswich N Michael Lord 03.3 / Lab 463 Old Bexley & Sidcup Sir Edward Heath 03.4 / Lab 464 Yorkshire E John Townend 03.4 / Lab 465 Stone William Cash 03.5 / Lab 466 Bournemouth E David Atkinson 03.6 / LD 467 Canterbury Julian Brazier 03.7 / Lab 468 Havant David Willetts 03.7 / Lab 469 Worcestershire W Sir Michael Spencer 03.9 / LD 470 Rushcliffe Kenneth Clarke 04.0 / Lab 471 Suffolk S Tim Yeo 04.0 / Lab 472 Banbury Antony Baldry 04.1 / Lab 473 Faversham & Mid Kent Andrew Rowe 04.2 / Lab 474 Guildford Nick St Aubyn 04.2 / LD 475 Derbyshire W Patrick McLoughlin 04.3 / Lab 476 Rochford & Southend E Sir Teddy Taylor 04.5 / Lab 477 Westmorland & Lonsdale Tim Collins 04.5 / LD 478 Beckenham Piers Merchant (3) 04.6 / Lab 479 Bromsgrove Julie Kirkbride 04.7 / Lab 480 Cambridgeshire NE Malcolm Moss 04.7 / Lab 481 Sleaford & N Hykeham Douglas Hogg 04.8 / Lab 482 Ashford Damian Green 04.9 / Lab 483 Epping Forest Eleanor Laing 05.0 / Lab 484 Worthing E & Shoreham Tim Loughton 05.0 / LD 485 Ryedale John Greenway 05.2 / LD 486 Charnwood Stephen Dorrell 05.3 / Lab 487 Salisbury Robert Key 05.3 / LD 488 Essex N Bernard Jenkin 05.4 / Lab 489 Wantage Robert Jackson 05.4 / Lab 490 Westbury David Faber 05.4 / LD 491 Woking Humfrey Malins 05.5 / LD 492 Poole Robert Syms 05.6 / LD 493 Chelmsford W Simon Burns 05.7 / LD 494 Congleton Ann Winterton 05.8 / LD 495 Ribble Valley Nigel Evans 05.8 / LD 496 Bedfordshire NE Sir Nicholas Lyell 05.9 / Lab 497 Norfolk S John MacGregor 05.9 / LD 498 Tunbridge Wells Archie Norman 05.9 / LD 499 Daventry Tim Boswell 06.0 / Lab 500 London & Westminster, Cities of Peter Brooke 06.0 / Lab 501 Aldershot Gerald Howarth 06.1 / LD 502 Blaby Andrew Robathan 06.1 / Lab 503 Folkestone & Hythe Michael Howard 06.1 / LD 504 Harborough Edward Garnier 06.2 / LD 505 New Forest E Dr Julian Lewis 06.2 / LD 506 Witney Shaun Woodward 06.2 / Lab 507 Hertford & Stortford Bowen Wells 06.3 / Lab 508 Ludlow Christopher Gill 06.3 / LD 509 Hitchin & Harpenden Peter Lilley 06.4 / Lab 510 Sussex Mid Nicholas Soames 06.4 / LD 511 Chingford & Woodford Green Iain Duncan Smith 06.5 / Lab 512 Gosport Peter Viggers 06.5 / Lab 513 Bedfordshire Mid Jonathan Sayeed 06.8 / Lab 514 Louth & Horncastle Sir Peter Tapsell 06.9 / Lab 515 Bournemouth W John Butterfill 07.0 / LD 516 Woodspring Dr Liam Fox 07.0 / LD 517 Broxbourne Marion Roe 07.1 / Lab 518 Devon SW Gary Streeter 07.1 / Lab 519 Gainsborough Edward Leigh 07.1 / Lab 520 Devon E Sir Peter Emery 07.2 / LD 521 Aylesbury David Lidington 07.3 / LD 522 Worthing W Peter Bottomley 07.5 / LD 523 Haltemprice & Howden David Davis 07.6 / LD 524 Staffordshire S Sir Patrick Cormack 07.7 / Lab 525 Bognor Regis & Littlehampton Nick Gibb 07.9 / Lab 526 Cambridgeshire NW Dr Brian Mawhinney 07.9 / Lab 527 Holland S & The Deepings John Hayes 07.9 / Lab 528 Macclesfield Nicholas Winterton 07.9 / Lab 529 Reigate Crispin Blunt 08.0 / Lab 530 Cambridgeshire S Andrew Lansley 08.1 / LD 531 Devizes The Earl of Ancram 08.2 / LD 532 Cambridgeshire SE James Paice 08.3 / Lab 533 Romsey Michael Colvin 08.3 / LD 534 Rutland & Melton Alan Duncan 08.4 / Lab 535 Fylde Michael Jack 08.6 / Lab 536 Chichester Andrew Tyrie 08.7 / LD 537 Leominster Peter Temple-Morris (5) 08.7 / LD 538 Ruislip-Northwood John Wilkinson 08.7 / Lab 539 Saffron Walden Sir Alan Hazlehurst 08.7 / LD 540 Bracknell Andrew Mackay 08.8 / Lab 541 Tewkesbury Laurence Robertson 08.8 / LD 542 Maidstone & The Weald Ann Widdecombe 08.9 / LD 543 Hertfordshire SW Richard Page 09.0 / Lab 544 Vale of York Anne McIntosh 09.1 / Lab 545 Mole Valley Sir Paul Beresford 09.3 / LD 546 Worcestershire Mid Peter Luff 09.3 / Lab 547 Wokingham John Redwood 09.4 / LD 548 Brentwood & Ongar Eric Pickles 09.6 / LD 549 Runnymede & Weybridge Phillip Hammond 09.6 / Lab 550 Solihull John Taylor 09.6 / LD 551 Windsor Michael Trend 09.8 / Lab 552 Fareham Sir Peter Lloyd 09.9 / Lab 553 Hampshire E Michael Mates 09.9 / LD 554 Maldon & E Chelmsford John Whittingdale 09.9 / Lab 555 Rayleigh Dr Michael Clark 10.4 / Lab 556 Sevenoaks Michael Fallon 10.4 / Lab 557 Tonbridge & Malling Sir John Stanley 10.4 / Lab 558 Hampshire NW Sir George Young 10.5 / LD 559 Penrith & The Border David Maclean 10.5 / LD 560 Richmond William Hague 10.5 / Lab 561 Bromley & Chislehurst Eric Forth 10.6 / Lab 562 Skipton & Ripon David Curry 10.6 / LD 563 Epsom & Ewell Sir Archibald Hamilton 10.7 / Lab 564 Henley Michael Heseltine 10.8 / LD 565 Croydon S Richard Ottaway 11.0 / Lab 566 New Forest W Desmond Swayne 11.3 / LD 567 Stratford-on-Avon John Maples 11.3 / LD 568 Bexhill & Battle Charles Wardle 11.4 / LD 569 Cotswold Geoffrey Clifton-Brown 11.7 / LD 570 Wealden Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith 12.0 / LD 571 Buckingham John Bercow 12.6 / Lab 572 Maidenhead Theresa May 12.7 / LD 573 Horsham Francis Maude 13.0 / LD 574 Chesham & Amersham Cheryl Gillan 13.3 / LD 575 Esher & Walton Ian Taylor 13.6 / Lab 576 Arundel & S Downs Howard Flight 13.7 / LD 577 Kensington & Chelsea Alan Clark (8) 13.8 / Lab 578 Surrey E Peter Ainsworth 13.8 / LD 579 Beaconsfield Dominic Grieve 13.9 / LD 580 Hampshire NE James Arbuthnot 14.1 / Lab 581 Sutton Coldfield Sir Norman Fowler 14.2 / Lab 582 Surrey Heath Nick Hawkins 14.8 / LD 583 Huntingdon John Major 15.9 / Lab Lib Dem constituencies Member Majority ------------------------------------------------------------------- 584 Kingston & Surbiton # Edward Davey 00.0 / C 585 Torbay # Adrian Sanders 00.0 / C 586 Winchester # Mark Oaten (4) 00.0 / C 587 Somerton & Frome # David Heath 00.1 / C 588 Eastleigh # David Chidgey 00.9 / C 589 Weston-Super-Mare # Brian Cotter 01.2 / C 590 Lewes # Norman Baker 01.3 / C 591 Colchester # Bob Russell 01.5 / C 592 Devon W & Torridge # John Barnett 01.7 / C 593 Northavon # Steven Webb 01.7 / C 594 Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale Michael Moore 01.9 / Lab 595 Taunton # Jackie Ballard 02.0 / C 596 Sutton & Cheam # Paul Burstow 02.2 / C 597 Carshalton & Wallington # Thomas Brake 02.4 / C 598 Richmond Park # Dr Jenny Tonge 02.6 / C 599 Aberdeenshire W & Kincardine # Sir Robert Smith 03.1 / C 600 Twickenham # Dr Vincent Cable 03.7 / C 601 Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross Robert Maclennan 03.9 / Lab 602 Portsmouth S # Mike Hancock 04.1 / C 603 Southwark N & Bermondsey Simon Hughes 04.1 / Lab 604 Isle of Wight # Dr Peter Brand 04.3 / C 605 Ross, Skye & Inverness W Charles Kennedy 05.0 / Lab 606 Oxford W & Abingdon # Dr Evan Harris 05.1 / C 607 Cornwall SE # Colin Breed 05.7 / C 608 Devon N Nick Harvey 05.7 / C 609 Brecon & Radnorshire # Richard Livsey 06.0 / C 610 Southport # Ronnie Fearn 06.0 / C 611 Hereford # Paul Keetch 06.3 / C 612 Harrogate & Knaresborough # Phil Wills 06.5 / C 613 Cheltenham Nigel Jones 06.6 / C 614 St Ives # Andrew George 06.6 / C 615 Newbury # David Rendel 07.5 / C 616 Edinburgh W # Donald Gorrie 07.6 / C 617 Gordon # Malcolm Bruce 08.3 / C 618 Argyll & Bute Ray Michie 08.5 / SNP 619 Bath Donald Foster 08.6 / C 620 Berwick-upon-Tweed Alan Beith 08.6 / C 621 Sheffield Hallam # Richard Allan 09.1 / C 622 Montgomeryshire Lembit Opik 09.8 / C 623 Yeovil Paddy Ashdown 10.5 / C 624 Truro & St Austell Matthew Taylor 11.0 / C 625 Roxburgh & Berwickshire Archy Kirkwood 11.3 / C 626 Cornwall N Paul Tyler 11.9 / C 627 Fife NE Menzies Campbell 12.4 / C 628 Hazel Grove # Andrew Stunell 12.9 / C 629 Orkney & Shetland Jim Wallace 16.8 / Lab Other party constituencies Member Majority ------------------------------------------------------------------- 630 Ynys Mon Ieuan Wyn Jones PC 03.1 / Lab 631 Perth ˆ Roseanna Cunningham SNP 03.5 / C 632 Tayside N ˆ John Swinney SNP 04.5 / C 633 Galloway & Upper Nithsdale ˆ Alasdair Morgan SNP 06.7 / C 634 Moray Margaret Ewing SNP 07.0 / C 635 Ceredigion Cynog Dafis PC 08.6 / Lab 636 Caernarfon Dafydd Wigley PC 11.7 / Lab 637 Angus Andrew Welsh SNP 11.8 / C 638 Meirionnidd Nant Conwy Elfyn Llwyd PC 13.8 / Lab 639 Banff & Buchan Alex Salmond SNP 16.0 / C Other constituencies Member Majority ------------------------------------------------------------------- 640 Tatton Martin Bell Ind 11.3 / C 641 West Bromwich W Betty Boothroyd Speaker 21.0 / Ind Ulster constituencies Member Majority ------------------------------------------------------------------- 642 Antrim E Roy Beggs UUP 643 Antrim N Ian Paisley DUP 644 Antrim S Clifford Forsythe UUP 645 Belfast E Peter Robinson DUP 646 Belfast N Cecil Walker UUP 647 Belfast S Martyn Smith UUP 648 Belfast W Gerry Adams SF 649 Down N Robert McCartney UKU 650 Down S Edward McGrady SDLP 651 Fermanagh & S Tyrone Ken Maginnis UUP 652 Foyle John Hume SDLP 653 Lagan Valley Jeffrey Donaldson UUP 654 Londonderry E William Ross UUP 655 Newry & Armagh Seamus Mallon SDLP 656 Strangford John Taylor UUP 657 Tyrone W William Thompson UUP 658 Ulster Mid Martin McGuinness SF 659 Upper Bann David Trimble UUP 1. Died May 1997. Replaced by John Randall (Con) 2. Died July 1997. Replaced by Douglas Alexander (Lab) 3. Resigned October 1997. Replaced by Jacqui Lait (Con) 4. Elected voided October 1997. Re-elected at by-election 5. Conservative whip withdrawn 1997 6. Died May 1999. Replaced by Hilary Benn (Lab) 7. Resigned June 1999. Replaced by Stephen O¹Brien (Con) 8. Died October 1999. Replaced by Michael Portillo (Con)