Pos. |
Constituency |
Winner |
Votes |
Gain Info. |
Majority |
Swing Info. |
1 |
Winchester |
Mark Oaten |
LDm 26100 Con 26098 Lab 6528 Ref 1598 TCLD 640 UKInd 476 IndAFE 307 Lny 307 |
LDm gain from Con |
2 (0.00%) |
Swing Con to LDm 7.39% |
2 |
Torbay |
Adrian Sanders |
LDm 21094 Con 21082 Lab 7923 UKInd 1962 Lib 1161 RDrm 100 |
LDm gain from Con |
12 (0.02%) |
Swing Con to LDm 5.05% |
3 |
Kingston & Surbiton |
Edward Davey |
LDm 20411 Con 20355 Lab 12811 Ref 1470 UKInd 418 RDrm 100 NLP 100 |
LDm gain from Con |
56 (0.10%) |
Swing Con to LDm 13.60% |
4 |
Somerton & Frome |
David Heath |
LDm 22684 Con 22554 Lab 9385 Ref 2449 UKInd 331 |
LDm gain from Con |
130 (0.23%) |
Swing Con to LDm 3.68% |
5 |
Eastleigh |
David Chidgey |
LDm 19453 Con 18699 Lab 14883 Ref 2013 UKInd 446 |
LDm gain from Con |
754 (1.36%) |
Swing Con to LDm 11.26% |
6 |
Weston-Super-Mare |
Brian Cotter |
LDm 21407 Con 20133 Lab 9557 Ref 2280 |
LDm gain from Con |
1274 (2.39%) |
Swing Con to LDm 5.96% |
7 |
Lewes |
Norman Baker |
LDm 21250 Con 19950 Lab 5232 Ref 2481 UKInd 256 |
LDm gain from Con |
1300 (2.64%) |
Swing Con to LDm 7.43% |
8 |
Colchester |
Bob Russell |
LDm 17886 Con 16305 Lab 15891 Ref 1776 NLP 148 |
LDm gain from Con |
1581 (3.04%) |
Swing Con to LDm 6.19% |
9 |
Devon West & Torridge |
John Burnett |
LDm 24744 Con 22787 Lab 7319 Ref 1946 UKInd 1841 Lib 508 |
LDm gain from Con |
1957 (3.31%) |
Swing Con to LDm 4.36% |
10 |
Northavon |
Prof Steven Webb |
LDm 26500 Con 24363 Lab 9767 Ref 1900 |
LDm gain from Con |
2137 (3.42%) |
Swing Con to LDm 10.37% |
11 |
Tweedale Ettrick & Lauderdale |
Michael Moore |
LDm 12178 Lab 10689 Con 8623 SNP 6671 Ref 406 Lib 387 NLP 47 |
LDm hold |
1489 (3.82%) |
Swing Con to LDm 2.38% |
12 |
Taunton |
Mrs Jackie Ballard |
LDm 26064 Con 23621 Lab 8248 Ref 2760 BNP 318 |
LDm gain from Con |
2443 (4.00%) |
Swing Con to LDm 4.60% |
13 |
Sutton & Cheam |
Paul Burstow |
LDm 19919 Con 17822 Lab 7280 Ref 1784 UKInd 191 NLP 96 |
LDm gain from Con |
2097 (4.45%) |
Swing Con to LDm 12.94% |
14 |
Carshalton & Wallington |
Thomas Brake |
LDm 18490 Con 16223 Lab 11565 Ref 1289 Grn 377 BNP 261 UKInd 218 |
LDm gain from Con |
2267 (4.68%) |
Swing Con to LDm 11.76% |
15 |
Richmond Park |
Dr Jenny Tonge |
LDm 25393 Con 22442 Lab 7172 Ref 1467 Lny 204 NLP 102 RDrm 73 |
LDm gain from Con |
2951 (5.19%) |
Swing Con to LDm 9.69% |
16 |
Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine |
Sir Robert Smith |
LDm 17742 Con 15080 SNP 5639 Lab 3923 Ref 805 |
LDm gain from Con |
2662 (6.16%) |
Swing Con to LDm 8.32% |
17 |
Twickenham |
Dr Vincent Cable |
LDm 26237 Con 21956 Lab 9065 IndECR 589 RDrm 155 NLP 142 |
LDm gain from Con |
4281 (7.36%) |
Swing Con to LDm 8.80% |
18 |
Caithness Sutherland & Easter Ross |
Robert Maclennan |
LDm 10381 Lab 8122 SNP 6710 Con 3148 Ref 369 Grn 230 UKInd 212 |
LDm hold |
2259 (7.74%) |
Swing Con to LDm 0.98% |
19 |
Southwark North & Bermondsey |
Simon Hughes |
LDm 19831 Lab 16444 Con 2835 BNP 713 Ref 545 CommL 175 Lib 157 NatDem 95 |
LDm hold |
3387 (8.30%) |
Swing LDm to Lab 4.28% |
20 |
Portsmouth South |
Mike Hancock |
LDm 20421 Con 16094 Lab 13086 Ref 1629 Lib 184 UKInd 141 NLP 140 |
LDm gain from Con |
4327 (8.37%) |
Swing Con to LDm 4.41% |
21 |
Isle of Wight |
Dr Peter Brand |
LDm 31274 Con 24868 Lab 9646 Ref 4734 UKInd 1072 IInd 848 Grn 544 NLP 87 RainIsl 86 |
LDm gain from Con |
6406 (8.76%) |
Swing Con to LDm 5.53% |
22 |
Ross Skye & Inverness West |
Charles Kennedy |
LDm 15472 Lab 11453 SNP 7821 Con 4368 Ref 535 Grn 306 |
LDm hold |
4019 (10.06%) |
Swing Con to LDm 5.48% |
23 |
Oxford West & Abingdon |
Dr Evan Harris |
LDm 26268 Con 19983 Lab 12361 Ref 1258 Grn 691 UKInd 258 ProLife 238 NLP 91 LGR 48 |
LDm gain from Con |
6285 (10.27%) |
Swing Con to LDm 10.34% |
24 |
Devon North |
Nick Harvey |
LDm 27824 Con 21643 Lab 5367 |
LDm hold |
6181 (11.27%) |
Swing Con to LDm 4.95% |
25 |
Cornwall South East |
Colin Breed |
LDm 27044 Con 20564 Lab 7358 UKInd 1428 MK 573 Lib 268 NLP 197 |
LDm gain from Con |
6480 (11.28%) |
Swing Con to LDm 12.06% |
26 |
Brecon & Radnorshire |
Richard Livsey |
LDm 17516 Con 12419 Lab 11424 Ref 900 PC 622 |
LDm gain from Con |
5097 (11.89%) |
Swing Con to LDm 6.09% |
27 |
Southport |
Ronnie Fearn |
LDm 24346 Con 18186 Lab 6125 Ref 1368 Lib 386 NLP 93 NatDem 92 |
LDm gain from Con |
6160 (12.17%) |
Swing Con to LDm 8.85% |
28 |
Hereford |
Paul Keetch |
LDm 25198 Con 18550 Lab 6596 Ref 2209 |
LDm gain from Con |
6648 (12.65%) |
Swing Con to LDm 9.15% |
29 |
Harrogate & Knaresborough |
Phil Willis |
LDm 24558 Con 18322 Lab 4159 LC 614 |
LDm gain from Con |
6236 (13.09%) |
Swing Con to LDm 15.75% |
30 |
Cheltenham |
Nigel Jones |
LDm 24877 Con 18232 Lab 5100 Ref 1065 Lny 375 UKInd 302 ProLife 245 NLP 107 |
LDm hold |
6645 (13.21%) |
Swing Con to LDm 4.88% |
31 |
St Ives |
Andrew George |
LDm 23966 Con 16796 Lab 8184 Ref 3714 UKInd 567 Lib 425 RAlt 178 BHMBCM 71 |
LDm gain from Con |
7170 (13.30%) |
Swing Con to LDm 8.09% |
32 |
Newbury |
David Rendel |
LDm 29887 Con 21370 Lab 3107 Ref 992 Grn 644 UKInd 302 SocLab 174 |
LDm gain from Con |
8517 (15.08%) |
Swing Con to LDm 16.93% |
33 |
Edinburgh West |
Donald Gorrie |
LDm 20578 Con 13325 Lab 8948 SNP 4210 Ref 277 Lib 263 AS 30 |
LDm gain from Con |
7253 (15.23%) |
Swing Con to LDm 11.77% |
34 |
Gordon |
Malcolm Bruce |
LDm 17999 Con 11002 SNP 8435 Lab 4350 Ref 459 |
LDm gain from Con |
6997 (16.56%) |
Swing Con to LDm 18.67% |
35 |
Argyll & Bute |
Ray Michie |
LDm 14359 SNP 8278 Con 6774 Lab 5596 Ref 713 |
LDm hold |
6081 (17.02%) |
Swing Con to LDm 7.02% |
36 |
Bath |
Donald Foster |
LDm 26169 Con 16850 Lab 8828 Ref 1192 Grn 580 UKInd 315 NLP 55 |
LDm hold |
9319 (17.26%) |
Swing Con to LDm 6.91% |
37 |
Sheffield Hallam |
Richard Allan |
LDm 23345 Con 15074 Lab 6147 Ref 788 SIP 125 |
LDm gain from Con |
8271 (18.19%) |
Swing Con to LDm 18.53% |
38 |
Berwick-upon-Tweed |
Alan Beith |
LDm 19007 Lab 10965 Con 10056 Ref 1423 UKInd 352 |
LDm hold |
8042 (19.24%) |
Swing Con to LDm 4.90% |
39 |
Montgomeryshire |
Lembit Opik |
LDm 14647 Con 8344 Lab 6109 PC 1608 Ref 879 Grn 338 |
LDm hold |
6303 (19.74%) |
Swing Con to LDm 1.99% |
40 |
Yeovil |
Paddy Ashdown |
LDm 26349 Con 14946 Lab 8053 Ref 3574 Grn 728 Musician 306 RDrm 97 |
LDm hold |
11403 (21.10%) |
Swing Con to LDm 3.17% |
41 |
Truro & St Austell |
Matthew Taylor |
LDm 27502 Con 15001 Lab 8697 Ref 3682 UKInd 576 Grn 482 MK 450 PP 240 NLP 117 |
LDm hold |
12501 (22.03%) |
Swing Con to LDm 4.90% |
42 |
Roxburgh & Berwickshire |
Archy Kirkwood |
LDm 16243 Con 8337 Lab 5226 SNP 3959 Ref 922 UKInd 202 NLP 42 |
LDm hold |
7906 (22.63%) |
Swing Con to LDm 5.16% |
43 |
Cornwall North |
Paul Tyler |
LDm 31186 Con 17253 Lab 5523 Ref 3636 MK 645 Lib 186 NLP 152 |
LDm hold |
13933 (23.78%) |
Swing Con to LDm 10.36% |
44 |
Hazel Grove |
Andrew Stunell |
LDm 26883 Con 15069 Lab 5882 Ref 1055 UKInd 268 EIHP 183 |
LDm gain from Con |
11814 (23.94%) |
Swing Con to LDm 12.82% |
45 |
Fife North East |
Menzies Campbell |
LDm 21432 Con 11076 SNP 4545 Lab 4301 Ref 485 |
LDm hold |
10356 (24.75%) |
Swing Con to LDm 8.43% |
46 |
Orkney & Shetland |
Jim Wallace |
LDm 10743 Lab 3775 SNP 2624 Con 2527 Ref 820 NLP 116 Ind 60 |
LDm hold |
6968 (33.72%) |
Swing Con to LDm 7.68% |
Notes: Table was generated by UK-Elect v4.5. All Liberal Democrat seats are shown. The table filtering was set to include constituencies in Great Britain only (excluding Northern Ireland). Gains and swings are compared to the 1992 election. Where constituency boundaries changed between 1992 and 1997, estimates of what the 1992 results would have been if the 1997 boundaries had been used are taken from the definitive work by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher: "Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies" (ISBN: 0 948858 21 4)