What were the 1997 general election results?

The exit polls in the 2024 election have predicted a landslide victory for the Labour party - marking stark similarities to the general election of 1997.

The '97 election saw a huge triumph for the Labour party, who secured 418 seats, while the Conservative won only 165.

According to the exit poll in the 2024 election, released as the polls closed on July 4, Labour is predicted to win 410 seats, with the Tories on 131, giving Labour a majority of 170.

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If the exit poll is correct, this would give Labour a majority similar to that secured by Blair. It would be the worst-ever result for the Conservatives in its nearly 200-year history.

The exit poll is predicting that Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party will now have 410 MPs, which is eight less than Labour had in 1997. The Conservatives went down to 165 seats at that election, but the exit polls are now predicting their total will be cut to 131.

The '97 election saw the then governing Conservative Party, with leader John Major, defeated in a landslide by Labour, led by Tony Blair in what was a dramatic 179-seat majority.

The election saw around 10 per cent of the electorate shift their vote from Conservative to Labour, compared with the previous election in 1992.

This was the first victory for the Labour party in a general election in almost 23 years; its previous registering a majority of three seats in October 1974. The 1997 election campaign was one of the longest in British history, with opinion polls during campaigning showing strong support for Labour due to Blair's popularity at the time.