2017 General Election (8th June) compared to the 1997 General Election
Elections are perhaps crude measures of sentiment but they are basically democratic.
The 2017 General Election was held 5 years ago today. Unfortunately Labour didn’t win, the reasons remain hotly contested.
The 1997 General Election was held 25 years ago in May 1997. Thankfully for those of us who had endured the Thatcher and Major years, and whatever subsequently happened, Labour did win.
The difference in seats won is striking as in different ways are the other indices. Perhaps one conclusion is that a fairer and more democratic voting system might do something to address this. There are of course other potential perspectives
Seats
1997 418 2017 262
Increase in Labour vote from previous Election
1997 1.96m 2017 3.52m
Increase in % vote from previous Election
1997 8.8% 2017 9.5%
Total Votes
1997 13,518,167 (43.2%) 2017 12,818,460 (40%)
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