Contains a comprehensive record of the 1997 British general election based on the official returns. For every constituency there is a complete record of candidates, party labels, and votes polled together with the vote share. Calculation of vote change is based either on the 1992 constituency result, or where boundary changes have occurred, the national result. Other statistics include the percent of majority, turnout, and electorate. Also included is an index of candidates together with various tables summarizing the results by nations and region and detailing rank orders of parliamentary constituencies according to party majorities, party change in share of the vote, and other important electoral indicators. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.