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UK General Election 1997

General Election Summary – 01 May 1997

 

(A) Members of Parliament Polish MPs %
  418 Labour Party 1 0.24%
  165 Conservative Party NIL  
  46 Liberal Democratic NIL  
  30 Other Parties NIL  
  Total = 659 MPs Total = 1 Polish MP Total = 0.15%
(B) Election Candidates Polish Candidates %
  648 Conservative 2 0.30%
  639 Labour 1 0.15%
  639 Liberal Democrats  1 0.15%
  547 Referendum Party 2 0.36%
  197 Natural Law 1 0.51%
  193 UKIP 2 1.03%
  64 Socialist Labour 1 1.56%
  56 ProLIfe Alliance 1 1.78%
  53 Liberal 2 3.77%
  517 Other Parties    
  Total = 3,553 Candidates Total = 13 Polish Candidates Total = 0.36%
(C) Total Votes = 31,286,284 13 Polish Candidates = 52,286 votes 0.16% of Total Votes

 

PHS_logo_subhead13 Polish Candidates in 1997 General Election

 

  Name Constituency Party Result Votes Vote Share Majority
1 Denis MacShane  Rotherham Labour Re-Elected 26,852 57% 21,469
  (Denis Matyjaszek)            
          26,852    
2 Barbara Czarnecka-Yerolemou Ealing, Acton & Shepherd’s Bush Conservative 2nd 12,405 25.8%  
3 Frank Harasiwka Bolton South East Lib Dem 3rd 3,805 8.8%  
4 Marek Kotecha Liverpool Walton Conservative 3rd 2,551 6.3%  
5 J. Bogusz Mansfield Referedum Party 4th 1,588 3.3%  
6 Barbara   Russocki Daventry Referedum Party 4th 2,018 3.3%  
7 G. M. Slysz Ealing North UKIP 4th 689 1.2%  
8 Noel Nowosielski Leeds West Liberal 5th 625 1.6%  
9 Pat Sikorski Hornsey & Wood Green Socialist Labour 6th 586 1.1%  
10 Frances Oborski Stoke-on-Trent Central Liberal 6th 359 0.9%  
11 Richard Mrozinski Altrincham & Sale West UKIP 6th 270 0.5%  
12 Anna Miszewska Rushcliffe Natural Law 6th 115 0.2%  
13 Anna Klepacka Ealing Southall ProLife Alliance 7th 473 0.9%  
          25,081    
Dataset compiled by Christopher Marek Rencki FRAI