Westminster election statistics

'Peter Mandelson, the man most credited with creating New Labour, has ended his extraordinary political career as the person who did it the most damage.' Nick Assinder, BBC News Online, 25 th January 2001.

Westminster elections

The following summaries list the seats changing hards, retiring MPs, MPs defeated, and new MPs elected at each election.

• The 1979 general election
  
  
• The 1983 general election
  
  
• The 1987 general election
  
  
• The 1992 general election
  
  
• The 1997 general election
  
  
• The 2001 general election
  
  
• The 2005 general election