Talk:1997 United Kingdom general election

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Results Section - Labour Parliamentary Majority

The current version states the 1997 Labour (simple) Majority as 179, however if you follow the Institute for Government explainer/guidelines the Speaker is added to the “Opposition” side of the calculation ………This gives 418 (Government members) less 241 (Opposition members plus the Speaker) = 177.

https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/government-majority 86.11.252.177 (talk) 13:08, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]