1997 General Election - Beckenham
| Year | 1997 |
| General election | 1997 General Election |
| Constituency | Beckenham |
| Turnout | 74.6% |
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| Merchant, Piers | Conservative | 23,084 |
| Hughes, Robert | Labour | 18,131 |
| Vetterlein, Rosemary | Liberal Democrats | 9,858 |
| Mead, Leonard | Referendum | 1,663 |
| Rimmer, Phil | Liberal | 720 |
| Pratt, Christopher | UKIP | 506 |
| McAuley, John | National Front | 388 |