1997 General Election - Hastings and Rye

Year	1997
General election	1997 General Election
Constituency	Hastings and Rye
Turnout	69.7%

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes
Foster, Michael	Labour	16,867
Lait, Jacqui	Conservative	14,307
Palmer, Monroe	Liberal Democrats	13,717
McGovern, Christopher	Referendum	2,511
Amstad, Jane	Liberal	1,046
Andrews, Wayne	UKIP	472
Tiverton, Derek	Monster Raving Loony	149