British General Election 97

<table border=0 width=480> <tr><td> <H3>Background</H3><CENTER><TABLE WIDTH=300 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0><TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><TABLE><TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><A HREF="/election97/background/pastelec/index.htm"><IMG SRC="../graphics/history.gif" WIDTH=75 HEIGHT=78 BORDER=0 ALT="Past Polls"></A></TD><TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><A HREF="/election97/background/pastelec/index.htm">Past Elections 1945-92</A></FONT></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=50> </TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><TABLE><TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><A HREF="/election97/background/issues/index.htm"><IMG SRC="../graphics/boxsm.gif" WIDTH=75 HEIGHT=78 BORDER=0 ALT="Issues"></A></TD><TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><A HREF="/election97/background/issues/index.htm">Campaign Issues</A></FONT></TR></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50> </TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><TABLE><TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><A HREF="/election97/background/parties/index.htm"><IMG SRC="../graphics/roset.gif" WIDTH=76 HEIGHT=78 BORDER=0 ALT="Parties"></A></TD><TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><A HREF="/election97/background/parties/index.htm">The Parties</A></FONT></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=50> </TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><TABLE><TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><A HREF="/election97/background/procedure/index.htm"><IMG SRC="../graphics/portcul.gif" WIDTH=75 HEIGHT=78 BORDER=0 ALT="Procedures"></A></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><A HREF="/election97/background/procedure/index.htm">Electoral Procedures</A></FONT></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=50> </TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><TABLE><TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><A HREF="/election97/background/trivia/index.htm"><IMG SRC="../graphics/trivbeer.gif" WIDTH=75 HEIGHT=78 BORDER=0 ALT="Trivia"></A></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><A HREF="/election97/background/trivia/index.htm">Election Trivia</A></FONT></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE><p><a href=/election97/misc/timing.htm>Timetable and countdown</a></CENTER> </td></tr></table>