Results of 1997 General Election (Westbury Constituency)

74,457 electors eligible to vote - turnout was 76.2%

David Faber, (Conservative), 23,037 votes, 40.6% - ELECTED

John Miller, (Lib-Dem), 16,969 votes, 29.9%

Kevin Small, (Labour), 11,969 votes, 21.1%

George Hawkins, (Liberal), 1,956 votes, 3.4%

Nick Hawkings-Byass, (Referendum), 1,909 votes, 3.4%

Rodney Westbury, (UKIP), 771 votes, 1.4%

Colin Haysom, (NLP), 140 votes, 0.2%

Conservative majority 6,068 (swing from Conservative to Lib-Dem 3.8%)

In 1997, Westbury was the 505th constituency nationally to declare its result, with the announcement coming at 3.50am.