Search results
The 1997 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 1 May 1997. The governing Conservative Party led by Prime Minister John Major was defeated in a landslide by the Labour Party led by Tony Blair, achieving a 179-seat majority and a total of 418 seats, the highest ever won by Labour. This was the first victory for the Labour party in ...
- Tony Blair
- Sedgefield
- 21 July 1994
- Labour
May 2, 2017 · Triumphant Tony Blair swept to power early today in a landslide general election victory. Labour were set for a Commons majority of around 140 [the eventual majority 179 - a record for Labour ...
May 2, 2017 · Tony Blair’s not coming back, but his win 20 years ago still matters; ... Tony Blair has, of course, long since lost his resonance as a cultural figure. ... And the eve of another landslide ...
Apr 30, 2017 · Tony Blair's legacy 20 years on. On Monday, it was 20 years to the day that Tony Blair won a landslide general election victory for Labour - how did he change the country and what is left of his ...
The Labour Party has won a landslide victory in the general election, bringing eighteen years of Conservative rule to a spectacular end. Tony Blair now has the largest majority of any Labour ...
Apr 15, 2005 · In 1997 Labour ended 18 years in the political wilderness in spectacular style. The party returned to power with a parliamentary landslide, winning the biggest majority held by any government since 1935. Tony Blair's New Labour had gained a staggering 179-seat overall majority in the Commons as the Conservatives were tossed aside by the voters.
People also ask
Did Tony Blair win a landslide election?
How did Tony Blair's New Labour win a parliamentary election?
How has Tony Blair changed Britain's political landscape?
Did Labour win a landslide?
The 1 May 1997 general election resulted in a landslide Labour victory, the party, under the leadership of Tony Blair, winning 418 seats and gaining a parliamentary majority of 178, the largest since the 1930s. Labour’s 1997 election success was the party’s first since October 1974, and it brought to an end 18 years in opposition.
