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Summary of the results of the 5 May 2005 United Kingdom general election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom; Political party Leader Candidates Elected Seats gained Seats lost Net change in seats % of seats Number of votes % of votes Change in % of vote Votes per seat won; Labour: Tony Blair: 627: 355: 0: 47 –47: 55.2: 9,552,436: 35 ...
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 opposition Labour Party led by Tony Blair, achieving a 179-seat majority and a total of 419 seats.
Under Tony Blair, the Labour Party won a landslide majority of English seats, the first time since 1966 that Labour had won an overall majority of English seats. [2] The England result, together with even larger landslide Labour results in Scotland and Wales, gave Labour the biggest majority for any single party since 1931. Blair subsequently ...
Blair resigned as both prime minister and leader of the Labour Party in June 2007, and was replaced by Gordon Brown, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer. The election results were broadcast live on the BBC and presented by Peter Snow, David Dimbleby, Tony King, Jeremy Paxman, and Andrew Marr.
Britain’s upcoming general election is widely expected to lead to a change of government for the first time in 14 years. In 1997, the Labour Party had been out of power for longer than it has ...
Tony Blair won the leadership and became Prime Minister after winning the 1997 general election. The election was the first held under the new leadership election rules that had been introduced in 1993, which included an element of one member, one vote. The poll for leader was held simultaneously with a deputy leadership vote.
The 2005 United Kingdom general election in England took place on 5 May 2005 for 529 English seats in the British House of Commons.The governing Labour Party under Tony Blair won an overall majority of seats for the third successive election.
On 8 May, Prime Minister Tony Blair announced that the general election would be held on the 7 June as expected, on the same day as the local elections. [9] Blair made the announcement in a speech at St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School in Bermondsey, London rather than on the steps of Downing Street. [9]