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Blair's election literature in the 1983 general election endorsed left-wing policies that Labour advocated in the early 1980s. [43] He called for Britain to leave the EEC [ 44 ] as early as the 1970s, [ 45 ] though he had told his selection conference that he personally favoured continuing membership [ citation needed ] and voted "Yes" in the ...
This is a list of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by age. This table can be sorted to display prime ministers of the United Kingdom by name, order of office, date of birth, age at appointment, length of retirement, or lifespan. Age at appointment is determined by the day a prime minister assumed office for the first time. Length of retirement is determined from the day a prime minister ...
Aided by the unpopularity of John Major's Conservative government (itself deeply divided over the European Union), Blair led the Labour Party to victory in the 1997 general election (its largest landslide general election victory in history), ending eighteen years of Conservative Party government, with the heaviest Conservative defeat since 1906.
The oldest prime minister to be appointed overall, and oldest to win a General Election, was William Ewart Gladstone, who was born on 29 December 1809 and appointed for the final time on 15 August 1892 at the age of 82 years and 231 days, following that year's General Election.
Prime Minister Tony Blair took office in 1997, ... set himself up as both the protector of the monarchy and the man who will nudge the royal family gently into the modern age.
The first Blair ministry lasted from May 1997 to June 2001. After eighteen years in opposition, Labour ousted the Conservatives at the May 1997 election with a 179-seat majority. The Prime Minister , Tony Blair , who turned 44 years old days after leading Labour to victory, was the youngest Prime Minister of the twentieth century.
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.
With Blair, he stepped down as deputy leader of the party on 27 June 2007 and soon announced that he would not stand again for re-election for his Hull seat in 2010.