1997 United Kingdom general election

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The 1997 United Kingdom general election was a landmark national vote in which Tony Blair’s Labour Party won a landslide victory, ending 18 years of Conservative government.

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instanceOf United Kingdom general election
legislative election
alsoKnownAs 1997 United Kingdom general election
surface form: UK general election of 1997
campaignIssue European Union
economy
public services
conservativePopularVotePercentage 30.7
conservativeSeatChange -178
country United Kingdom
date 1 May 1997
electedBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
electoralSystem first-past-the-post
endedYearsInPowerOf Conservative Party (UK)
governmentAfterElection Labour governments of the United Kingdom
surface form: Labour government
governmentBeforeElection Conservative government of the United Kingdom
surface form: Conservative government
labourPopularVotePercentage 43.2
labourSeatChange +145
leaderOfConservativeParty John Major
leaderOfLiberalDemocrats Paddy Ashdown
leaderOfWinningParty Tony Blair
legislativeTermEnd 2001
legislativeTermStart 1997
liberalDemocratPopularVotePercentage 16.8
liberalDemocratSeatChange +26
mainLoser Conservative Party (UK)
mainWinner Labour Party (UK)
majoritySeats 330
monarchAtTime Elizabeth II
nextElection 2001 United Kingdom general election
notableOutcome Conservative Party (UK) lost all seats in Scotland
Welsh Conservatives
surface form: Conservative Party (UK) lost all seats in Wales

beginning of New Labour era
numberOfSeatsWonByConservatives 165
numberOfSeatsWonByLabour 418
numberOfSeatsWonByLiberalDemocrats 46
parliamentElected Fifty-second Parliament of the United Kingdom
surface form: Fifty-Second Parliament of the United Kingdom
popularVoteSecondPlace Conservative Party (UK)
popularVoteThirdPlace Liberal Democrats
surface form: Liberal Democrats (UK)
popularVoteWinner Labour Party (UK)
previousElection 1992 United Kingdom general election
primeMinisterAfterElection Tony Blair
primeMinisterBeforeElection John Major
regionCovered England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
thirdParty Liberal Democrats
surface form: Liberal Democrats (UK)
totalSeats 659
typeOfResult landslide victory for Labour Party (UK)
voterTurnoutPercentage 71.4
yearsOfConservativeRuleEnded 18

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Bromley and Chislehurst firstElection 1997 United Kingdom general election
New Labour cameToPowerIn 1997 United Kingdom general election
A Journey (memoir) aboutEvent 1997 United Kingdom general election
subject surface form: A Journey
Runnymede and Weybridge firstElection 1997 United Kingdom general election
Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency) hasElection 1997 United Kingdom general election
Westmorland and Lonsdale hasElection 1997 United Kingdom general election
Sedgefield hasElection 1997 United Kingdom general election
this entity surface form: 1997 general election
1997 Welsh devolution referendum precededBy 1997 United Kingdom general election
North East Cambridgeshire hasElection 1997 United Kingdom general election
this entity surface form: 1997 UK general election
Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency) hasElection 1997 United Kingdom general election
Harold Best electedIn 1997 United Kingdom general election
2001 United Kingdom general election previousElection 1997 United Kingdom general election
Aldershot (UK Parliament constituency) hasElection 1997 United Kingdom general election
East Lothian (UK Parliament constituency) hasElection 1997 United Kingdom general election
this entity surface form: 1997 United Kingdom general election in East Lothian
Surrey Heath (UK Parliament constituency) hasElection 1997 United Kingdom general election
Croydon Central firstElection 1997 United Kingdom general election
First Blair ministry election 1997 United Kingdom general election
1997 United Kingdom general election alsoKnownAs 1997 United Kingdom general election
this entity surface form: UK general election of 1997
Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency) hasElection 1997 United Kingdom general election
Batley and Spen hasElection 1997 United Kingdom general election
Hendon North abolishedInElection 1997 United Kingdom general election
Martin Bell electionWon 1997 United Kingdom general election
UK Parliament 1992–1997 dissolvedForElection 1997 United Kingdom general election
Sleaford and North Hykeham firstElection 1997 United Kingdom general election