Tony Blair Wins 1997 General Election With A Landslide Majority For 1997 united kingdom general election. So it was quite a turnaround when labour, under the leadership of the youthful tony blair, won the may 1, 1997 general election by a landslide. “new labour, new britain” was the party’s slogan, and “things can only get better” by d ream was its theme song. under blair, labour won a majority of 179 seats, even bigger than the party’s.
Tony Blair Wins 1997 General Election With A Landslide Majority For The 1997 united kingdom general election in england was held on 1 may 1997 for 529 english seats to the house of commons. 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. 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. 2 may. the labour party has won the general election in a landslide victory, leaving the conservatives in tatters after 18 years in power, with scotland and wales left devoid of tory representation. labour now has a formidable 419 seats (including the speaker) the largest the party has ever taken. the conservatives took just 165, their worst. Labour wins landslide victory.
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