1997 General Election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1997_General_Election
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_seats_won 165
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_vote_share 30.7%
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 1 May 1997
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1997 General Election
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_won 418
gptkbp:Labour_Party_vote_share 43.2%
gptkbp:LiberalDemocratVoteShare 16.8%
gptkbp:LiberalSeatsWon 46
gptkbp:losses gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:2001_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:notableFeature End of 18 years of Conservative government
Labour landslide victory
First general election after the death of Labour leader John Smith
First general election with Tony Blair as Labour leader
First general election in which the Referendum Party contested all seats
First general election with significant use of the internet in campaigning
First general election with William Hague as Conservative leader (after John Major resigned)
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:1992_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Tony_Blair
gptkb:John_Major
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 659
gptkbp:voterTurnout 71.4%
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Michael_Portillo
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4