1997 UK general election

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
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 UK general election
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_won 418
gptkbp:Labour_Party_vote_share 43.2%
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Tony_Blair
gptkb:John_Major
gptkbp:Liberal_Democrats_leader gptkb:Paddy_Ashdown
gptkbp:Liberal_Democrats_vote_share 16.8%
gptkbp:LiberalSeatsWon 46
gptkbp:losses gptkb:Conservative_Party_(UK)
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:2001_UK_general_election
gptkbp:notableAchievement End of 18 years of Conservative government
Labour landslide victory
Conservative Party lost all seats in Scotland and Wales
Conservative Party's worst defeat since 1832
First Labour government since 1979
First election with Labour's 'New Labour' branding
First general election after 1995 boundary changes
First general election with 659 constituencies
Labour's largest ever number of seats
Landslide majority of 179 for Labour
Liberal Democrats gained 26 seats
Michael Portillo lost seat (Enfield Southgate)
Plaid Cymru won 4 seats
Referendum Party contested
Referendum Party won no seats
Scottish National Party won 6 seats
UK Independence Party contested
UK Independence Party won no seats
First time since 1859 Conservatives had no seats in Wales
William Hague became Conservative leader after election
Labour's highest ever share of seats in House of Commons
Tony Blair became youngest Prime Minister since 1812
First time since 1929 Labour won a majority of seats in England
First time since 1832 Conservatives had no seats in Scotland
First time since 1906 Conservatives won less than 200 seats
Notable defeat for many Conservative cabinet ministers
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:1992_UK_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Tony_Blair
gptkb:John_Major
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 659
gptkbp:voterTurnout 71.4%
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Labour_Party_(UK)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Belfast_North
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5