1997 United Kingdom general election (Labour)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	political event
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date	1997-05-01
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	1997 United Kingdom general election (Labour)
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Tony_Blair
gptkbp:nextEdition	gptkb:2001_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:notableFor	End of 18 years of Conservative government Labour's largest ever majority Start of New Labour era
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Conservative_Party_(UK) gptkb:John_Major
gptkbp:opposingPercentage	30.7%
gptkbp:opposingPopularVote	9,600,943
gptkbp:opposingSeatsWon	165
gptkbp:parliament	Fifty-second Parliament of the United Kingdom
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:1997_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:party	gptkb:Labour_Party_(UK) 179
gptkbp:percentageAgainst	43.2%
gptkbp:popularVote	13,518,167
gptkbp:previousEdition	gptkb:1992_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister	gptkb:Tony_Blair gptkb:John_Major
gptkbp:result	Labour landslide victory
gptkbp:seatsWon	418
gptkbp:thirdPartyLeader	gptkb:Paddy_Ashdown
gptkbp:thirdPartyPercentage	16.8%
gptkbp:thirdPartyPopularVote	5,242,947
gptkbp:thirdPartySeatsWon	46
gptkbp:thirdPlace	gptkb:Liberal_Democrats_(UK)
gptkbp:voterTurnout	71.4%
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:British_General_Elections_Since_1945
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8