General Election 1997

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_seats_won 165
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_vote_share 30.7%
gptkbp:ConservativeLeader gptkb:John_Major
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 1997-05-01
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:General_Election_2001
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Election 1997
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_won 418
gptkbp:Labour_Party_vote_share 43.2%
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Tony_Blair
gptkbp:LiberalDemocratLeader gptkb:Paddy_Ashdown
gptkbp:LiberalDemocratVoteShare 16.8%
gptkbp:LiberalSeatsWon 46
gptkbp:losses gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:notableFor End of 18 years of Conservative government
Labour landslide victory
First general election with Tony Blair as Labour leader
First general election with John Major as Conservative leader
First general election in which the Labour Party won a majority in every region of the UK
First general election in which the Labour Party won a majority in every seat in the UK
First general election in which the Labour Party won a majority in Scotland
First general election in which Labour won a majority in Scotland and Wales
First general election in which the Labour Party won a majority in England
First general election in which the Social Democratic and Labour Party won more than 3 seats
First general election in which Sinn Féin won more than 1 seat
First general election in which the Conservative Party won fewer than 200 seats
First general election in which the Labour Party won a majority in every constituency in the UK
First general election with Paddy Ashdown as Liberal Democrat leader
First general election after 1992 boundary changes
First general election in which the Scottish National Party won more than 5 seats
First general election in which the Referendum Party stood candidates
First general election in which the Liberal Democrats won more than 40 seats
First general election in which the Labour Party won a majority in Wales
First general election in which Plaid Cymru won more than 2 seats
First general election in which the Green Party of England and Wales stood candidates in every region
First general election in which the Labour Party won more than 400 seats
First general election in which the Labour Party won a majority of over 150 seats
First general election in which the UK Independence Party stood candidates
First general election in which the Labour Party won a majority in Northern Ireland
First general election in which the Ulster Unionist Party won fewer than 10 seats
First general election in which the British National Party stood more than 50 candidates
First general election in which the Referendum Party won more than 1% of the vote
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:General_Election_1992
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Tony_Blair
gptkb:John_Major
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 659
gptkbp:voterTurnout 71.4%
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Runnymede_and_Weybridge
gptkb:Westmorland_and_Lonsdale
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6