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General Election 1 May 1997

. . . and then she waved her handkerchief to him, and waited till he was out of sight

Lewis Carroll 'Through the Looking Glass'

After a six-week intense leadership-led campaign the astonishing results were:

'New' Labour 418, Conservatives 165,
Liberal Democrats 46, Others 30

On 2 May Tony Blair became Prime Minister and John Major announced his intention of resigning as Leader of the Conservative Party

© Brian Partridge - Part-political 3

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