A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday, 1 May 1997. The governing Conservative Party led by Prime Minister John Major was defeated in a landslide by the opposition Labour Party
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A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 9 April 1992, to elect 651 members to the House of Commons. The governing Conservative Party led by Prime Minister John Major won a fourth
1997 United Kingdom general election
…benches, came to be seen as a watershed moment in female political representation in the UK. The British economy had been in recession at the time of the 1992 general election, which the governing Conservative Party led by John Major had won. The recession ended within a year, but later events such as Black Wednesday severely…
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Labour Leader Neil Kinnock conceding defeat