Gordon Brown served as Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. His tenure was marked by major reform of Britain's monetary and fiscal policy architecture, tr
Official portrait, c. 1997–1999
Gordon Brown at a press conference in 2000
Tony Blair's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom began on 2 May 1997 when he accepted an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to form a government, succeeding John Major of the Conservative P
Blair in 2002
Blair in Armagh, Northern Ireland, September 1998
The Scottish Parliament Building in Holyrood
Blair with President Bill Clinton in Belfast in 1998