Hazel Blears
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Hazel Anne Blears is a British former Labour Party politician, who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) successively for the constituencies of Salford and Salford and Eccles between 1997 and 2015.
Official portrait, 2007
Blears in 2013
Blears in June 2009
1997 United Kingdom general election
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The 1997 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 1 May 1997. The governing Conservative Party led by Prime Minister John Major was defeated in a landslide by the Labour Party led by Tony Blair, achieving a 179-seat majority.
Image: Tony Blair in 1997
Image: Major PM full (cropped)
Image: Paddy Ashdown (2005) (cropped)