# Canonical recap data for Tony Blair Becomes Prime Minister (1997)
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slug: tony-blair-election
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1997/tony-blair-election"
title: Tony Blair Becomes Prime Minister
subtitle: Labour's landslide victory ended 18 years of Conservative rule and launched the 'Cool Britannia' era, reshaping British politics and social policy.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1997-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1997
decade: 1990
country:
name: United Kingdom
slug: united-kingdom
summaryShort: Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He was Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1997, held shadow cabinet posts from 1987 to 1994, and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield
summaryLong: Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He was Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1997, held shadow cabinet posts from 1987 to 1994, and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007. He is the longest-serving Labour prime minister and only person to lead Labour to three consecutive general election victories. Blair founded the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change in 2016 and serves as its Executive Chairman.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Tony Blair"
importance: 80
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Blair"
  title: Tony Blair
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
metaDescription: Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party fro
wikidataQid: Q9545
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20040404002407/http://en.wikipedia.org:80/wiki/Tony_Blair"
  capturedAt: 2004-04-04
  label: Tony Blair
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Blair"
