1997 Elections

Question 1

Winning parties’ seats

Answer 1

Tony Blairs labour government won 418 seats 10.2% swing from conservative to labour 43.2 of popular vote

Question 2

Turnout

Answer 2

71%

Question 3

Number of Woman elected into Parliament

Answer 3

Record number of 120, 101 were Labour mps

Question 4

Contributing factors to Labour victory

Answer 4

A series of conservative scandal,A desire to change the electorate after 18 years of tory rule , party disunity over the EU and the events of black Wednesday put labour ahead of the tories.

Question 5

Reasons for labours success

Answer 5

Tony Blair seen as a young face for the labour party and his reform policies fitted with the publics attitude of a need of change. Tory bi election defeats and defections led to their gradual loss of majority in the house of commons.

Question 6

Conservative statistics

Answer 6

John major’s government:165 seats 172 seats lost