Electoral history of Tony Blair

This is a summary of the electoral history of Tony Blair, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007.

Parliamentary Elections

By-Election, 1982, Beaconsfield

Beaconsfield by-election, 27th May 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tim Smith	23,049	61.8	+0.1
	Liberal	Paul Tyler	9,996	26.8	+8.7
	Labour	Tony Blair	3,886	10.4	−9.8
	New Britain	Michael Byrne	225	0.6	−
	Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident	Bill Boaks	99	0.3	N/A
	Benn in Ten Unless Proportional Representation	Thomas Keen	51	0.1	N/A
Majority			13,053	35.0	−8.2
Turnout			37,306
	Conservative hold		Swing

1983 General Election, Sedgefield

General Election 1983: Sedgefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Tony Blair	21,401	47.6	N/A
	Conservative	Toby Horton	13,120	29.2	N/A
	Social Democratic	D. Shand	10,183	22.6	N/A
	Independent	M. Logan-Salton	298	0.7	N/A
Majority			8,281	18.4	N/A
Turnout				72.9	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

1987 General Election, Sedgefield

General Election 1987: Sedgefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Tony Blair	25,965	56.0	+8.4
	Conservative	N. B. S. Hawkins	12,907	27.9	-1.3
	Social Democratic	R. I. Andrew	7,477	16.1	-6.5
Majority			13,058	28.2	+9.8
Turnout				76.2	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing

1992 General Election, Sedgefield

General Election 1992: Sedgefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Tony Blair	28,453	60.5	+4.5
	Conservative	Nicholas Jopling	13,594	28.9	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Huntington	4,982	10.6	-5.5
Majority			14,859	31.6	+3.4
Turnout			47,029	77.1	+0.9
	Labour hold		Swing

1997 General Election, Sedgefield

General Election 1997: Sedgefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Tony Blair	33,526	71.2	+10.8
	Conservative	Elizabeth Pitman	8,383	17.8	-11.1
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Beadle	3,050	6.5	-4.1
	Referendum	Miriam Hall	1,683	3.6	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Brian Gibson	474	1.0	N/A
Majority			25,143	53.4	+21.8
Turnout			47,116	72.6	-4.5
	Labour hold		Swing

2001 General Election, Sedgefield

General Election 2001: Sedgefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Tony Blair	26,110	64.9	-6.3
	Conservative	Douglas Carswell	8,397	20.9	+3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Duffield	3,624	9.0	+2.5
	UKIP	Andrew Spence	974	2.4	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Brian Gibson	518	1.3	+0.3
	Rock 'n' Roll Loony	Chris Driver	375	0.9	N/A
	Independent	Helen John	260	0.6	N/A
Majority			17,713	44.0
Turnout			40,258	62.0	-10.3
	Labour hold		Swing

2005 General Election, Sedgefield

General Election 2005: Sedgefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Tony Blair	24,421	58.9	-6.0
	Conservative	Gp Capt Al Lockwood	5,972	14.4	-6.5
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Browne	4,935	11.9	+2.9
	Independent	Reg Keys	4,252	10.3	N/A
	UKIP	William Brown	646	1.6	-0.8
	National Front	Mark Farrell	253	0.6	N/A
	Veritas	Fiona Luckhurst-Matthews	218	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Berony Abraham	205	0.5	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Melodie Staniforth	157	0.4	N/A
	Blair Must Go Party	Jonathan Cockburn	103	0.2	N/A
	Senior Citizens Party	Terry Pattinson	97	0.2	N/A
	UK Pensioners Party	Cherri Gilham	82	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Helen John	68	0.2	-0.4
	Independent	John Barker	45	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Julian Brennan	17	0.0	N/A
Majority			18,449	44.5
Turnout			41,475	62.2	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	0.2

1994 Labour leadership election

	Affiliated	Constituencies	PLP	Total
Tony Blair	52.3	58.2	60.5	57.0
John Prescott	28.4	24.4	19.6	24.1
Margaret Beckett	19.3	17.4	19.9	18.9

UK General Elections

1997 General Election

UK General Election 1997
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	№	Net %
	Labour	639	418	145	0	+ 145	63.4	43.2	13,518,167	+ 8.8
	Conservative	648	165	0	178	- 178	25.0	30.7	9,600,943	- 11.2
	Liberal Democrat	639	46	30	2	+ 28	888	16.8	5,242,947	- 1.0
	Referendum	547	0	0	0	0		2.6	811,849	N/A
	SNP	72	6	3	0	+ 3	0.9	2.0	621,550	+ 0.1
	UUP	16	10	1	0	+1	1.5	0.8	258,349	0.0
	SDLP	18	3	0	1	- 1	0.5	0.6	190,814	+ 0.1
	Plaid Cymru	40	4	0	0	0	0.6	0.5	161,030	0.0
	Sinn Féin	17	2	2	0	+ 2	0.3	0.4	126,921	0.0
	DUP	9	2	0	1	- 1	0.3	0.3	107,348	0.0
	UKIP	193	0	0	0	0		0.3	105,722	N/A
	Independent	25	1	1	0	+ 1	0.2	0.1	64,482	0.0
	Green	89	0	0	0	0		0.3	61,731	- 0.2
	Alliance	17	0	0	0	0		0.2	62,972	0.0
	Socialist Labour	64	0	0	0	0		0.2	52,109	N/A
	Liberal	53	0	0	0	0		0.1	45,166	- 0.1
	BNP	57	0	0	0	0		0.1	35,832	0.0
	Natural Law	197	0	0	0	0		0.1	30,604	- 0.1
	Speaker	1	1	1	0	0		0.1	23,969
	ProLife Alliance	56	0	0	0	0		0.1	19,332	N/A
	UK Unionist	1	1	1	0	+ 1	0.2	0.0	12,817	N/A
	PUP	3	0	0	0	0		0.0	10,928	N/A
	National Democrats	21	0	0	0	0		0.0	10,829	N/A
	Socialist Alternative		0	0	0	0		0.0	9,906	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	16	0	0	0	0		0.0	9,740	N/A
	Independent Labour	4	0	0	0	0		0.0	9,233	- 0.1
	Independent Conservative	4	0	0	0	0		0.0	8,608	- 0.1
	Monster Raving Loony	24	0	0	0	0		0.0	7,906	- 0.1
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	29	0	0	0	0		0.0	3,745	N/A
	NI Women's Coalition	3	0	0	0	0		0.0	3,024	N/A
	Workers' Party	8	0	0	0	0		0.0	2,766	- 0.1
	National Front	6	0	0	0	0		0.0	2,716	N/A
	Legalise Cannabis	4	0	0	0	0		0.0	2,085	N/A
	People's Labour	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	1,995	N/A
	Mebyon Kernow	4	0	0	0	0		0.0	1,906	N/A
	Scottish Green	5	0	0	0	0		0.0	1,721
	Conservative Anti-Euro	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	1,434	N/A
	Socialist (GB)		0	0	0	0		0.0	1,359	N/A
	Community Representative	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	1,290	N/A
	Residents	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	1,263	N/A
	Social Democratic	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	1,246	- 0.1
	Workers Revolutionary	9	0	0	0	0		0.0	1,178	N/A
	Real Labour	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	1,117	N/A
	Independent Democratic		0	0	0	0		0.0	982
	Independent Liberal Democrat		0	0	0	0		0.0	890
	Communist	3	0	0	0	0		0.0	639
	Independent Green	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	593
	Green (NI)	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	539
	Socialist Equality	3	0	0	0	0		0.0	505

Government's new majority	179
Total votes cast	31,286,284
Turnout	71.3%

2001 General Election

UK General Election 2001
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	№	Net %
	Labour	640	413	2	8	−6	62.5	40.7	10,724,953	−2.5%
	Conservative	643	166	9	8	+1	25.2	31.7	8,357,615	+1.0%
	Liberal Democrat	639	52	8	2	+6	7.9	18.3	4,814,321	+1.5%
	SNP	72	5	0	1	−1	0.8	1.8	464,314	−0.2%
	UKIP	428	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.5	390,563	1.2%
	UUP	17	6	1	5	−4	0.9	0.8	216,839	0.0%
	Plaid Cymru	40	4	1	1	0	0.6	0.7	195,893	+0.2%
	DUP	14	5	3	0	+3	0.8	0.7	181,999	+0.4%
	Sinn Féin	18	4	2	0	+2	0.6	0.7	175,933	+0.3%
	SDLP	18	3	0	0	0	0.5	0.6	169,865	0.0%
	Green	145	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	166,477	+0.3%
	Independent	136	0	0	1	−1	0.0	0.4	97,070	+0.3%
	Scottish Socialist	72	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	72,516	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	98	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	57,553	N/A
	Socialist Labour	114	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	57,288	0.0%
	BNP	33	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	47,129	+0.1%
	Alliance	10	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	28,999	−0.1%
	Health Concern	1	1	1	0	+1	0.2	0.1	28,487	N/A
	Liberal	13	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	13,685	0.0%
	UK Unionist	1	0	0	1	−1	0.0	0.1	13,509	+0.1%
	ProLife Alliance	37	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	9,453	−0.1%
	Legalise Cannabis	13	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	8,677	N/A
	People's Justice	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	7,443	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	15	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	6,655	0.0%
	PUP	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	4,781	0.0%
	Mebyon Kernow	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	3,199	0.0%
	NI Women's Coalition	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	2,968	0.0%
	Scottish Unionist	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	2,728	N/A
	Rock 'n' Roll Loony	7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	2,634	N/A
	National Front	5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	2,484	0.0%
	Workers' Party	6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	2,352	0.0%
	Neath Port Talbot Ratepayers	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1,960	N/A
	NI Unionist	6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1,794	N/A
	Socialist Alternative	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1,454	0.0%
	Reform 2000	5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1,418	N/A
	Isle of Wight	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1,164	N/A
	Muslim	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1,150	N/A
	Communist	6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1,003	0.0%
	New Britain	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	888	0.0%
	Free Party	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	832	N/A
	Leeds Left Alliance	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	770	N/A
	New Millennium Bean Party	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	727	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	607	0.0%
	Tatton	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	505	N/A

Government's new majority	167
Total votes cast	26,368,204
Turnout	59.4%

2005 General Election

Summary of the Results of the 5 May 2005 General Election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
	Political party	Leader	Candidates	Elected	Seats gained	Seats lost	Net change in seats	% of seats	Number of votes	% of votes	Change in % of vote	Votes per seat won
	Labour	Tony Blair	627	355	0	47	–47	55.2	9,552,436	35.2	–5.5	26,908
	Conservative	Michael Howard	630	198	36	3	+33	30.7	8,784,915	32.4	+0.7	44,368
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Kennedy	626	62	16	5	+11	9.6	5,985,454	22.0	+3.8	96,540
	UKIP	Roger Knapman	496	0	0	0	0	0.0	605,973	2.2	+0.8	N/A
	SNP	Alex Salmond	59	6	2	0	+2	0.9	412,267	1.5	–0.2	68,711
	Green	Caroline Lucas and Keith Taylor	182	0	0	0	0	0.0	257,758	1.0	+0.4	N/A
	DUP	Ian Paisley	18	9	4	0	+4	1.4	241,856	0.9	+0.2	26,873
	BNP	Nick Griffin	119	0	0	0	0	0.0	192,745	0.7	+0.5	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Iwan	40	3	0	1	–1	0.5	174,838	0.6	–0.1	58,279
	Sinn Féin	Gerry Adams	18	5	1	0	+1	0.8	174,530	0.6	–0.1	34,906
	UUP	David Trimble	18	1	0	5	–5	0.2	127,414	0.5	–0.3	127,414
	SDLP	Mark Durkan	18	3	1	1	0	0.5	125,626	0.5	–0.1	41,875
	Independent	N/A	180	1	1	0	+1	0.2	122,416	0.5	+0.1	122,416
	Respect	Linda Smith	26	1	1	0	+1	0.2	68,094	0.3	N/A	68,094
	Scottish Socialist	Colin Fox	58	0	0	0	0	0.0	43,514	0.2	–0.1	N/A
	Veritas	Robert Kilroy-Silk	65	0	0	0	0	0.0	40,607	0.1	N/A	N/A
	Alliance	David Ford	12	0	0	0	0	0.0	28,291	0.1	0.0	N/A
	Scottish Green	Shiona Baird and Robin Harper	19	0	0	0	0	0.0	25,760	0.1	+0.1	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Arthur Scargill	49	0	0	0	0	0.0	20,167	0.1	0.0	N/A
	Liberal	Michael Meadowcroft	14	0	0	0	0	0.0	19,068	0.1	0.0	N/A
	Health Concern	Richard Taylor	1	1	0	0	0	0.2	18,739	0.1	0.0	18,739
	Speaker	N/A	1	1	0	0	0	0.2	15,153	0.1	0.0	15,153
	English Democrat	Robin Tilbrook	24	0	0	0	0	0.0	15,149	0.1	N/A	N/A
	Socialist Alternative	Peter Taaffe	17	0	0	0	0	0.0	9,398	0.0	N/A	N/A
	National Front	Tom Holmes	13	0	0	0	0	0.0	8,079	0.0	N/A	N/A
	Legalise Cannabis	Alun Buffry	21	0	0	0	0	0.0	6,950	0.0	0.0	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Howling Laud Hope	19	0	0	0	0	0.0	6,311	0.0	0.0	N/A
	Community Action	Peter Franzen	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	5,984	0.0	N/A	N/A
	Christian Vote	George Hargreaves	10	0	0	0	0	0.0	4,004	0.0	N/A	N/A
	Mebyon Kernow	Dick Cole	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	3,552	0.0	0.0	N/A
	Forward Wales	John Marek	6	0	0	0	0	0.0	3,461	0.0	N/A	N/A
	Christian Peoples	Alan Craig	9	0	0	0	0	0.0	3,291	0.0	N/A	N/A
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Rainbow George Weiss	23	0	0	0	0	0.0	2,463	0.0	N/A	N/A
	Community Group	Martin Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	2,365	0.0	N/A	N/A
	Ashfield Independents	Roy Adkins	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	2,292	0.0	N/A	N/A
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Mike Davies	5	0	0	0	0	0.0	1,978	0.0	N/A	N/A
	Residents	Malvin Brown	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	1,850	0.0	N/A	N/A
	Workers' Party	Seán Garland	6	0	0	0	0	0.0	1,669	0.0	0.0	N/A
	Socialist Environmental	Goretti Horgan	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	1,649	0.0	N/A	N/A
	Scottish Unionist	Daniel Houston	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	1,266	0.0	0.0	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	Sheila Torrance	10	0	0	0	0	0.0	1,241	0.0	0.0	N/A
	New England	Michael Tibby	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	1,224	0.0	N/A	N/A
	Communist	Robert Griffiths	6	0	0	0	0	0.0	1,124	0.0	0.0	N/A
	Community Group		1	0	0	0	0	0.0	1,118	0.0	N/A	N/A
	Peace and Progress	Chris Cooper	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	1,036	0.0	N/A	N/A
	Scottish Senior Citizens	John Swinburne	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	1,017	0.0	N/A	N/A
	Your Party	Daniel Thompson	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	1,006	0.0	N/A	N/A
	SOS! Northampton	Yvonne Dale	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	932	0.0	N/A	N/A
	Independent Working Class	None	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	892	0.0	N/A	N/A
	Democratic Labour	Brian Powell	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	770	0.0	N/A	N/A
	British Public Party	Kashif Rana	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	763	0.0	N/A	N/A
	Free Scotland	Brian Nugent	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	743	0.0	N/A	N/A
	Pensioners Party Scotland	George Rodger	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	716	0.0	N/A	N/A
	Publican Party	Kit Fraser and Don Lawson	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	678	0.0	N/A	N/A
	English Independence Party	Andrew Constantine	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	654	0.0	N/A	N/A
	Socialist Unity	None	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	581	0.0	N/A	N/A
	Local Community Party	Jack Crossfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	570	0.0	N/A	N/A
	Clause 28	David Braid	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	516	0.0	N/A	N/A
	UK Community Issues Party	Michael Osman	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	502	0.0	N/A	N/A
Total			646					Turnout	27,148,510	61.4		42,026

Tony Blair

Born: 6 May 1953 (age 63) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997–2007) Leader of the Labour Party (1994–2007) MP for Sedgefield (1983–2007)

Politics	Premiership Blair ministry Blair–Brown deal Electoral history Shadow Cabinet of Tony Blair 2006 cabinet reshuffle

Ideology	Blairism New Labour Third Way

General elections	1997 2001 2005

Party election	1994

Shadow Cabinet elections	1992 1993

Post-premiership	Quartet on the Middle East Africa Progress Panel Tony Blair Faith Foundation Commission for Africa

Books	A Journey

Family	Cherie Blair (wife) Euan Blair (son) Nicky Blair (son) Kathryn Blair (daughter) Leo Blair (son) Leo Blair (father) Hazel Blair (mother) William Blair (brother)

Cultural depictions	"Tony Blair" (1999) The Deal (2003) "The Regina Monologues" (2004) The Queen (2006) The Blair Years (2007) The Trial of Tony Blair (2007) The Special Relationship (2010) The Hunt for Tony Blair (2011) The Killing$ of Tony Blair (2016)

Related topics	Ugly Rumours Respect agenda Blatcherism Cool Britannia Blair Babes Tony's Cronies Iraq Inquiry

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