An analysis of the 1997 Election in Britain which aids in the understanding of why Labour was victotious and why the Conservatives failed, including the election's effect on both the Conservatives and the Labour Party to further explore the development of these two parties in Britain.
Why Mr Blair Won
What impact did this election have on the Conservative Party?
Reasons its Labour victory Reasons it is Conservative loss
- JM had literal criminals in his party -
Conservatives turned into a very scandalous
- Labour was revamped and the new incentive
and controversial party, e.g. Black Wednesday
attracted people - ‘New Labour’ formed a more
1992 - Anti-Conservative voting from part of Lib
centrist policy platform, promises of devolution
Dems - Party lost their image as the party of the
referendums for Scotland and Wales - Blair’s
economy - Disputes within the conservative
personal popularity, he won a personal public
government over European Union issues -
endorsement from The Sun two months before
Variety of sleaze allegations that severely
the vote - Blair brought the party closer to the
affected the government’s popularity - Since
political centre and abolished party’s Clause IV
election was called so there would be a long
in their constitution (which committed them to
campaign in an attempt to expose Labour, but
mass nationalism) - Labour reversed policies
Major was accused of arranging early
on unilateral nuclear disarmament - Education,
dissolutions to protect Neil Hamilton - ‘We
education, education - Robin Cook able to
repeatedly tried and failed to get him to
expose government like Scott Report - Copied
understand that you couldn’t say that they were
the Cons Spending proposals (Brown) - Very
dangerous and copying you at the same time’ -
strong ministers and efficiency in the party
by Andrew Cooper (lmao) in attempts to taint
Blair’s public image New Lab New Danger
1. What size was the majority?
179 seat majority from Tony Blair (43.2% of vote)
Tory’s had 165 (reduced, not even Michael foot got that low with his suicide note
1997 Election 1
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