Electoral history of Tony Blair

This is a summary of the electoral history of Tony Blair, 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 the member of parliament (MP) for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007.

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	New
	Democratic Monarchist	Bill Boaks	99	0.3	New
	Benn in Ten Unless Proportional Representation	Thomas Keen	51	0.1	New
Majority			13,053	35.0	−8.2
Turnout			37,306
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tony Blair	21,401	47.6
	Conservative	Toby Horton	13,120	29.2
	SDP	David Shand	10,183	22.6
	Independent	Maurice Logan-Salton	298	0.7
Majority			8,281	18.4
Turnout			45,002	72.9
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Blair	25,965	56.0	+8.4
	Conservative	Nigel Hawkins	12,907	27.9	−1.3
	SDP	Ralph Andrew	7,477	16.1	−6.5
Majority			13,058	28.1	+9.7
Turnout			46,349	76.2	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Blair	28,453	60.5	+4.5
	Conservative	Nicholas Jopling	13,594	28.9	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Huntington	4,982	10.6	−5.5
Majority			14,859	31.6	+3.5
Turnout			47,029	77.1	+0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Blair	33,526	71.2	+10.7
	Conservative	Elizabeth Pitman	8,383	17.8	−11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Beadle	3,050	6.5	−4.1
	Referendum	Miriam Hall	1,683	3.6	New
	Socialist Labour	Brian Gibson	474	1.0	New
Majority			25,143	53.4	+21.8
Turnout			47,116	72.6	−4.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.3

Electoral history of Tony Blair

1982 by-election, Beaconsfield

1983 general election, Sedgefield

1987 general election, Sedgefield

1992 general election, Sedgefield

1997 general election, Sedgefield

2001 general election, Sedgefield

2005 general election, Sedgefield

1994 Labour Party leadership election

United Kingdom general elections

1997 general election

2001 general election

2005 general election

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Blair	26,110	64.9	−6.3
	Conservative	Douglas Carswell	8,397	20.9	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Duffield	3,624	9.0	+2.5
	UKIP	Andrew Spence	974	2.4	New
	Socialist Labour	Brian Gibson	518	1.3	+0.3
	Rock 'n' Roll Loony	Christopher Driver	375	0.9	New
	Independent	Helen John	260	0.6	New
Majority			17,713	44.0	−9.4
Turnout			40,258	62.0	−10.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Blair	24,421	58.9	−6.0
	Conservative	Al Lockwood	5,972	14.4	−6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Woodthorpe Browne	4,935	11.9	+2.9
	Independent	Reg Keys	4,252	10.3	New
	UKIP	William Brown	646	1.6	−0.8
	National Front	Mark Farrell	253	0.6	New
	Veritas	Fiona Luckhurst-Matthews	218	0.5	New
	Independent	Berony Abraham	209	0.5	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Melodie Staniforth	157	0.4	New
	Blair Must Go Party	Jonathan Cockburn	103	0.2	New
	Senior Citizens	Terence Pattinson	97	0.2	New
	Pensioners	Cherri Gilham	82	0.2	New
	Independent	Helen John	68	0.2	−0.4
	Independent	John Barker	45	0.1	New
	Independent	Julian Brennan	17	0.0	New
Majority			18,449	44.5	+0.5
Turnout			41,475	62.2	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.25

Candidate^[8]		Affiliated (33.3%)		Constituencies (33.3%)		PLP (33.3%)		Overall result
Candidate^[8]		Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	%
	Tony Blair Y	407,637	52.3	100,313	58.2	198	60.5	57.0
	John Prescott	221,367	28.4	42,053	24.4	64	19.6	24.1
	Margaret Beckett	150,422	19.3	29,990	17.4	65	19.9	18.9

			Candidates						Votes
Party		Leader	Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	Tony Blair	639^[a]	418^[b]	146	1	+145^[c]	63.4^[d]	43.2^[e]	13,518,167^[f]	+8.8^[g]
	Conservative	John Major	648	165	0	178	–178	25.0	30.7	9,591,085	–11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paddy Ashdown	639	46	30	2	+28	7.0	16.8	5,242,947	–1.0
	Referendum	James Goldsmith	547	0	0	0	0		2.6	811,849	N/A
	SNP	Alex Salmond	72	6	3	0	+3	0.9	2.0	621,550	+0.1
	UUP	David Trimble	16	10	1	0	+1	1.5	0.8	258,349	0.0
	SDLP	John Hume	18	3	0	1	–1	0.5	0.6	190,814	+0.1
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Wigley	40	4	0	0	0	0.6	0.5	161,030	0.0
	Sinn Féin	Gerry Adams	17	2	2	0	+2	0.3	0.4	126,921	0.0
	DUP	Ian Paisley	9	2	0	1	–1	0.3	0.3	107,348	0.0
	UKIP	Alan Sked	193	0	0	0	0		0.3	105,722	N/A
	Independent	N/A	25	1	1	0	+1	0.2	0.2	64,482	0.0
	Alliance	John Alderdice	17	0	0	0	0		0.2	62,972	0.0
	Green	Peg Alexander and David Taylor	89	0	0	0	0		0.2	61,731	–0.2
	Socialist Labour	Arthur Scargill	64	0	0	0	0		0.2	52,109	N/A
	Liberal	Michael Meadowcroft	53	0	0	0	0		0.1	45,166	–0.1
	BNP	John Tyndall	57	0	0	0	0		0.1	35,832	0.0
	Natural Law	Geoffrey Clements	197	0	0	0	0		0.1	30,604	–0.1
	Speaker	Betty Boothroyd	1	1	1	0	0		0.1	23,969
	ProLife Alliance	Bruno Quintavalle	56	0	0	0	0		0.1	19,332	N/A
	UK Unionist	Robert McCartney	1	1	1	0	+1	0.2	0.0	12,817	N/A
	PUP	Hugh Smyth	3	0	0	0	0		0.0	10,928	N/A
	National Democrats	Ian Anderson	21	0	0	0	0		0.0	10,829	N/A
	Socialist Alternative	Peter Taaffe		0	0	0	0		0.0	9,906	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Tommy Sheridan	16	0	0	0	0		0.0	9,740	N/A
	Independent	N/A	4	0	0	0	0		0.0	9,233	– 0.1
	Ind. Conservative	N/A	4	0	0	0	0		0.0	8,608	–0.1
	Monster Raving Loony	Screaming Lord Sutch	24	0	0	0	0		0.0	7,906	–0.1
	Make Politicians History	Rainbow George Weiss	29	0	0	0	0		0.0	3,745	N/A
	NI Women's Coalition	Monica McWilliams and Pearl Sagar	3	0	0	0	0		0.0	3,024	N/A
	Workers' Party	Tom French	8	0	0	0	0		0.0	2,766	–0.1
	National Front	John McAuley	6	0	0	0	0		0.0	2,716	N/A
	Cannabis Law Reform	Howard Marks	4	0	0	0	0		0.0	2,085	N/A
	Socialist People's Party	Jim Hamezian	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	1,995	N/A
	Mebyon Kernow	Loveday Jenkin	4	0	0	0	0		0.0	1,906	N/A
	Green	Robin Harper	5	0	0	0	0		0.0	1,721
	Conservative Anti-Euro	Christopher Story	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	1,434	N/A
	Socialist (GB)	None	5	0	0	0	0		0.0	1,359	N/A
	Community Representative	Ralph Knight	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	1,290	N/A
	Neighborhood association		1	0	0	0	0		0.0	1,263	N/A
	SDP	John Bates	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	1,246	–0.1
	Workers Revolutionary	Sheila Torrance	9	0	0	0	0		0.0	1,178	N/A
	Real Labour	N/A	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	1,117	N/A
	Independent Democrat	N/A		0	0	0	0		0.0	982
	Independent	N/A		0	0	0	0		0.0	890
	Communist	Mike Hicks	3	0	0	0	0		0.0	639
	Independent	N/A	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	593
	Green (NI)		1	0	0	0	0		0.0	539
	Socialist Equality	Davy Hyland	3	0	0	0	0		0.0	505

Government's new majority	165
Total votes cast	26,367,383
Turnout	59.4%

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^[o]	355^[p]	0	47	–47^[q]	55.2^[r]	9,552,436^[s]	35.2^[t]	–5.5^[u]	26,908^[v]
	Conservative	Michael Howard	630	198	36	3	+33	30.7	8,784,915	32.4	+0.7	44,368
	Liberal Democrats	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	Ieuan Wyn Jones	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
	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
	CPA	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 Association of London	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
	Ind. 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 Party	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

v t e Tony Blair
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997–2007) Leader of the Labour Party (1994–2007) Leader of the Opposition (1994–1997) MP for Sedgefield (1983–2007)
Politics	New Labour, New Life for Britain Premiership Blair ministry First, 1997–2001 Second, 2001–2005 Third, 2005–2007 Blair–Brown deal Electoral history Shadow Cabinet of Tony Blair 1999 British cabinet reshuffle Bush–Blair 2003 Iraq memo State visit by George W. Bush to the United Kingdom 2006 cabinet reshuffle
Ideology	Blairism New Labour Third Way
General elections	1997 2001 2005
Party election	1994
Shadow Cabinet elections	1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Post-premiership	2007 Sedgefield by-election Tony Blair Institute for Global Change Quartet on the Middle East Africa Progress Panel Tony Blair Faith Foundation Commission for Africa
Books	A Journey
Related topics	Ugly Rumours Respect agenda Blatcherism Cool Britannia Blair Babes Tony's Cronies Iraq Inquiry People's princess Hand of history Tonibler
Family	Cherie Blair (wife) Euan Blair (son) Leo Blair (father) Nicky Blair (son) William Blair (brother)
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Government's new majority	179
Total votes cast	31,286,284
Turnout	71.3%