The Conservative Party won the 1987 general election with a majority of 102 seats. The party’s leader, Margaret Thatcher, became the first Prime Minister in over 150 years to win a third consecutive term in office.
Did you know? 1987 saw the election of the first black MPs to parliament: Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng, and Bernie Grant.
Labour prime minister Tony Blair returned to power following the 2001 general election with another huge majority. Labour won 412 seats compared with the Conservatives’ 166.
Did you know? Voter turnout in the 2001 general election was the lowest since 1918 with less than 60% of eligible voters actually casting a vote.
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