Anthony Teasdale as Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1996-97. Later, Teasdale served as head of policy strategy and legislative planning for the EPP Group in the European Parliament, and as deputy chief of staff to Jerzy Buzek MEP, the former Prime Minister of Poland when the latter was President of the European Parliament from 2009-12. In addition to co-authoring (with Timothy Bainbridge) "The Penguin Companion to European Union" (see above), Teasdale has written articles on European and US politics in several academic journals, including "Political Quarterly", "Government and Opposition", "Electoral Studies" and the "Journal of Common Market Studies". His most recent publication
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom seats than the opposition in a general election. Since 1722, most Prime Ministers have been members of the Commons; since 1902, all have had a seat there. Like other members, they are elected initially to represent only a constituency. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, for example, represented Sedgefield in County Durham from 1983 to 2007. He became Prime Minister because in 1994 he was elected Labour Party leader and then led the party to victory in the 1997 general election, winning 418 seats compared to 165 for the Conservatives and gaining a majority in the House of Commons. Neither the