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
Dunfermline East (UK Parliament constituency) South, and the Kirkcaldy District electoral division of Cardenden and Kinglassie. The constituency's only MP was Gordon Brown of the Labour Party, who was Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1992 to 1997 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997 to 2007, when he became Prime Minister. <section begin="General Election 1983"/> <section end="General Election 1983"/> <section begin="General Election 1987"/> <section end="General Election 1987"/> <section begin="General Election 1992"/> <section end="General Election 1992"/> <section begin="General Election 1997"/> <section end="General Election 1997"/> <section begin="General Election 2001"/> <section end="General Election 2001"/> Dunfermline East (UK Parliament constituency) Dunfermline East was a burgh constituency represented in