Premiership of Tony Blair of tolerance and fairness." He later said the debate showed Britain wanted to be "defined by being a tolerant, fair and decent country." Premiership of Tony Blair The premiership of Tony Blair began on 2 May 1997 and ended upon his resignation on 27 June 2007. Whilst serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair concurrently served as the First Lord of the Treasury, the Minister for the Civil Service, the Leader of the Labour Party (until Gordon Brown was declared Labour leader on 24 June 2007) and the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield. He remains a Privy
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