Tony Blair Tony Blair Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He previously served as Leader of the Opposition before becoming Prime Minister and remains the last British Labour Party leader to have won a general election. From 1983 to 2007, Blair was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield. He was elected Labour Party leader in July 1994, following the sudden death of his predecessor, John Smith. Under Blair's leadership, the party used
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