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
Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency) as a county constituency. In the mid-17th century, this was Oliver Cromwell's constituency. The seat was abolished in 1918 to re-create Huntingdonshire that co-existed in the early history of the above – this revived county seat lasted until 1983. That constituency was renamed and saw slight boundary changes, to form the current constituency of Huntingdon. The former Conservative Prime Minister (1990–1997) John Major represented the seat from its re-creation in 1983 until his retirement in 2001. His majority in 1992 (36,230) was the largest majority for any member of parliament post-1832 until 2017, in which George Howarth won a 42,214