Tony Blair general election defeats) the Labour Party had to demonstrate that it had made a decisive break from its left-wing past, in order to win an election again. In May 1997, the Labour Party won a landslide general election victory, the largest in its history. Blair, at 43 years of age, became the youngest Prime Minister since 1812. In September 1997, Blair attained early personal popularity, receiving a 93% public approval rating, after his public response to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. The Labour Party went on to win two more general elections under his leadership: in 2001, in
Liz Lloyd Liz Lloyd Elizabeth Anne Lloyd CBE (born 1971) served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Prime Minister Tony Blair's last administration (2005-2007). A member of a virtual New Labour group who attended Guildford Grammar School (others include former Government minister James Purnell, and communications manager Tim Allan) she graduated from Clare College, Cambridge, with a BA in Law and History in 1993. LLoyd began working for Tony Blair when she became Labour Leader in 1994. After Blair became Prime Minister in 1997, she became his home-affairs advisor. She later worked in the Foreign Policy area in the Number 10 Policy