Tony Blair is elected as leader of the Labour Party in July 1994. The 41-year-old MP for Sedgefield secured 57% of the vote. The election followed the unexpected death of John Smith two months ...

The Labour Party last won a general election in Britain in 2005. Former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair won a record majority for his party in 1997, when he secured a 179-seat majority in Parliament.

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer delivers a speech and takes media questions while visiting Norton Cannes Community Centre on July 2 in Norton Canes, Staffordshire, United Kingdom.

Labour leader Keir Starmer will officially become prime minister later in the day, leading his party back to government less than five years after it suffered its worst defeat in almost a century.