#OTD 1997. Labour Landslide. On a swing of 8.8%, Labour win 418 seats giving Tony Blair a majority of 179.

In their worst election defeat since 1906 the Conservative's retain just 165 MPs, with their smallest share of the vote since 1832 pic.twitter.com/ojOoSJZt2m

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