Local Government in County Durham - Council Elections in County Durham, Councillors in County Durham, High Sheriffs of Durham (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Council elections in County Durham, Councillors in County Durham, High Sheriffs of Durham, Sedgefield (borough), Tony Blair, High Sheriff of Durham, Jack Dormand, Sedgefield Council election, 2007, Hartlepool Council election, 2002, Sedgefield Council election, 2003, Hartlepool Council election, 1999, Hartlepool local elections, Sedgefield by-election, 2007, Darlington, Antony Lambton, Rowland Burdon, Mark Hewitson, Hartlepool Council election, 2000, Stockton-on-Tees, History of local government districts in Durham, Roland Boyes, Sir Cuthbert Headlam, 1st Baronet, Patrick Bartley, Sir Hedworth Williamson, 7th Baronet, Andrew Common, John Bertrand Watson, William Russell, Robert Woof, William Ainsley, Sedgefield local elections, John Burton, Thomas Charles Thompson, Easington, Hartlepool Council mayoral election, 2009, Thomas George Greenwell, James Boyden, John Hall, Hartlepool Council election, 1998, Sedgefield Council election, 1999, Shirley Bowes, Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto, Robert Tempest. Excerpt: Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He resigned from all of these positions in June 2007. Blair was elected Leader of the Labour Party in the leadership election of July 1994, following the sudden death of his predecessor, John Smith. Under his leadership, the party adopted the term "New Labour" and moved away from its traditional left wing position towards the centre ground. Blair subsequently led Labour to a landslide victory in the 1997 general election. At 43 years old, he became the youngest Prime Minister since Lord Liverpool in 1812. In the...