Tony Blair was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
James Gordon Brown ( born 20 February 1951 ) is a British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010 . The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom . Tony Blair . Blair was succeeded as the leader of the Labour Party and as Prime Minister by Gordon Brown in June 2007 . The United Kingdom general election of 1997 was held on 1 May 1997 , five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992 , to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons . The United Kingdom general election , 2001 , was held on Thursday , 7 June 2001 , to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons .