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 strongly supported the foreign policy of the Bush administration , and ensured that the British Armed Forces participated in the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan and , more controversially , the 2003 invasion of Iraq . 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 . United Kingdom general election, 2001 . Tony Blair went on to become the first Labour Prime Minister to serve a second consecutive full term in office .