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 . Tony Blair . He now runs a consultancy business and has set up various foundations in his own name , including the Tony Blair Faith Foundation . The Tony Blair Faith Foundation is an interfaith charitable foundation established in May 2008 by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair . The United Kingdom general election , 2001 , was held on Thursday , 7 June 2001 , to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons .