What year was the Leader of the Labour Party  elected on 2 October 1980, born?
Michael Foot Michael Mackintosh Foot {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (23 July 1913 – 3 March 2010) was a British Labour Party politician and man of letters. Foot began his career as a journalist, becoming editor of "Tribune" on several occasions, and the "Evening Standard" newspaper at the age of just 28. He co-wrote the classic polemic against appeasement of Hitler, "Guilty Men", under a pseudonym.
United Kingdom general election, 1997 The United Kingdom general election of 1997 was held on Thursday 1 May 1997, five years after the previous election on Thursday 9 April 1992, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. Under the leadership of Tony Blair, the Labour Party ended its 18 years in opposition and won the general election with a landslide victory, winning 418 seats, the most seats the party has ever held, and the highest proportion of seats held by any party in the post-war era.