Paddy Ashdown vs Tony Blair

Paddy Ashdown and Tony Blair faced each other at the 1997 general election: seats, votes and the result, side by side.

Paddy Ashdown

Party: Liberal Democrats
Elections: 2
Most seats: 0
Best: 46 seats

Tony Blair

Party: Labour
Elections: 3
Most seats: 3
Best: 418 seats

1997

330 for a majority

Lab418
Con165
LD46
UUP10
SNP6
Smaller parties14

Leader	Party	Seats	Share	Votes
Paddy Ashdown	Liberal Democrats	46	16.8%	5,242,947
Tony Blair PM	Labour	418	43.2%	13,518,167

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