The Portillo moment was the dramatic declaration of the result for the Enfield Southgate constituency in the 1997 UK general election, which British Labour and Co-operative Party politician, defeated the sitting MP?
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Portillo moment The Portillo moment was the dramatic declaration of the result for the Enfield Southgate constituency in the 1997 UK general election, at around 3:10 a.m. on 2 May 1997. The Labour candidate Stephen Twigg, then relatively unknown, defeated the sitting MP, Conservative cabinet minister Michael Portillo. The result was perceived as a pivotal indication that the Conservatives would be voted out of office after 18 years, and that New Labour would win the election by a substantial majority.
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Stephen Twigg Stephen Twigg (born 25 December 1966) is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool West Derby since 2010. He previously served as the Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate from 1997 to 2005.
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Leeds North West (UK Parliament constituency) Leeds North West is a constituency in the City of Leeds which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Alex Sobel, of the Labour Party.
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Ann Coffey Margaret Ann Coffey (née Brown; born 31 August 1946) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockport since 1992.
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Lowestoft (UK Parliament constituency) Lowestoft was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Lowestoft in Suffolk. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. It was more often won by the Conservative Party than not, although its representatives include two from the Liberal Party and one from the Labour Party.
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Neil Coyle Neil Coyle (born December 1978) is a British Labour Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bermondsey & Old Southwark, first elected at the 2015 general election.
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Roy Kennedy, Baron Kennedy of Southwark Roy Kennedy, Baron Kennedy of Southwark (born 9 November 1962), is a British Labour Co-operative Party politician and life peer.
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Tom Williamson, Baron Williamson Thomas Williamson, Baron Williamson, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (2 September 1897 – 27 February 1983) was a trade unionist and Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.
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Harold Best Harold Best (born 18 December 1937) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was educated at Meanwood County Secondary School and worked as an electrical technician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds North West from the 1997 general election until he retired at the 2005 general election. He is a trade unionist. In his childhood he lived in Leeds.
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Lindsay Hoyle Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (born 10 June 1957) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the member of parliament (MP) for Chorley since 1997. He is the son of Doug Hoyle, a former Labour MP for Warrington North.
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Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1994 The 1994 Labour Party leadership election was held on 21 July 1994 after the sudden death of the incumbent leader, John Smith, on 12 May. The 1994 leadership election would ultimately decide not only the Labour Party's new leader, but also the next Prime Minister; Tony Blair won the leadership and became Prime Minister after winning the 1997 general election.
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Leicester South (UK Parliament constituency) Leicester South is a constituency, recreated in 1974, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2011 by Jon Ashworth of the Labour Co-operative Party (which denotes he is a member of the Labour Party and Co-operative Party, one of 27 such current Labour MPs, and requires members to contribute practically to a cooperative business). A previous version of the seat existed between 1918 and 1950. Except for a 2004 by-election when it was won by the Liberal Democrats, Leicester South has been held by the Labour Party since 1987.
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Batley and Spen (UK Parliament constituency) Batley and Spen is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2016 by Tracy Brabin, a member of the Labour Co-operative Party (which denotes she is a member of the Labour Party and Co-operative Party, one of 27 current Labour MPs, and requires members to contribute practically to a cooperative business).
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David Stimpson David Stimpson was a British Labour Party politician, who was on the right of the party. In April 1973, he was elected to the position of Chair of the Lambeth Housing Committee, defeating Ken Livingstone to the position.
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Joan Humble Jovanka Humble (née Piplica; born 3 March 1951), known as Joan Humble, is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackpool North and Fleetwood from 1997 to 2010.
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Ellis Smith Ellis Smith (4 November 1896 – 7 November 1969) was a British Labour Party politician. He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stoke and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade from 1945 to 1946. He was elected the first MP for the new Stoke-on-Trent South constituency when the seat was created in 1950, and served until his retirement in 1966. His successor was Jack Ashley.
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Uxbridge (UK Parliament constituency) Uxbridge was a borough constituency represented by one Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, 1885—2010. Its MPs elected were the Conservative Party's candidates for 107 years and the Labour Party's candidates for 18 years. The closing 40 years of the seat's history saw elections won by a Conservative candidate — in 1997 on a very marginal majority in relative terms.
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Enfield West (UK Parliament constituency) Enfield West was a constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1950 general election and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
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William Powell (Conservative politician) William Rhys Powell (born 3 August 1948) is a British Conservative politician. A barrister, he was MP for Corby from 1983 to 1997, when he lost the seat to Labour's Phil Hope. Born in Crickhowell, Wales, he was educated at Lancing College and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
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Eltham (UK Parliament constituency) Eltham is a constituency created in 1983 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Clive Efford of the Labour Party.
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Margaret Beckett Dame Margaret Mary Beckett, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (née Jackson; born 15 January 1943) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby South since 1983. She was the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party under John Smith from 1992 to 1994, and briefly served as Leader of the Labour Party after Smith died suddenly. She later served in the Cabinet under Prime Minister Tony Blair in a number of roles, becoming Britain's first female Foreign Secretary in 2006.
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Andrew Miller (politician) Andrew Peter Miller (born 23 March 1949) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ellesmere Port and Neston from 1992 to 2015.