1997 general election

An interesting footnote of British politics is that, during the party's early days, the leadership of UKIP maintained a correspondence with the then-retired Enoch Powell. These letters were published by The Telegraph several years ago (see here), and one letter featured an offer for Powell to...

In 1997, Labour entered the UK General Election with a 24% lead with the polls. They ended with a 13% lead in votes but a supermajority regardless. In 2017 the Conservatives entered the election with a 25% lead in the polls, but ended with only a 3% lead in votes and a minority government...

With a POD at any time after Tony Blair was elected Labour leader in 1994, how can he win a landslide similar to OTL's 418 in 1997 but then suffer a humiliating setback to somewhere around 310-330 seats, facing a strong Conservative bounce-back in 2001 (or thereabouts, I know the 2001 election...

Preface: For chunks of 1993 and 1994, the Conservatives did fall to third in the polls, behind the Liberal Democrats. While it would be unlikely that the Conservatives would fall to third in terms of seats, a situation where they collapse down to a level where they are overtaken at around 25% of...