Blair's majoritypublished at 19:01 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
Highest number of Labour seats: Tony Blair wins a majority of 179 seats.
Peter Snow calls it the end of an era as he charts Tory majorities since 1979.
Summary
BBC Parliament showing 1997 general election
Results coverage presented by David Dimbleby
Analysis by Peter Snow with his computer battleground and swingometer and interviews by Jeremy Paxman
Blair's majoritypublished at 19:01 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
Who gets what?published at 18:28 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
Plenty of speculation about who's going to be in Cabinet, as election coverage progresses. Gordon Brown to the Treasury? David Blunkett to education?
BBC correspondent Jeremy Vine in front of Tony Blair's house in Islington says Labour wants to talk about what they want to do and how they move forward...
Another familiar facepublished at 18:24 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
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End of twitter postAlex Salmond defends push for independencepublished at 17:48 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
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End of twitter postThe future first minister insists the SNP won't give up its fight for Scottish independence despite Labour's promise of devolution.
He observes: "I'm prepared to support a Scottish Parliament, I'm not prepared to support an English parish council."
Delving into the archivespublished at 17:12 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
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End of twitter postPlenty still to come...published at 16:58 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
After a break, David Dimbleby continues with coverage of the 1997 election.
BBC Parliament is here until 22.50 GMT with coverage from the aftermath of the vote.
"Good morning, and in case you missed it: Labour won," says David Dimbleby as he welcomes viewers back.
Dorrell calls on party to move forwardpublished at 16:47 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
Health secretary Stephen Dorrell stresses: "The moment the election is over the party needs to start moving forward."
He says the leadership question is "a secondary one" and it's more important to decide how the Conservatives will meet the challenges of the day.
Major addresses party workerspublished at 16:36 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
John Major returns to Conservative Party headquarters and speaks to party workers, saying: "Sometimes in politics the ball just rolls in the opposite direction and there's very little you can do about it."
He says his party has served more often and for longer in the national interest than any other "and will do so again".
He urges his colleagues to go away, relax for the weekend and come back re-energised.
'A new dawn'published at 16:22 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
Tony Blair takes to the stage saying, "A new dawn has broken, has it not?"
"We were elected as New Labour and we will govern as New Labour - speaking up for the decent, hardworking majority whose voice has been silenced for too long."
He promises to rebuild the NHS, reform the welfare state and work with business to strengthen the economy.
Tony Blair arrives to greet supporterspublished at 16:17 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
Image caption, Tony Blair shows up at the South Bank as Things Can Only Get Better plays on a loop...
A familiar facepublished at 16:06 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
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End of twitter postBlairs travel to Londonpublished at 16:05 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
Image caption, Tony Blair and his wife Cherie fly to London to join Labour party activists to celebrate the Labour win.
Edwina Currie loses her seatpublished at 16:04 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
Former minister Edwina Currie loses her seat to Labour's Mark Todd on a swing of 13%.
Losing outpublished at 15:58 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
Sorry for the reminder, Paul.
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End of twitter postAshdown speaks of Lib Dem successpublished at 15:58 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown is upbeat with his party on course to double its representation.
He welcomes the "largest Liberal force since the days of Lloyd George - and we will use that to fight every second for the things we've campaigned for, education, honesty in politics and a modern constitution".
Alan Clark calls for John Major to stay onpublished at 15:39 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
Conservative diarist Alan Clark admits that "it's a catastrophe for the party but we can't whinge about it".
Asked if there's a position on Europe his colleagues can agree on, he replies, "it'll have to find that position, this has got to concentrate their minds".
He also says there's no reason why John Major should go, describing him as "head and shoulders above the rest".
The Tories 'a party of the suburbs and shires of England'published at 15:30 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
Image caption, Peter Kellner analyses the voting patterns so far
Quote MessageWe've seen the Tories wiped out as the party of urban Britain. Given that the Tories don't control local government and their membership is falling, it seems to me the Conservatives have a real problem in reconstructing themselves as a national party. They're hardly there in urban Britain, not there at all in Wales or Scotland. They're now completely a party of the suburbs and shires of England.
Peter Kellner
Song of the nightpublished at 15:14 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
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End of twitter postHoward refuses to say if he'll stand for leaderpublished at 15:11 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
Home secretary Michael Howard refuses to be drawn on his leadership ambitions, saying he will support John Major for as long as he wants to continue.
The Conservatives must look for "new ways of meeting challenges which face the country", he tells Jeremy Paxman.
Striking similaritypublished at 15:11 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
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