Who was prime minister after tony blair

Tony Blair  ©Blair was prime minister for a decade from - He is responsible for moving the Labour Party from the left towards the centre ground of British politics, resulting in an unprecedented three consecutive terms in power for the party.

Anthony Blair was born on 6 May in Edinburgh.

Educated at Oxford University, he became a barrister and in was elected Labour member of parliament for Sedgefield. He soon became identified with a group of self-conscious party 'modernisers' (which also included Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson), who sought to make Labour more acceptable to the electorate by repudiating its association with the trade unions, unilateral nuclear disarmament, public ownership and high taxation.

In , following the unexpected death of then leader John Smith, Blair became Labour Party leader after Gordon Brown stood aside to avoid splitting the pro-modernising vote in the leadership ballot.

Blair quickly attained unquestioned authority as lead