production and service industries after the Second World War. Some of the state-owned companies made thin profits or even ran at a loss Total expenditures on social welfare programs have amounted to about 20% of the gross domestic product The National Health Service, for example, costs the English government $33. 4 billion each year, or some $600 for each person Because of the economic recession, the labor government lost a vote of confidence in the parliament, causing a general election. Then the Conservative Party under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher won the election Thatcher, Margaret Hilda, was born in 1925. She is a British politic ian and the first woman to hold the office of prime minister of the United Kingdom. The winner of three consecutive general elections, Thatcher served as prime minister from 1979 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century Encarta Encyclopedia, THE BETTMANN ARCHIVE REUTERS((p)Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved In 1979 Thatcher led her party to an election victory against the Labor Party government of James Callaghan. During the election campaign, Thatcher vowed to reverse the united Kingdom s economic decline and to reduce the size of government (P.49 paragraph 2) -why did labor win 1997 Election? On May 12, 1994, the leader of the Labor Party, John Smith, died of a heart attack. British lawyer Tony blair became the leader of the british Labor Party. After Blair became the leader, he worked extensively to reorganize the party and to increase its popularity. In the national elections of May 1997, the party was swept into power in a landslide victory over the Conservatives, gathering almost 45 percent of the vote and coming away with 419 seats and a 179-seat majority in the 659-seat House of Commons. The Conservatives had their worst showing in over 150 years, receiving only 33 percent of the vote and finishing with 165 seats, barely half of their original11 production and service industries after the Second World War. Some of the state-owned companies made thin profits or even ran at a loss. Total expenditures on social welfare programs have amounted to about 20% of the gross domestic product. The National Health Service, for example, costs the English government $33.4 billion each year, or some $600 for each person. Because of the economic recession, the Labor government lost a vote of confidence in the parliament, causing a general election. Then the Conservative Party under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher won the election. Thatcher, Margaret Hilda, was born in 1925. She is a British politician and the first woman to hold the office of prime minister of the United Kingdom. The winner of three consecutive general elections, Thatcher served as prime minister from 1979 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century. In 1979 Thatcher led her party to an election victory against the Labor Party government of James Callaghan. During the election campaign, Thatcher vowed to reverse the United Kingdom’s economic decline and to reduce the size of government. (P.49 paragraph 2) --- Why did Labor win 1997 Election? On May 12, 1994, the leader of the Labor Party, John Smith, died of a heart attack. British lawyer Tony Blair became the leader of the British Labor Party. After Blair became the leader, he worked extensively to reorganize the party and to increase its popularity. In the national elections of May 1997, the party was swept into power in a landslide victory over the Conservatives, gathering almost 45 percent of the vote and coming away with 419 seats and a 179-seat majority in the 659-seat House of Commons. The Conservatives had their worst showing in over 150 years, receiving only 33 percent of the vote and finishing with 165 seats, barely half of their original