Portillo moment
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portillo-moment-185-13613873
title:
Portillo moment
text:
The Portillo moment was the declaration of the result for the Enfield Southgate constituency in the 1997 United Kingdom general election, at 3:01am on 2 May 1997. The Labour Party candidate, Stephen Twigg, 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 Labour would win the election by a substantial majority. The late-night declaration of the resul
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description:
A 1997 declaration of a UK electoral result
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portillo_moment
date created:
2010-05-06T22:39:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T18:47:27Z
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