Classic election moments
BBC's 1977 swingometer
Election night kings of swing
05:50 mins

Tony Blair
1997: Labour sweeps to power
07:23 mins

John Major
1992: Major's surprise win
02:41 mins

Margaret Thatcher
1979: Britain's first female PM
01:55 mins

Harold Wilson and his wife Mary outside Number 10
Oct 1974: Wilson wins for second time
02:48 mins

First-time voter
1970: First-time voters speak
05:53 mins

Swingometer
1966: Swingometer swings into action
03:28 mins

Richard Dimbleby
1955: First TV election night programme
00:54 mins

Winston Churchill
1951: Churchill returns to power
10:59 mins

Counting votes
1950: Labour narrowly succeeds at the polls
09:42 mins

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