United Kingdom General Election, August 1999

The United Kingdom General Election of August 1999 was held on Thursday 5th August 1999, just seven months after the United Kingdom General Election, January 1999. The result was a Conservative majority of 57 seats, a landslide for the party under the leadership of Teresa Edison which had less than a year previously lost to a slim Labour majority of 7.

The election was called following the dissolution of Parliament on the request of Acting Prime Minister and Acting Labour Party leader Martin Morland, following the assassination of Prime Minister Damien Parker by IRA operatives in Belfast. As a mark of respect for Parker, no political campaigning took place for 24 hours after the dissolution.