The Conservative Party has won the general election making Margaret Thatcher Britain's first ever woman prime minister. Mrs Thatcher arrived at Downing Street to take over from James Callaghan ...

This excerpt from the BBC's coverage of the 1979 general election shows the moment that Margaret Thatcher's victory was confirmed. It comes while Robin Day interviews Conservative MP Norman St ...

Margaret Thatcher was elected prime minister of the United Kingdom on this day in 1979. Putin Allies in Europe Abruptly Fall Ill Ahead of Moscow Victory Day Visit How to hard boil eggs without ...

Margaret Thatcher increases her majority and is re-elected as MP for Finchley. By the time the results are declared, she knows it is likely that her party has won, making her the first female UK ...

43 YEARS AGO (1979) we announced Margaret Thatcher's landslide election victory and warned Britain's first female prime minister must not let the country become divided politically and socially.

Britain's general election in 1979 is without doubt the most significant since 1945, with Margaret Thatcher becoming the country’s first female prime minister on a radical Conservative economic ...

Britain's general election in 1979 is without doubt the most significant since 1945, with Margaret Thatcher becoming the country’s first female prime minister on a radical Conservative economic ...

The 1979 election - re-visited Margaret Thatcher arrives at 10 Downing Street after leading her party to victory in the 1979 election ...

Forty years after Margaret Thatcher’s era-defining election victory in 1979, Britain once again appears divided and ungovernable, with a decision to make.

The election of 1979 saw two leaders with very different styles pitted against each other and - if the polls are to be believed - the least popular won. Margaret Thatcher was, like so many of ...

‘Where there is division…’: Margaret Thatcher gives her first speech in Downing Street after her 1979 general election win (PA) Labour has a plan for the general election. We saw more of it ...