1997 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1997 in the United Kingdom. This year is noted for a landslide general election victory for the Labour Party under Tony Blair; the handover of Hong Kong, the largest remaining British colony, to China, with Hong Kong become an administrative region of China; and the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

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