The last time Labour won a General Election was in 2005 - 15 years ago.
Voters in the UK went to the polls on May 5 that year, to elect 646 members to the House of Commons, and the results were declared the following morning.
The Labour Party, led by Tony Blair, won its third consecutive victory, with Blair becoming the only Labour leader beside Harold Wilson to form three majority governments.
The party also won plenty of seats in the North East.
Among its wins were Newcastle Central, where Jim Cousins was named MP, Newcastle East and Wallsend, where Nick Brown won, and Newcastle North, where Doug Henderson was voted the winner.
Meanwhile in Tynemouth, Labour's Alan Campbell kept his seat and the North Tyneside seat stayed in the hands of Stephen Byers.
However, some constituencies went to other parties - Berwick-upon-Tweed was won by Liberal Democrat Alan Beith and Hexham went to Conservative Peter Atkinson.
Here, we have put together a selection of pictures looking back at the 2005 election.
Tony Blair, his wife, Cherie, and sons Nicky (left) and Euan, are pictured here leaving a polling station in Trimdon, in his Sedgefield constituency, after casting their votes in the General Election which won him a historic third term for Labour.
People visited polling stations in their thousands to cast their vote. This station was at St Robert's Church Hall on Bolbec Road in Fenham, Newcastle.
Here, a ballot box is rushed into the Sunderland South count.
Christopher John Mullin celebrated taking the seat of Sunderland South after the count at Crowtree Leisure Centre. This was the first seat to declare its result.
Meanwhile, the Newcastle votes were being counted at Newcastle Civic Centre.
Jim Cousins was declared the winner of Newcastle Central.
Labour's Alan Campbell came to The Parks Leisure Centre in North Shields to watch the vote count and was announced as the winner in the Tynemouth constituency.
Stephen Byers kept his North Tyneside seat.
Over in Gateshead, the count took place at Gateshead Leisure Centre. Labour's Sharon Hodgson became the new MP for Gateshead East and Washington West, and she celebrated her win with the former constituency representative Joyce Quinn.
Tony Blair became Prime Minister again after his party won the General Election. Here he is pictured with his wife, Cherie, sons Euan (left) and Nicky, on their way to a polling station in his Sedgefield constituency.
