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| 1990 |
| | | UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher, by now at odds with many in her cabinet, is challenged in a leadership contest and loses | |
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| 1990 |
| | | John Major is elected leader of the Conservative party and succeeds Thatcher as UK prime minister | |
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| 1993 |
| | | UK and Irish premiers John Major and Albert Reynolds sign the Downing Street Declaration, a strategy for peace in Nothern Ireland | |
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| 1994 |
| | | Tony Blair wins the leadership of the Labour party, and sets about establishing what he calls New Labour | |
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| 1994 |
| | | The IRA declares a cease-fire in Northern Ireland, a gesture followed a month later by Protestant paramilitaries | |
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| 1997 |
| | | Tony Blair leads the Labour party to its greatest ever electoral victory, winning 418 seats at Westminster | |
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| 1997 |
| | | In referenda held by the new Labour government, Scotland votes conclusively for devolution but Wales is lukewarm | |
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| 1998 |
| | | A proposed referendum on northern Irish issues is accepted by all the relevant political parties in what becomes known as the Good Friday Agreement | |
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| 1998 |
| | | In the referendum to endorse the Good Friday Agreement, the terms are accepted by majorities in both the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland | |
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| 1999 |
| | | The Scottish parliament and the Welsh assembly hold their first elections, both narrowly won by Labour | |
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