Autographs of John Major
Sir John Major (born 29 March 1943) is a British retired politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. He previously held various Cabinet positions under Margaret Thatcher. Major was Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdon, formerly Huntingdonshire, from 1979 to 2001. Since stepping down, Major has focused on writing and his business, sporting, and charity work, and commented on political developments in the role of an elder statesman.
He left school before 16, worked as an insurance clerk, joined the Young Conservatives in 1959, and became a highly active member. He was elected to Lambeth London Borough Council in 1968 and, a decade later, to parliament as a Conservative MP at the 1979 general election. Major held junior government positions under Thatcher from 1984 to 1987, including parliamentary private secretary and assistant whip. He served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 1987 to 1989, Foreign Secretary in 1989, and Chancellor from 1989 to 1990. Following Thatcher's resignation in 1990, Major stood in the 1990 Conservative leadership election and emerged victorious, becoming prime minister.
Major's mild-mannered style and moderate political stance contrasted with Thatcher. Major created the Citizen's Charter, replaced the Poll Tax with the Council Tax, committed British troops to the Gulf War, took charge of the UK's negotiations over the Maastricht Treaty, led the country during the early 1990s economic crisis, withdrew the pound from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism on Black Wednesday, promoted the socially conservative back to basics campaign, privatised the railways and coal industry, and played a pivotal role in creating peace in Northern Ireland. Two years into his premiership, Major lead the Conservatives to a fourth consecutive electoral victory, winning more than 14 million votes, which remains the highest won by a British political party. In 1995, Major resigned as party leader, amid internal divisions over UK membership of the EU, parliamentary scandals and questions over his economic credibility. Despite winning the 1995 leadership election, his government remained unpopular, and lost its majority. The Labour Party pulled ahead of the Conservatives in every local election during Major's premiership, which increased after Tony Blair became Labour leader in 1994. The Conservatives were defeated by Labour in a landslide in the 1997 general election, ending 18 years of Conservative government.
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The most expensive item with a signature of John Major (John Major Leather Ltd Edition Signed Autobiography) was sold in August 2025 for £1,281.68 while the cheapest item (John Major Autograph) found a new owner for £0.99 in March 2021. The month with the most items sold (7) was February 2018 with an average selling price of £9.99 for an autographed item of John Major. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2026 with £250.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was May 2015. In average, an autographed item from John Major is worth £11.99.
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Latest News about John Major
John Major Says He Agreed With Prince Philip That There Are “Too Many” MPs (11/04/2021): Former Prime Minister Sir John Major has said that he agreed with the late Duke of Edinburgh — who died on Friday aged 99 — that there are “too many” MPs and peers in the Houses of Parliament. 
Former PM suggests two referendums on Scottish independence (09/11/2020): Former prime minister Sir John Major has suggested that Scotland could get two referendums on independence. Major ignored pleas to go to 1996 Olympics and watched cricket instead (31/12/2019): John Major missed seeing Britain's only gold medal of the 1996 Olympic Games because he preferred to watch cricket instead, official records suggest. State papers: New light on Major, Trimble and peace process (30/12/2019): Files show the efforts of John Major to persuade David Trimble about the new chair of all-party talks. Boris Johnson 'sad' at John Major's call to back rebels (06/12/2019): The former Tory PM is urging voters to back independent candidates running against Conservative ones.
Older News Stories about John Major
Londoner's Diary: Sir John Major is taking on a Goldsmith again over euro (03/2015): Last month Zac Goldsmith used the pages of The Spectator to attack Ed Balls, who was claiming credit for keeping Britain out of the euro. Goldsmith said it was his father, James, who should get the gold star for it. But now former Prime Minister Sir John Major writes back in the Speccy to say Zac isSir John Major pays tribute to Louth and Horncastle MP Sir Peter Tapsell (02/2015): Sir John Major paid tribute to out-going Louth and Horncastle MP Sir Peter Tapsell and described him as ‘an icon’ of British politics.VIDEO: Sir John Major visits Woodhall Spa to support Conservative candidate Vict (01/2015): Former Prime Minister Sir John Major attended a dinner at Woodhall Spa’s Petwood Hotel last night, Friday January 30, to offer his support to Conservative candidate Victoria Atkins.People diary: Sir John Major tipped to lead talks on EU (12/2014): Plus festive gossip from Nigella, David Cameron and Eric IdleDylan Baker Joining The Audience As Former Prime Minister John Major (11/2014): Actor Dylan Baker is set to join the cast of Broadway show The Audience as former Prime Minister John Major. The Spider-Man star will appear alongside Helen Mirren, who will reprise her role as Queen Elizabeth Ii , and Tony-winner Judith Ivey, who will play former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Sir John Major visits Worcester - and warns about the rise of UKIP (10/2014): FORMER Prime Minister Sir John Major has made a visit to Worcester - and fired an ominous warning about the UK Independence Party. 'No' voters should not be "afraid" of defying the Yes campaign's "pure bullying" (09/2014): The former Prime Minister says voters should remember the ballot is secret and no one should be afraid to cast the vote that they chooseSir John Major shakes Martin McGuinness's hand as he mourns Albert Reynold (08/2014): Sir John signed the Downing Street Declaration with Mr Reynolds in 1993, paving the way for peace talks involving the British and Irish governments and Sinn Fein.Leisha Barnard from Sheerness on BBC's The One Show with Davina McCall, Sir John (07/2014): An Islander appeared on BBC’s The One Show to tell her remarkable message in a bottle story. John Major warns over 'Yes' vote (06/2014): The former prime minister Sir John Major says Scotland would trade international "influence" for "possible irrelevance" under independence. UKIP's elections success will HELP David Cameron win back powers from Brussels, (05/2014): Former Tory leader said the Prime Minister could win restrictions to free movement rules to curb immigration as a result of Nigel Farage's European election win. Why is John Major calling David Cameron an over-privileged scumbag? (04/2014): How Samantha Cameron might have viewed the week in which the prime minister came under attack from a predecessor Well Mr Cobber keeps going Dave, rise above it chum or you will look like a sad tosser so Dave says no, so Mr Cobber is like, strewth mate, just now I called you a sad tosser plus you nevEx-Prime Minister Sir John Major enlisted to help recast Tories as 'workers' par (02/2014): The Conservatives have enlisted the example of Sir John Major to claim they are the real “workers’ party”.Long-term youth unemployment at its highest level since John Major was Prime Min (01/2014): Figures show 282,000 under-25s are in this position – only just under the 285,000 in the same situation in 1993. The revelation shatters George Osborne’s boasts of how he is turning around Britain’s economy. John Major: One Direction good for UK's world role (12/2013): Former British Prime Minister John Major has intervened in another one of the big issues of the day - One Direction.John Major: Nationalists 'harness anti-English sentiment' to push Scottish indep (11/2013): SCOTTISH nationalists are deliberately using anti-English sentiment to fuel the break-up of Britain, Sir John Major has claimed.
