Conversation so far:
what was John Major running for?
Prime Minister.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
Major was an active Young Conservative, and according to his biographer Anthony Seldon brought "youthful exuberance" to the Tories in Brixton.
What was a platform he ran on?
Conservatives.
What happened during the election?
the Conservatives won the election outright, gaining in excess of 14 million votes, the highest popular vote ever recorded by a British political party in a general election to date.

Question: Who was running for the conservatives?
Self-contained rewrite: Who was running for the conservatives?