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Party Leader

Name: Party Leader – Great Britain factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records

1914–1976Date range

5Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1914

Arthur Henderson1914

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Appointed Party Leader of the Labour Party

1932

George Lansbury1932

Government / Labour Party Government

Appointed Party Leader of the Labour Party

1945

Clement Richard Attlee Attlee, 1st1945

Government / Labour Party Government

Continues as Leader of the Labour Party

1976

James Callaghan1976

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Appointed Party Leader of the Labour Party

Michael Mackintosh Foot1976

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Foot contests the party leadership and led in the first ballot, but was ultimately defeated by James Callaghan

Names involved

Arthur HendersonClement Richard Attlee Attlee, 1stGeorge LansburyJames CallaghanMichael Mackintosh Foot

Provenance

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