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Labour Leadership Election

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

3Records
1911–1980Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1911

James Ramsay MacDonald6 February 1911

London · Politics / Labour Party

Is elected leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party.

1955

Hugh Todd Naylor GaitskellDecember 1955

Politics / Labour Party

Wins the Labour leadership contest against Bevan and Morrison.

1980

Denis Winston HealeyNovember 1980

London · Politics / Labour Party

Healey challenges Michael Foot for the Labour leadership but narrowly loses on the second ballot.

Names involved

Denis Winston HealeyHugh Todd Naylor GaitskellJames Ramsay MacDonald

Provenance

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