The 1961 Labour Party deputy leadership election took place on 12 November 1961, after sitting deputy leader
George Brown George Brown may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* George Loring Brown (1814–1889), American landscape painter
* George Douglas Brown (1869–1902), Scottish novelist
* George Williams Brown (1894–1963), Canadian historian and editor
* G ...
was challenged by
Barbara Castle, who became the first woman to run for either leader or deputy leader of the Labour Party.
Candidates
*
George Brown George Brown may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* George Loring Brown (1814–1889), American landscape painter
* George Douglas Brown (1869–1902), Scottish novelist
* George Williams Brown (1894–1963), Canadian historian and editor
* G ...
, incumbent
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Member of Parliament for
Belper
Belper is a town and civil parish in the local government district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England, located about north of Derby on the River Derwent. As well as Belper itself, the parish also includes the village of Milford and the ha ...
*
Barbara Castle, Member of Parliament for
Blackburn
Results
Sources
*http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~tquinn/labour_party_deputy.htm
See also
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1961 Labour Party leadership election
The 1961 Labour Party leadership election was held when, for the second year in succession, the incumbent leader was challenged for re-election. Normally the annual re-election of the leader had been a formality.
The challenge followed factiona ...
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 ...
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