A deputy leadership election for the Labour Party in the United Kingdom took place on 2 October 1983 to replace incumbent Deputy Leader

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. Healey had served in the position since 1980, becoming deputy leader at the same time that Michael Foot became party leader. Foot and Healey had both announced their resignations after the

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on 9 June 1983, in which a disastrous performance left the Labour Party with just 209 seats in parliament. The election was conducted using the Labour party's electoral college. It was won by Roy Hattersley, who won more than two-thirds of the votes. On the same day, Neil Kinnock won the leadership election. A young Peter Mandelson was employed in Hattersley's campaign team for the deputy leadership contest. The election took place at Labour Party conference, with affiliated trade unions holding 40% of the votes, delegates from

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holding 30% of the votes, and the Parliamentary Labour Party holding the final 30% of the votes.

Candidates

* Denzil Davies,

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, Member of Parliament for Llanelli * Gwyneth Dunwoody,

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, Member of Parliament for

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* Roy Hattersley, Shadow Home Secretary, Member of Parliament for

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* Michael Meacher, former Under-Secretary of State for Trade, Member of Parliament for

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Result

References

Sources

* Butler, David & Butler, Gareth (2006). ''British political facts since 1979'' (p. 55). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. * http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~tquinn/labour_party_deputy.htm

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1983 elections in the United Kingdom Labour Party deputy leadership election {{UK-election-stub

Candidates

Result

See also

References

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