The 1992 Labour Party deputy leadership election followed the
Labour Party's failure to win the
1992 general election and the subsequent resignation of deputy party leader
Roy Hattersley. The ballot took place on 18 July 1992 at Labour Party Conference. Affiliated organisations had 40% of the vote, while Constituency Labour Parties and the Parliamentary Labour Party had 30% each in the
electoral college.
The election took place simultaneously with the
1992 Labour Party leadership election
The 1992 Labour Party leadership election followed the Labour Party's failure to win the 1992 general election and the subsequent resignation of party leader Neil Kinnock.
There were only two candidates in the election, with John Smith always ...
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Candidates
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Margaret Beckett,
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Member of Parliament for
Derby South
Derby South () is a constituency formed of part of the city of Derby represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1983 by veteran MP Margaret Beckett of the Labour Party. She has served under the Labour governments of Haro ...
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Bryan Gould,
Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Member of Parliament for
Dagenham
Dagenham () is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Dagenham is centred east of Charing Cross.
It was historically a rural parish in the Becontree Hundred of Essex, stretching from Hainault Forest ...
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John Prescott,
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Member of Parliament for
Kingston upon Hull East
Kingston upon Hull East is a borough constituency for the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years by the first-past-the-post electoral system. The constitu ...
Result
See also
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1992 Labour Party leadership election
The 1992 Labour Party leadership election followed the Labour Party's failure to win the 1992 general election and the subsequent resignation of party leader Neil Kinnock.
There were only two candidates in the election, with John Smith always ...
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Opinion polling for the 1997 United Kingdom general election
References
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Labour Party deputy leadership election
1992
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Labour Party deputy leadership election