A deputy leadership election for the Labour Party in the United Kingdom took place in 1994, after the sudden death of incumbent leader

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. Margaret Beckett was the serving Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, having been elected in

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, and following Smith's death became the acting leader. On 25 May she announced that a contest for the deputy leadership would take place alongside the leadership election, which allowed her to stand for both positions. Nominations opened on 10 June and ballot papers were sent out on 30 June. Elections were held concurrently for both Leader and Deputy Leader of the Party, with the results announced on 21 July 1994. There were three candidates for Leader: Margaret Beckett, Tony Blair and John Prescott, but out of these three, only Blair did not simultaneously stand for Deputy Leader. Blair went on to win the leadership election, and Prescott won the deputy leadership. Both Prescott and Beckett held roles in Blair's cabinet for his entire time in office.

Candidates

* Margaret Beckett, incumbent Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Member of Parliament for

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* John Prescott, Shadow Secretary of State for Employment, Member of Parliament for

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Result

The election was conducted using the Labour Party's new "electoral college" which gave a third of the votes to the party's

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, a third to its rank and file members (the CLP) and the final third to affiliated trade unions and societies, such as the

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How each MP voted

References

Leadership Selection and Party Renewal
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1994 elections in the United Kingdom Labour Party deputy leadership election

Candidates

Result

How each MP voted

See also

References