Editing 1980 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
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Initially, the candidates were thought likely to be [[Denis Healey]], [[Peter Shore]] and [[John Silkin]], but [[Michael Foot]] was persuaded to stand by left-wingers who believed that only he could defeat Healey. In the event, Foot won by a margin of 10 votes in the final ballot of MPs. In 1998 [[Ivor Crewe]] and [[Anthony King (political scientist)|Anthony King]] alleged that at least five (unnamed) Labour MPs who defected to the [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|Social Democratic Party]] (SDP) in 1981 deliberately voted for Foot in order to give the Labour Party a man whom they regarded as an ostensibly unelectable left-wing leader (although none of the SDP's founding "[[Gang of Four (SDP)|Gang of Four]]" did so).{{sfn|Crewe|King|1995|p=74–75}} |
Initially, the candidates were thought likely to be [[Denis Healey]], [[Peter Shore]] and [[John Silkin]], but [[Michael Foot]] was persuaded to stand by left-wingers who believed that only he could defeat Healey. In the event, Foot won by a margin of 10 votes in the final ballot of MPs. In 1998 [[Ivor Crewe]] and [[Anthony King (political scientist)|Anthony King]] alleged that at least five (unnamed) Labour MPs who defected to the [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|Social Democratic Party]] (SDP) in 1981 deliberately voted for Foot in order to give the Labour Party a man whom they regarded as an ostensibly unelectable left-wing leader (although none of the SDP's founding "[[Gang of Four (SDP)|Gang of Four]]" did so).{{sfn|Crewe|King|1995|p=74–75}} |
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==The race begins== |
==The race begins== |