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The '''Labour Party deputy leadership election of 1976''' occurred when [[Edward Short]] stood down from the deputy leadership of the Labour Party. It was won by [[Michael Foot]] who had stood unsuccessfully for the position three times before, and had come second to [[James Callaghan]] in the [[Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1976|leadership election]] the previous April.
The '''1976 Labour Party deputy leadership election''' occurred when [[Edward Short, Baron Glenamara|Edward Short]] stood down from the deputy leadership of the Labour Party. It was won by [[Michael Foot]] who had stood unsuccessfully for the position three times before, and had come second to [[James Callaghan]] in the [[1976 Labour Party leadership election|leadership election]] the previous April.


==Candidates==
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==Results==
==Results==
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! colspan="4"|Ballot: 21 October 1976
! colspan="4"|Only ballot: 21 October 1976


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| style="width: 170px" | '''[[Michael Foot]]'''
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| align="right" | '''166'''
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| align="right" | '''56.5'''
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| style="width: 170px" | [[Michael Foot]]
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| align="right" | 166
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| style="width: 170px" | [[Shirley Williams]]
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! colspan="2" style="text-align:right"| Turnout
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| align="right" | 294
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| align="right" | ''N/A''
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| colspan="4" | Michael Foot elected
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| colspan="4" | Foot elected deputy leader
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==Sources==
==Sources==
* http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~tquinn/labour_party_deputy.htm
* http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~tquinn/labour_party_deputy.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417101550/http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~tquinn/labour_party_deputy.htm |date=17 April 2014 }}


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[[Category:Labour Party (UK) leadership elections|1976]]
[[Category:Labour Party (UK) leadership elections|1976]]
[[Category:1976 elections in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:1976 elections in the United Kingdom|Labour Party deputy leadership]]
[[Category:1976 political party leadership elections|Labour Party deputy leadership election]]



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Latest revision as of 10:10, 12 September 2023

1976 Labour Party deputy leadership election
← 1972 21 October 1976 (1976-10-21) 1980 →
 
Candidate Michael Foot Shirley Williams
Popular vote 166 128
Percentage 56.5% 43.5%
Deputy Leader before election

Edward Short

 Elected Deputy Leader

Michael Foot

The 1976 Labour Party deputy leadership election occurred when Edward Short stood down from the deputy leadership of the Labour Party. It was won by Michael Foot who had stood unsuccessfully for the position three times before, and had come second to James Callaghan in the leadership election the previous April.

Candidates[edit]

Results[edit]

Only ballot: 21 October 1976
Candidate Votes %
Michael Foot 166 56.5
Shirley Williams 128 43.5
Majority 38 13
Turnout 294 N/A
Michael Foot elected

Sources[edit]


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