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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Prime_Minister_Sir_Keir_Starmer_Official_Portrait_%28cropped_2%29.jpg/220px-Prime_Minister_Sir_Keir_Starmer_Official_Portrait_%28cropped_2%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Prime_Minister_Sir_Keir_Starmer_Official_Portrait_%28cropped_2%29.jpg/330px-Prime_Minister_Sir_Keir_Starmer_Official_Portrait_%28cropped_2%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Prime_Minister_Sir_Keir_Starmer_Official_Portrait_%28cropped_2%29.jpg/440px-Prime_Minister_Sir_Keir_Starmer_Official_Portrait_%28cropped_2%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3754" data-file-height="5002" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/Sir_Keir_Starmer" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Keir Starmer">Sir Keir Starmer</a><br /></div>since 4 April 2020</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Party leader</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Executive_Committee_of_the_Labour_Party" title="National Executive Committee of the Labour Party">National Executive Committee</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Precursor</th><td class="infobox-data">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Labour_Party" title="Parliamentary Labour Party">PLP</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Inaugural holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Keir_Hardie" title="Keir Hardie">Keir Hardie</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">17 January 1906</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK)">Deputy Leader of the Labour Party</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>leader of the Labour Party</b> is the highest position within the United Kingdom's <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a>. The current holder of the position is <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister of the United Kingdom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a>, who was elected to the position on 4 April 2020, following his victory in the party's <a href="/wiki/2020_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">leadership election</a>. </p><p>The post of Leader of the Labour Party was officially created in 1922. Before this, between when Labour MPs were first elected in <a href="/wiki/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1906 United Kingdom general election">1906</a> and the general election in <a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1922 United Kingdom general election">1922</a>, when substantial gains were made, the post was known as Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Labour_Party" title="Parliamentary Labour Party">Parliamentary Labour Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-A_History_of_the_British_Labour_Party_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_History_of_the_British_Labour_Party-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1970, the positions of leader of the Labour Party and chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party were separated. </p><p>In 1921, <a href="/wiki/John_R._Clynes" class="mw-redirect" title="John R. Clynes">John R. Clynes</a> became the first leader of the Labour Party to have been born in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>; all party leaders before him had been born in <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>. In <a href="/wiki/1924_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1924 United Kingdom general election">1924</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">Ramsay MacDonald</a> became the first <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">prime minister</a>, leading a minority government which lasted nine months. <a href="/wiki/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Clement Attlee</a> would become the first Labour leader to lead a majority government in <a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">1945</a>. The first to be born in <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> was <a href="/wiki/Neil_Kinnock" title="Neil Kinnock">Neil Kinnock</a>, who was elected in <a href="/wiki/1983_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="1983 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">1983</a>. The most recent party leader to not be from England is <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a>, who was born in Scotland. The only Labour leaders not to contest a general election (excluding temporary acting leaders) are <a href="/wiki/George_Lansbury" title="George Lansbury">George Lansbury</a> (who stood down) and <a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(Labour_Party_leader)" title="John Smith (Labour Party leader)">John Smith</a> (who died in office).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Clement Attlee, <a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Harold Wilson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sir_Keir_Starmer" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Keir Starmer">Sir Keir Starmer</a> remain the only four leaders to have led the party to victory in general elections. Out of the four, Blair is the most successful, having won three consecutive electoral victories in <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a>, <a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001</a> (both <a href="/wiki/Landslide_victories" class="mw-redirect" title="Landslide victories">landslide victories</a>), and <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a>. Wilson won four general elections out of five contested, in <a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1964 United Kingdom general election">1964</a>, <a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1966 United Kingdom general election">1966</a>, <a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">February 1974</a> and <a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">October 1974</a>. Attlee, the first leader to lead Labour to a majority won the general elections of <a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">1945</a> and <a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950</a>. In addition, Labour also won the popular vote in <a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1951 United Kingdom general election">1951</a> by securing nearly 49 percent of the voteshare (however Labour won fewer seats than the Conservatives). Starmer, having been appointed after a poor party result in <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a>, led a revival in fortunes and oversaw a landslide in <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a>. </p><p>When the Labour Party is in <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">government</a>, as it currently is, the leader usually becomes the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, <a href="/wiki/First_lord_of_the_Treasury" class="mw-redirect" title="First lord of the Treasury">first lord of the Treasury</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_the_civil_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for the civil service">minister for the civil service</a>, as well as appointing the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cabinet of the United Kingdom">cabinet</a>. Concordantly, when the Labour Party is in <a href="/wiki/His_Majesty%27s_Most_Loyal_Opposition" title="His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition">opposition</a>, the leader would usually act (as the second-largest party) as the <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(United_Kingdom)" title="Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)">leader of the Opposition</a>, and chair the <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Cabinet (UK)">shadow cabinet</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selection_process">Selection process</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Selection process"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Unlike other British political party leaders, the Labour leader does not have the power to dismiss or appoint their deputy. Both the leader and deputy leader are elected by an <a href="/wiki/Alternative_vote" class="mw-redirect" title="Alternative vote">alternative vote</a> system. <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1980 to 2014 an electoral college was used, with a third of the votes allocated to the Party's <a href="/wiki/List_of_Labour_Party_(UK)_MPs" title="List of Labour Party (UK) MPs">MPs</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_2009%E2%80%932014" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the European Parliament 2009–2014">MEPs</a>, a third to individual members of the Labour Party, and a third to individual members of all affiliated organisations, including <a href="/wiki/Socialist_societies" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist societies">socialist societies</a> and <a href="/wiki/Affiliated_trade_union" class="mw-redirect" title="Affiliated trade union">trade unions</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2015_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="2015 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">2015 leadership election</a> used a "one member, one vote" system, in which the votes of party members and members of affiliated organisations are counted equally. MPs' and MEPs' votes are not counted separately, although a candidate needs to receive the support of 10% of Labour MPs in order to appear on the ballot.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leaders_of_the_Labour_Party_(1906–present)"><span id="Leaders_of_the_Labour_Party_.281906.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Leaders of the Labour Party (1906–present)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Leaders of the Labour Party (1906–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><em><b>Note<sup></sup>:</b> the right-hand column does not allocate height proportional to time in office.</em></dd></dl> <p>A list of leaders (including acting leaders) since 1906.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th colspan="2">Leader<br /><small>(birth–death)</small> </th> <th>Constituency </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Tenure </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(term)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Keir_Hardie" title="Keir Hardie">Keir Hardie</a><br /><small>(1856–1915)</small> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jameskeirhardie.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Jameskeirhardie.jpg/60px-Jameskeirhardie.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Jameskeirhardie.jpg/90px-Jameskeirhardie.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Jameskeirhardie.jpg/120px-Jameskeirhardie.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="345" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Merthyr Tydfil (UK Parliament constituency)">Merthyr Tydfil</a> </td> <td>17 February 1906 </td> <td>22 January 1908 </td> <td>1 year, 339 days </td> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; border-top:solid 0 gray; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <th rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Campbell-Bannerman" class="mw-redirect" title="Campbell-Bannerman">Campbell-Bannerman</a> <small><span class="nowrap">1905–1908</span></small> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Arthur Henderson</a><br /><small>(1863–1935)</small><br />(1st time) </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arthurhenderson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Arthurhenderson.jpg/60px-Arthurhenderson.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Arthurhenderson.jpg/90px-Arthurhenderson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Arthurhenderson.jpg/120px-Arthurhenderson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="344" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Barnard_Castle_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Barnard Castle (UK Parliament constituency)">Barnard Castle</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">22 January 1908 </td> <td rowspan="2">14 February 1910 </td> <td rowspan="2">2 years, 24 days </td> <td height="50" style="background-color: #FFD700; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="50" style="background-color: #FFD700; border-top:solid 0 gray; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Asquith" class="mw-redirect" title="Asquith">Asquith</a> <small><span class="nowrap">1908–1916</span></small> </th></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Barnes_(British_politician)" title="George Barnes (British politician)">George Barnes</a><br /><small>(1859–1940)</small> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Nicoll_Barnes_in_1916.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/George_Nicoll_Barnes_in_1916.jpg/60px-George_Nicoll_Barnes_in_1916.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/George_Nicoll_Barnes_in_1916.jpg/90px-George_Nicoll_Barnes_in_1916.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/George_Nicoll_Barnes_in_1916.jpg/120px-George_Nicoll_Barnes_in_1916.jpg 2x" data-file-width="649" data-file-height="900" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Blackfriars_and_Hutchesontown" class="mw-redirect" title="Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown">Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown</a> </td> <td>14 February 1910 </td> <td>6 February 1911 </td> <td>358 days </td> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; border-top:solid 0 gray; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">Ramsay MacDonald</a><br /><small>(1866–1937)</small><br />(1st time) </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ramsay_MacDonald_ggbain.29588.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Ramsay_MacDonald_ggbain.29588.jpg/60px-Ramsay_MacDonald_ggbain.29588.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Ramsay_MacDonald_ggbain.29588.jpg/90px-Ramsay_MacDonald_ggbain.29588.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Ramsay_MacDonald_ggbain.29588.jpg/120px-Ramsay_MacDonald_ggbain.29588.jpg 2x" data-file-width="406" data-file-height="564" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leicester_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Leicester (UK Parliament constituency)">Leicester</a> </td> <td>6 February 1911 </td> <td>5 August 1914 </td> <td>3 years, 181 days </td> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; border-top:solid 0 gray; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">(2) </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Arthur Henderson</a><br /><small>(1863–1935)</small><br />(2nd time) </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arthurhenderson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Arthurhenderson.jpg/60px-Arthurhenderson.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Arthurhenderson.jpg/90px-Arthurhenderson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Arthurhenderson.jpg/120px-Arthurhenderson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="344" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">Barnard Castle </td> <td rowspan="2">5 August 1914 </td> <td rowspan="2">24 October 1917 </td> <td rowspan="2">3 years, 81 days </td> <td height="50" style="background-color: #FFD700; border-top:solid 0 gray; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="50" style="background-color: #FFD700; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal" rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_George" class="mw-redirect" title="Lloyd George">Lloyd George</a> <small><span class="nowrap">1916–1922</span></small> </th></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Adamson" title="William Adamson">William Adamson</a><br /><small>(1863–1936)</small> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cropped_photograph_of_William_Adamson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Cropped_photograph_of_William_Adamson.jpg/60px-Cropped_photograph_of_William_Adamson.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Cropped_photograph_of_William_Adamson.jpg/90px-Cropped_photograph_of_William_Adamson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Cropped_photograph_of_William_Adamson.jpg/120px-Cropped_photograph_of_William_Adamson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="615" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Fife" class="mw-redirect" title="West Fife">West Fife</a> </td> <td>24 October 1917 </td> <td>14 February 1921 </td> <td>3 years, 113 days </td> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; border-top:solid 0 gray; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">6 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/J._R._Clynes" title="J. R. Clynes">J. R. Clynes</a><br /><small>(1869–1949)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:J.R._Clynes_LCCN2014717260_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/J.R._Clynes_LCCN2014717260_%28cropped%29.jpg/60px-J.R._Clynes_LCCN2014717260_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/J.R._Clynes_LCCN2014717260_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-J.R._Clynes_LCCN2014717260_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/J.R._Clynes_LCCN2014717260_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-J.R._Clynes_LCCN2014717260_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3279" data-file-height="4606" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Platting" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Platting">Manchester Platting</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">14 February 1921 </td> <td rowspan="2">21 November 1922 </td> <td rowspan="2">1 year, 281 days </td> <td height="50" style="background-color: #FFD700; border-top:solid 0 gray; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="50" style="background-color: #0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bonar_Law" title="Bonar Law">Law</a> <small><span class="nowrap">1922–1923</span></small> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5">(4) </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">Ramsay MacDonald</a><br /><small>(1866–1937)</small><br />(2nd time) </td> <td rowspan="5"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:J._Ramsay_MacDonald_LCCN2014715885_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/J._Ramsay_MacDonald_LCCN2014715885_%28cropped%29.jpg/60px-J._Ramsay_MacDonald_LCCN2014715885_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/J._Ramsay_MacDonald_LCCN2014715885_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-J._Ramsay_MacDonald_LCCN2014715885_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/J._Ramsay_MacDonald_LCCN2014715885_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-J._Ramsay_MacDonald_LCCN2014715885_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3227" data-file-height="4567" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Aberavon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberavon (UK Parliament constituency)">Aberavon</a> </td> <td rowspan="5">21 November 1922<br /><small><i>(<a href="/wiki/1922_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="1922 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">elected</a>)</i></small> </td> <td rowspan="5">28 August 1931 </td> <td rowspan="5">8 years, 280 days </td> <td height="20" style="background-color: #0087DC; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Baldwin" title="Stanley Baldwin">Baldwin</a> <small><span class="nowrap">1923–1924</span></small> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><i>Himself</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">1924</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal">Baldwin <span style="font-size:85%;">1924–1929</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><i>Himself</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">1929–1931</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>(2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Arthur Henderson</a><br /><small>(1863–1935)</small><br />(3rd time) </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arthurhenderson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Arthurhenderson.jpg/60px-Arthurhenderson.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Arthurhenderson.jpg/90px-Arthurhenderson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Arthurhenderson.jpg/120px-Arthurhenderson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="344" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Burnley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Burnley (UK Parliament constituency)">Burnley</a><br /><small><i>(1931)</i></small><br />None<sup id="cite_ref-HendersonBurnley_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HendersonBurnley-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small><i>(<a href="/wiki/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1931 United Kingdom general election">1931</a>–1932)</i></small> </td> <td>28 August 1931<br /><small><i>(<a href="/wiki/1931_Labour_Party_leadership_election" title="1931 Labour Party leadership election">unopposed</a>)</i></small> </td> <td>25 October 1932 </td> <td>1 year, 59 days </td> <td style="background-color: green; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal" rowspan="3">MacDonald <span style="font-size:85%;">1931–1935</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">7 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/George_Lansbury" title="George Lansbury">George Lansbury</a><br /><small>(1859–1940)</small> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Lansbury_MP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/George_Lansbury_MP.jpg/60px-George_Lansbury_MP.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/George_Lansbury_MP.jpg/90px-George_Lansbury_MP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/George_Lansbury_MP.jpg/120px-George_Lansbury_MP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="582" data-file-height="764" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Bow_and_Bromley" class="mw-redirect" title="Bow and Bromley">Bow and Bromley</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">25 October 1932<br /><small><i>(<a href="/wiki/1932_Labour_Party_leadership_election" title="1932 Labour Party leadership election">unopposed</a>)</i></small> </td> <td rowspan="3">8 October 1935 </td> <td rowspan="3">2 years, 349 days </td></tr> <tr> <td height="50" style="background-color: green; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="50" style="background-color: #0087DC; border-top:solid 0 gray; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal" rowspan="2">Baldwin <span style="font-size:85%;">1935–1937</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6">8 </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Clement Attlee</a><br /><small>(1883–1967)</small> </td> <td rowspan="6"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Clement_Attlee.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Clement_Attlee.jpg/60px-Clement_Attlee.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Clement_Attlee.jpg/90px-Clement_Attlee.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Clement_Attlee.jpg/120px-Clement_Attlee.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1712" data-file-height="2445" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Limehouse_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Limehouse (UK Parliament constituency)">Limehouse</a><br /><small><i>(1935–<a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950</a>)</i></small><br /><a href="/wiki/Walthamstow_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Walthamstow West">Walthamstow West</a><br /><small><i>(1950–1955)</i></small> </td> <td rowspan="6">25 October 1935<br /><small><i>(<a href="/wiki/1935_Labour_Party_leadership_election" title="1935 Labour Party leadership election">elected</a>)</i></small> </td> <td rowspan="6">7 December 1955<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="6">20 years, 44 days </td> <td height="20" style="background-color: #0087DC; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain" title="Neville Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a> <small><span class="nowrap">1937–1940</span></small> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Churchill" class="mw-redirect" title="Churchill">Churchill</a> <small><span class="nowrap">1940–1945</span></small> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><i>Himself</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">1945–1951</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal">Churchill <span style="font-size:85%;">1951–1955</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td height="20" style="background-color: #0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal" rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Eden" title="Anthony Eden">Eden</a> <small><span class="nowrap">1955–1957</span></small> </th></tr> <tr> <td>― </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Morrison" title="Herbert Morrison">Herbert Morrison</a><sup id="cite_ref-Acting_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Acting-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>(1888–1965)</small> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HerbertMorrison2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/HerbertMorrison2.jpg/60px-HerbertMorrison2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/HerbertMorrison2.jpg/90px-HerbertMorrison2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/HerbertMorrison2.jpg/120px-HerbertMorrison2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="158" data-file-height="259" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham South (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham South</a> </td> <td>7 December 1955 </td> <td>14 December 1955 </td> <td>7 days </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">9 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Gaitskell" title="Hugh Gaitskell">Hugh Gaitskell</a><br /><small>(1906–1963)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hugh_Todd_Naylor_Gaitskell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Hugh_Todd_Naylor_Gaitskell.jpg/60px-Hugh_Todd_Naylor_Gaitskell.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Hugh_Todd_Naylor_Gaitskell.jpg/90px-Hugh_Todd_Naylor_Gaitskell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Hugh_Todd_Naylor_Gaitskell.jpg/120px-Hugh_Todd_Naylor_Gaitskell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="634" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Leeds_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Leeds South (UK Parliament constituency)">Leeds South</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">14 December 1955<br /><small><i>(<a href="/wiki/1955_Labour_Party_leadership_election" title="1955 Labour Party leadership election">elected</a>)</i></small> </td> <td rowspan="2">18 January 1963<br /><small><i>(died in office)</i></small> </td> <td rowspan="2">7 years, 36 days </td> <td height="50" style="background-color: #0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="50" style="background-color: #0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal" rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Macmillan" title="Harold Macmillan">Macmillan</a> <small><span class="nowrap">1957–1963</span></small> </th></tr> <tr> <td>― </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown" title="George Brown, Baron George-Brown">George Brown</a><sup id="cite_ref-Acting_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Acting-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>(1914–1985)</small> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GeorgeBrown1967.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/GeorgeBrown1967.jpg/60px-GeorgeBrown1967.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/GeorgeBrown1967.jpg/90px-GeorgeBrown1967.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/GeorgeBrown1967.jpg/120px-GeorgeBrown1967.jpg 2x" data-file-width="830" data-file-height="1062" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belper_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belper (UK Parliament constituency)">Belper</a> </td> <td>18 January 1963 </td> <td>14 February 1963 </td> <td>28 days </td> <td height="50" style="background-color: #0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5">10 </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Harold Wilson</a><br /><small>(1916–1995)</small> </td> <td rowspan="5"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Harold_Wilson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Harold_Wilson.jpg/60px-Harold_Wilson.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Harold_Wilson.jpg/90px-Harold_Wilson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Harold_Wilson.jpg/120px-Harold_Wilson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="635" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Huyton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Huyton (UK Parliament constituency)">Huyton</a> </td> <td rowspan="5">14 February 1963<br /><small><i>(<a href="/wiki/1963_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="1963 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">elected</a>)</i></small> </td> <td rowspan="5">5 April 1976 </td> <td rowspan="5">13 years, 50 days </td> <td height="20" style="background-color: #0087DC; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Douglas-Home" class="mw-redirect" title="Douglas-Home">Douglas-Home</a> <small><span class="nowrap">1963–1964</span></small> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><i>Himself</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">1964–1970</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Heath" title="Edward Heath">Heath</a> <small><span class="nowrap">1970–1974</span></small> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><i>Himself</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">1974–1976</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">11 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/James_Callaghan" title="James Callaghan">James Callaghan</a><br /><small>(1912–2005)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Callaghan_(1975).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/James_Callaghan_%281975%29.jpg/60px-James_Callaghan_%281975%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/James_Callaghan_%281975%29.jpg/90px-James_Callaghan_%281975%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/James_Callaghan_%281975%29.jpg/120px-James_Callaghan_%281975%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="850" data-file-height="1155" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_South_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardiff South East">Cardiff South East</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">5 April 1976<br /><small><i>(<a href="/wiki/1976_Labour_Party_leadership_election" title="1976 Labour Party leadership election">elected</a>)</i></small> </td> <td rowspan="2">10 November 1980 </td> <td rowspan="2">4 years, 221 days </td> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><i>Himself</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">1976–1979</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="20" style="background-color: #0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal" rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Thatcher</a> <small><span class="nowrap">1979–1990</span></small> </th></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Foot" title="Michael Foot">Michael Foot</a><br /><small>(1913–2010)</small> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Foot_(1981).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Michael_Foot_%281981%29.jpg/60px-Michael_Foot_%281981%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Michael_Foot_%281981%29.jpg/90px-Michael_Foot_%281981%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Michael_Foot_%281981%29.jpg/120px-Michael_Foot_%281981%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2086" data-file-height="2781" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ebbw_Vale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ebbw Vale (UK Parliament constituency)">Ebbw Vale</a> </td> <td>10 November 1980<br /><small><i>(<a href="/wiki/1980_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="1980 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">elected</a>)</i></small> </td> <td>2 October 1983 </td> <td>2 years, 327 days </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">13 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Neil_Kinnock" title="Neil Kinnock">Neil Kinnock</a><br /><small>(b. 1942)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Neil_Kinnock,_Member_of_the_EC_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Official_portrait_of_Neil_Kinnock%2C_Member_of_the_EC_%28cropped%29.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Neil_Kinnock%2C_Member_of_the_EC_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Official_portrait_of_Neil_Kinnock%2C_Member_of_the_EC_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Neil_Kinnock%2C_Member_of_the_EC_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Official_portrait_of_Neil_Kinnock%2C_Member_of_the_EC_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Neil_Kinnock%2C_Member_of_the_EC_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="721" data-file-height="961" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Islwyn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islwyn (UK Parliament constituency)">Islwyn</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">2 October 1983<br /><small><i>(<a href="/wiki/1983_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="1983 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">elected</a>)</i></small> </td> <td rowspan="2">18 July 1992 </td> <td rowspan="2">8 years, 291 days </td> <td height="50" style="background-color: #0087DC; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="50" style="background-color: #0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/John_Major" title="John Major">Major</a> <small><span class="nowrap">1990–1997</span></small> </th></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(Labour_Party_leader)" title="John Smith (Labour Party leader)">John Smith</a><br /><small>(1938–1994)</small> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Smith_grave_on_Iona_August_2014.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/John_Smith_grave_on_Iona_August_2014.JPG/60px-John_Smith_grave_on_Iona_August_2014.JPG" decoding="async" width="60" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/John_Smith_grave_on_Iona_August_2014.JPG/90px-John_Smith_grave_on_Iona_August_2014.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/John_Smith_grave_on_Iona_August_2014.JPG/120px-John_Smith_grave_on_Iona_August_2014.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="3008" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monklands_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Monklands East">Monklands East</a> </td> <td>18 July 1992<br /><small><i>(<a href="/wiki/1992_Labour_Party_leadership_election" title="1992 Labour Party leadership election">elected</a>)</i></small> </td> <td>12 May 1994<br /><small><i>(died in office)</i></small> </td> <td>1 year, 299 days </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>― </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Beckett" title="Margaret Beckett">Margaret Beckett</a><sup id="cite_ref-Acting_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Acting-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>(b. 1943)</small><br />(acting) </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Margaret_Beckett_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Margaret_Beckett_MP_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Margaret_Beckett_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Margaret_Beckett_MP_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Margaret_Beckett_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Margaret_Beckett_MP_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Margaret_Beckett_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derby_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Derby South">Derby South</a> </td> <td>12 May 1994 </td> <td>21 July 1994 </td> <td>71 days </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">15 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a><br /><small>(b. 1953)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tony_Blair_1997.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Tony_Blair_1997.jpg/60px-Tony_Blair_1997.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Tony_Blair_1997.jpg/90px-Tony_Blair_1997.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Tony_Blair_1997.jpg/120px-Tony_Blair_1997.jpg 2x" data-file-width="328" data-file-height="435" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sedgefield_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Sedgefield (UK Parliament constituency)">Sedgefield</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">21 July 1994<br /><small><i>(<a href="/wiki/1994_Labour_Party_leadership_election" title="1994 Labour Party leadership election">elected</a>)</i></small> </td> <td rowspan="2">24 June 2007 </td> <td rowspan="2">12 years, 341 days </td> <td height="50" style="background-color: #0087DC; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="50" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><i>Himself</i> <small><span class="nowrap">1997–2007</span></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a><br /><small>(b. 1951)</small> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gordon_Brown_(2008).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Gordon_Brown_%282008%29.jpg/60px-Gordon_Brown_%282008%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Gordon_Brown_%282008%29.jpg/90px-Gordon_Brown_%282008%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Gordon_Brown_%282008%29.jpg/120px-Gordon_Brown_%282008%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2121" data-file-height="2711" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kirkcaldy_and_Cowdenbeath" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath">Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath</a> </td> <td>24 June 2007<br /><small><i>(<a href="/wiki/2007_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">unopposed</a>)</i></small> </td> <td>11 May 2010 </td> <td>2 years, 319 days </td> <td height="50" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><i>Himself</i> <small><span class="nowrap">2007–2010</span></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td>― </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harriet Harman</a><sup id="cite_ref-Acting_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Acting-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>(b. 1950)</small><br />(acting: 1st time) </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Harriet_Harman_QC_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Harriet_Harman_QC_MP_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Harriet_Harman_QC_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Harriet_Harman_QC_MP_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Harriet_Harman_QC_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Harriet_Harman_QC_MP_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Harriet_Harman_QC_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Camberwell_and_Peckham" class="mw-redirect" title="Camberwell and Peckham">Camberwell and Peckham</a> </td> <td>11 May 2010 </td> <td>25 September 2010 </td> <td>138 days </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">Cameron</a> <small><span class="nowrap">2010–2016</span></small> </th></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ed_Miliband" title="Ed Miliband">Ed Miliband</a><br /><small>(b. 1969)</small> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ed_Miliband_election_infobox.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Ed_Miliband_election_infobox.jpg/60px-Ed_Miliband_election_infobox.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Ed_Miliband_election_infobox.jpg/90px-Ed_Miliband_election_infobox.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Ed_Miliband_election_infobox.jpg/120px-Ed_Miliband_election_infobox.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1337" data-file-height="1832" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Doncaster North">Doncaster North</a> </td> <td>25 September 2010<br /><small><i>(<a href="/wiki/2010_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">elected</a>)</i></small> </td> <td>8 May 2015 </td> <td>4 years, 157 days </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>― </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harriet Harman</a><sup id="cite_ref-Acting_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Acting-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>(b. 1950)</small><br />(acting: 2nd time) </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Harriet_Harman_QC_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Harriet_Harman_QC_MP_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Harriet_Harman_QC_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Harriet_Harman_QC_MP_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Harriet_Harman_QC_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Harriet_Harman_QC_MP_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Harriet_Harman_QC_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Camberwell_and_Peckham" class="mw-redirect" title="Camberwell and Peckham">Camberwell and Peckham</a> </td> <td>8 May 2015 </td> <td>12 September 2015 </td> <td>128 days </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">18 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Jeremy Corbyn">Jeremy Corbyn</a><br /><small>(b. 1949)</small> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Jeremy_Corbyn_MP_crop_2,_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Official_portrait_of_Jeremy_Corbyn_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Jeremy_Corbyn_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Official_portrait_of_Jeremy_Corbyn_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Jeremy_Corbyn_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Official_portrait_of_Jeremy_Corbyn_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Jeremy_Corbyn_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Islington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington North</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">12 September 2015<br /><small><i>(<a href="/wiki/2015_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="2015 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">elected</a>)</i></small> </td> <td rowspan="3">4 April 2020 </td> <td rowspan="3">4 years, 226 days </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="50" style="background-color: #0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">May</a> <small><span class="nowrap">2016–2019</span></small> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <th rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Johnson</a> <small><span class="nowrap">2019–2022</span></small> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">19 </td> <td rowspan="4">Sir <a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a><br /><small>(b. 1962)</small> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prime_Minister_Keir_Starmer_Portrait_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Prime_Minister_Keir_Starmer_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/60px-Prime_Minister_Keir_Starmer_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Prime_Minister_Keir_Starmer_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Prime_Minister_Keir_Starmer_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Prime_Minister_Keir_Starmer_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Prime_Minister_Keir_Starmer_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1507" data-file-height="2103" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Holborn_and_St_Pancras" class="mw-redirect" title="Holborn and St Pancras">Holborn and St Pancras</a> </td> <td rowspan="4">4 April 2020<br /><small><i>(<a href="/wiki/2020_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">elected</a>)</i></small> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span data-sort-value="7003169600000000000♠"></span>4 years, 235 days<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td height="30" style="background-color: #0087DC; 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HendersonBurnley_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Henderson was defeated in his Burnley seat in the 1931 election, and did not return to Parliament during his third term as leader. <a href="/wiki/George_Lansbury" title="George Lansbury">George Lansbury</a> acted as the Labour parliamentary leader, until formally succeeding Henderson as party leader.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Acting-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Acting_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Acting_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Acting_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Acting_8-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Acting_8-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Deputy Leaders who assumed the role of party leader temporarily because of the death or resignation of the incumbent, serving until the election of a new leader. As they were not elected or appointed in an official capacity, they are not included in the order count. <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Morrison" title="Herbert Morrison">Herbert Morrison</a> acted as leader for the seven days between <a href="/wiki/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Clement Attlee</a>'s resignation and <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Gaitskell" title="Hugh Gaitskell">Hugh Gaitskell</a>'s election as leader. <a href="/wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown" title="George Brown, Baron George-Brown">George Brown</a> and <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Beckett" title="Margaret Beckett">Margaret Beckett</a> acted as leader following deaths of Gaitskell and <a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(Labour_Party_leader)" title="John Smith (Labour Party leader)">John Smith</a>, respectively. <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harriet Harman</a> acted as leader twice when <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ed_Miliband" title="Ed Miliband">Ed Miliband</a> resigned.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">As of 25 November 2024</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-A_History_of_the_British_Labour_Party-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-A_History_of_the_British_Labour_Party_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Thorpe, Andrew. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-07-01</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.msn.com&rft.atitle=Labour+proposals+%27all-but+guarantee+leftwing+Corbyn+successor%27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-gb%2Fnews%2Fuknews%2Flabour-proposals-all-but-guarantee-leftwing-corbyn-successor%2Far-AAzdqmI&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeader+of+the+Labour+Party+%28UK%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBoothroyd" class="citation web cs1">Boothroyd, David. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.election.demon.co.uk/lableader.html">"Leaders of the Labour Party"</a>. <i>election.demon.co.uk</i>. 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href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(UK)#Creation_of_the_SDP" title="Social Democratic Party (UK)">Formation of SDP</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gang_of_Four_(SDP)" title="Gang of Four (SDP)">Gang of Four</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limehouse_Declaration" title="Limehouse Declaration">Limehouse Declaration</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Militant_tendency" title="Militant tendency">Militant tendency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_longest_suicide_note_in_history" title="The longest suicide note in history">The longest suicide note in history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_more_heave" title="One more heave">One more heave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Labour" title="New Labour">New Labour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony%27s_Cronies" title="Tony's Cronies">Tony's Cronies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Labour" title="Blue Labour">Blue Labour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_Nation_Labour" title="One Nation Labour">One Nation Labour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chakrabarti_Inquiry" title="Chakrabarti Inquiry">Chakrabarti Inquiry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#E4003B;color:white;"><div id="Leadership" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Leadership</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#E4003B;color:white;;line-height:1.1em;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Leaders</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Keir_Hardie" title="Keir Hardie">Hardie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Barnes_(British_politician)" title="George Barnes (British politician)">Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">MacDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Adamson" title="William Adamson">Adamson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._R._Clynes" title="J. R. Clynes">Clynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">MacDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Lansbury" title="George Lansbury">Lansbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Attlee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Morrison" title="Herbert Morrison">Morrison</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Gaitskell" title="Hugh Gaitskell">Gaitskell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown" title="George Brown, Baron George-Brown">Brown</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Callaghan" title="James Callaghan">Callaghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Foot" title="Michael Foot">Foot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Kinnock" title="Neil Kinnock">Kinnock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(Labour_Party_leader)" title="John Smith (Labour Party leader)">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Beckett" title="Margaret Beckett">Beckett</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Blair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harman</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Miliband" title="Ed Miliband">Miliband</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harman</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Jeremy Corbyn">Corbyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Starmer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#E4003B;color:white;;line-height:1.1em;"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK)"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Deputy Leaders</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J._R._Clynes" title="J. R. Clynes">Clynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Graham_(Edinburgh_MP)" title="William Graham (Edinburgh MP)">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Attlee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Greenwood" title="Arthur Greenwood">Greenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Morrison" title="Herbert Morrison">Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Griffiths" title="Jim Griffiths">Griffiths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aneurin_Bevan" title="Aneurin Bevan">Bevan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown" title="George Brown, Baron George-Brown">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Jenkins" title="Roy Jenkins">Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Short,_Baron_Glenamara" title="Edward Short, Baron Glenamara">Short</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Foot" title="Michael Foot">Foot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Healey" title="Denis Healey">Healey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Hattersley" title="Roy Hattersley">Hattersley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Beckett" title="Margaret Beckett">Beckett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Prescott" title="John Prescott">Prescott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Watson,_Baron_Watson_of_Wyre_Forest" title="Tom Watson, Baron Watson of Wyre Forest">Watson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Rayner" title="Angela Rayner">Rayner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#E4003B;color:white;;line-height:1.1em;"><a href="/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Labour_Party" title="General Secretary of the Labour Party"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">General Secretaries</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">MacDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Middleton_(political_organiser)" title="James Middleton (political organiser)">Middleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Phillips" title="Morgan Phillips">Phillips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Williams_(politician)" title="Leonard Williams (politician)">Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sara_Barker" title="Sara Barker">Barker</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Nicholas" title="Harry Nicholas">Nicholas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Hayward" title="Ron Hayward">Hayward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Mortimer" title="Jim Mortimer">Mortimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Whitty,_Baron_Whitty" title="Larry Whitty, Baron Whitty">Whitty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Sawyer,_Baron_Sawyer" title="Tom Sawyer, Baron Sawyer">Sawyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_McDonagh,_Baroness_McDonagh" title="Margaret McDonagh, Baroness McDonagh">McDonagh</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">MacDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Lathan" title="George Lathan">Lathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Greenwood" title="Arthur Greenwood">Greenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Gaitskell" title="Hugh Gaitskell">Gaitskell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aneurin_Bevan" title="Aneurin Bevan">Bevan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Nicholas" title="Harry Nicholas">Nicholas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dai_Davies_(trade_unionist)" title="Dai Davies (trade unionist)">Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Callaghan" title="James Callaghan">Callaghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Atkinson" title="Norman Atkinson">Atkinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Varley" title="Eric Varley">Varley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Booth" title="Albert Booth">Booth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_McCluskie" title="Sam McCluskie">McCluskie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Burlison" title="Tom Burlison">Burlison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Prosser,_Baroness_Prosser" title="Margaret Prosser, Baroness Prosser">Prosser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Elsby" title="Jimmy Elsby">Elsby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Dromey" title="Jack Dromey">Dromey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diana_Holland" title="Diana Holland">Holland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#E4003B;color:white;;line-height:1.1em;"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_in_the_House_of_Lords" title="Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Leaders in the Lords</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Haldane,_1st_Viscount_Haldane" title="Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane">Haldane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Cripps,_1st_Baron_Parmoor" title="Charles Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor">Cripps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Ponsonby,_1st_Baron_Ponsonby_of_Shulbrede" title="Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede">Ponsonby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Snell,_1st_Baron_Snell" title="Harry Snell, 1st Baron Snell">Snell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Addison,_1st_Viscount_Addison" title="Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison">Addison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Jowitt,_1st_Earl_Jowitt" title="William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt">Jowitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._V._Alexander,_1st_Earl_Alexander_of_Hillsborough" title="A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough">Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Pakenham,_7th_Earl_of_Longford" title="Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford">Pakenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Shackleton,_Baron_Shackleton" title="Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton">Shackleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Shepherd,_2nd_Baron_Shepherd" title="Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd">Shepherd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Peart,_Baron_Peart" title="Fred Peart, Baron Peart">Peart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cledwyn_Hughes,_Baron_Cledwyn_of_Penrhos" title="Cledwyn Hughes, Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivor_Richard" title="Ivor Richard">Richard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Jay,_Baroness_Jay_of_Paddington" title="Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington">Jay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Williams,_Baron_Williams_of_Mostyn" title="Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn">Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valerie_Amos,_Baroness_Amos" title="Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos">Amos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Ashton" title="Catherine Ashton">Ashton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janet_Royall,_Baroness_Royall_of_Blaisdon" title="Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon">Royall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Smith,_Baroness_Smith_of_Basildon" title="Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon">Smith of Basildon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#E4003B;color:white;;line-height:1.1em;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Scottish Labour Leaders</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Dewar" title="Donald Dewar">Dewar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_McLeish" title="Henry McLeish">McLeish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Jamieson" title="Cathy Jamieson">Jamieson</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_McConnell" title="Jack McConnell">McConnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Jamieson" title="Cathy Jamieson">Jamieson</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendy_Alexander" title="Wendy Alexander">Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Jamieson" title="Cathy Jamieson">Jamieson</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iain_Gray" title="Iain Gray">Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Lamont" title="Johann Lamont">Lamont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anas_Sarwar" title="Anas Sarwar">Sarwar</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Murphy" title="Jim Murphy">Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iain_Gray" title="Iain Gray">Gray</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kezia_Dugdale" title="Kezia Dugdale">Dugdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Rowley" title="Alex Rowley">Rowley</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Baillie" title="Jackie Baillie">Baillie</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Leonard" title="Richard Leonard">Leonard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Baillie" title="Jackie Baillie">Baillie</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anas_Sarwar" title="Anas Sarwar">Sarwar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#E4003B;color:white;;line-height:1.1em;"><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Labour_Party" title="Parliamentary Labour Party"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">PLP Chairs</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Keir_Hardie" title="Keir Hardie">Hardie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Barnes_(British_politician)" title="George Barnes (British politician)">Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">MacDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hodge_(politician)" title="John Hodge (politician)">Hodge</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Wardle" title="George Wardle">Wardle</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Adamson" title="William Adamson">Adamson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._R._Clynes" title="J. R. Clynes">Clynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">MacDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Lansbury" title="George Lansbury">Lansbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Attlee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastings_Lees-Smith" title="Hastings Lees-Smith">Lees-Smith</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Pethick-Lawrence,_1st_Baron_Pethick-Lawrence" title="Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence">Pethick-Lawrence</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Greenwood" title="Arthur Greenwood">Greenwood</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Gaitskell" title="Hugh Gaitskell">Gaitskell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Houghton,_Baron_Houghton_of_Sowerby" title="Douglas Houghton, Baron Houghton of Sowerby">Houghton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Mikardo" title="Ian Mikardo">Mikardo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cledwyn_Hughes,_Baron_Cledwyn_of_Penrhos" title="Cledwyn Hughes, Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Willey" title="Fred Willey">Willey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Dormand" title="Jack Dormand">Dormand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Orme" title="Stan Orme">Orme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Hoyle" title="Doug Hoyle">Hoyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clive_Soley" title="Clive Soley">Soley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Corston,_Baroness_Corston" title="Jean Corston, Baroness Corston">Corston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Clwyd" title="Ann Clwyd">Clwyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Lloyd" title="Tony Lloyd">Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Watts,_Baron_Watts" title="David Watts, Baron Watts">Watts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Cryer" title="John Cryer">Cryer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Morden" title="Jessica Morden">Morden</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#E4003B;color:white;;line-height:1.1em;"><a href="/wiki/European_Parliamentary_Labour_Party" title="European Parliamentary Labour Party"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">EPLP Leaders</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Stewart,_Baron_Stewart_of_Fulham" title="Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham">Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Prescott" title="John Prescott">Prescott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Castle" title="Barbara Castle">Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alf_Lomas" title="Alf Lomas">Lomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Martin_(Scottish_politician)" title="David Martin (Scottish politician)">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Seal_(politician)" title="Barry Seal (politician)">Seal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glyn_Ford" title="Glyn Ford">Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pauline_Green" title="Pauline Green">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_David" title="Wayne David">David</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Donnelly" title="Alan Donnelly">Donnelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Murphy_(British_politician)" title="Simon Murphy (British politician)">Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Titley" title="Gary Titley">Titley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenis_Willmott" title="Glenis Willmott">Willmott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Corbett" title="Richard Corbett">Corbett</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:#E4003B;color:white;"><div>* = wartime, in opposition <br /> ^ Interim/Acting</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#E4003B;color:white;"><div id="Internal_elections_and_selections" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Internal elections and selections</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#E4003B;color:white;;line-height:1.1em;">Leadership elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1922_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="1922 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">1922</a> <a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">Ramsay MacDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Labour_Party_leadership_election" title="1931 Labour Party leadership election">1931</a> <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Arthur Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Labour_Party_leadership_election" title="1932 Labour Party leadership election">1932</a> <a href="/wiki/George_Lansbury" title="George Lansbury">George Lansbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Labour_Party_leadership_election" title="1935 Labour Party leadership election">1935</a> <a href="/wiki/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Clement Attlee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Labour_Party_leadership_election" title="1955 Labour Party leadership election">1955</a> <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Gaitskell" title="Hugh Gaitskell">Hugh Gaitskell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Labour_Party_leadership_election" title="1960 Labour Party leadership election">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Labour_Party_leadership_election" title="1961 Labour Party leadership election">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="1963 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">1963</a> <a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Harold Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Labour_Party_leadership_election" title="1976 Labour Party leadership election">1976</a> <a href="/wiki/James_Callaghan" title="James Callaghan">James Callaghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="1980 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">1980</a> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Foot" title="Michael Foot">Michael Foot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="1983 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">1983</a> <a href="/wiki/Neil_Kinnock" title="Neil Kinnock">Neil Kinnock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="1988 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Labour_Party_leadership_election" title="1992 Labour Party leadership election">1992</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(Labour_Party_leader)" title="John Smith (Labour Party leader)">John Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Labour_Party_leadership_election" title="1994 Labour Party leadership election">1994</a> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">2007</a> <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">2010</a> <a href="/wiki/Ed_Miliband" title="Ed Miliband">Ed Miliband</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="2015 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">2015</a> <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Jeremy Corbyn">Jeremy Corbyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">2020</a> <a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a></li></ul> <hr /> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#E4003B;color:white;;line-height:1.1em;">Deputy Leadership elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1952_Labour_Party_deputy_leadership_election" title="1952 Labour Party deputy leadership election">1952</a> <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Morrison" title="Herbert Morrison">Herbert Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Labour_Party_deputy_leadership_election" title="1953 Labour Party deputy leadership election">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Labour_Party_deputy_leadership_election" title="1956 Labour Party deputy leadership election">1956</a> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Griffiths" title="Jim Griffiths">Jim Griffiths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Labour_Party_deputy_leadership_election" title="1959 Labour Party deputy leadership election">1959</a> <a href="/wiki/Aneurin_Bevan" title="Aneurin Bevan">Aneurin Bevan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Labour_Party_deputy_leadership_election" title="1960 Labour Party deputy leadership election">1960</a> <a href="/wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown" title="George Brown, Baron George-Brown">George Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Labour_Party_deputy_leadership_election" title="1961 Labour Party deputy leadership election">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Labour_Party_deputy_leadership_election" title="1962 Labour Party deputy leadership election">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Labour_Party_deputy_leadership_election" title="1970 Labour Party deputy leadership election">1970</a> <a href="/wiki/Roy_Jenkins" title="Roy Jenkins">Roy Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Labour_Party_deputy_leadership_election" title="1971 Labour Party deputy leadership election">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Labour_Party_deputy_leadership_election" title="1972 Labour Party deputy leadership election">1972</a> <a href="/wiki/Edward_Short,_Baron_Glenamara" title="Edward Short, Baron Glenamara">Edward Short</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Labour_Party_deputy_leadership_election" title="1976 Labour Party deputy leadership election">1976</a> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Foot" title="Michael Foot">Michael Foot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Labour_Party_deputy_leadership_election" title="1980 Labour Party deputy leadership election">1980</a> <a href="/wiki/Denis_Healey" title="Denis Healey">Denis Healey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Labour_Party_deputy_leadership_election" title="1981 Labour Party deputy leadership election">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Labour_Party_deputy_leadership_election" title="1983 Labour Party deputy leadership election">1983</a> <a href="/wiki/Roy_Hattersley" title="Roy Hattersley">Roy Hattersley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Labour_Party_deputy_leadership_election" title="1988 Labour Party deputy leadership election">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Labour_Party_deputy_leadership_election" title="1992 Labour Party deputy leadership election">1992</a> <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Beckett" title="Margaret Beckett">Margaret Beckett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Labour_Party_deputy_leadership_election" title="1994 Labour Party deputy leadership election">1994</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Prescott" title="John Prescott">John Prescott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Labour_Party_deputy_leadership_election" title="2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election">2007</a> <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harriet Harman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Labour_Party_deputy_leadership_election" title="2015 Labour Party deputy leadership election">2015</a> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Watson,_Baron_Watson_of_Wyre_Forest" title="Tom Watson, Baron Watson of Wyre Forest">Tom Watson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Labour_Party_deputy_leadership_election" title="2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election">2020</a> <a href="/wiki/Angela_Rayner" title="Angela Rayner">Angela Rayner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#E4003B;color:white;;line-height:1.1em;">Shadow Cabinet elections and reshuffles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1931_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="September 1931 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election (page does not exist)">Sep 1931 (Henderson)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=November_1931_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="November 1931 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election (page does not exist)">Nov 1931</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1932_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1932 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election (page does not exist)">1932 (Lansbury)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1933_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1933 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election (page does not exist)">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election (page does not exist)">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1935_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1935 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election (page does not exist)">1935 (Attlee)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1936_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1936 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election (page does not exist)">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1937_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1937 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election (page does not exist)">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1938_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1938 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election (page does not exist)">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1939_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1939 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election (page does not exist)">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1951 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1952 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1953 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1954 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1955 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1956 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1956 (Gaitskell)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1957 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1958 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1959 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1960 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1961 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1962 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1963 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1963 (Wilson)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1970 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1971 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1972 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1973 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1979 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1979 (Callaghan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1980 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1980 (Foot)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1981 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1982 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1983 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1983 (Kinnock)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1984 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1985 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1986 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1987 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1988 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1989 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1990 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1991 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1992 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1992 (Smith)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1993 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1994 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1994 (Blair)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1995 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1996 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="2010 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">2010 (Miliband)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_shadow_cabinet_resignations" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 United Kingdom shadow cabinet resignations">June 2016 (Corbyn)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2021_British_shadow_cabinet_reshuffle" title="May 2021 British shadow cabinet reshuffle">May 2021 (Starmer)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2021_British_shadow_cabinet_reshuffle" title="November 2021 British shadow cabinet reshuffle">November 2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_British_shadow_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2023 British shadow cabinet reshuffle">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#E4003B;color:white;"><div id="Party_structure" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Party structure</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#E4003B;color:white;line-height:1.1em;">Constitution</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clause_IV" title="Clause IV">Clause IV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#E4003B;color:white;line-height:1.1em;">Executive</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Executive_Committee_of_the_Labour_Party" title="National Executive Committee of the Labour Party">National Executive Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Labour_Party" title="General Secretary of the Labour Party">General Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_the_Labour_Party" title="Treasurer of the Labour Party">Treasurer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#E4003B;color:white;line-height:1.1em;">Parliamentary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Labour_Party" title="Parliamentary Labour Party">Parliamentary Labour Party</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Whip_of_the_Labour_Party" title="Chief Whip of the Labour Party">Chief Whip of the Labour Party</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#E4003B;color:white;line-height:1.1em;">Conference</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_Conference" title="Labour Party Conference">Labour Party Conference</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#E4003B;color:white;line-height:1.1em;">Subnational</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Scottish Labour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Welsh Labour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Labour Party in Northern Ireland">Labour Party in Northern Ireland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#E4003B;color:white;line-height:1.1em;">Directly elected city mayoral authorities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_Labour" title="London Labour">London Labour</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#E4003B;color:white;line-height:1.1em;">CLPs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constituency_Labour_Party" title="Constituency Labour Party">Constituency Labour Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labour_International" title="Labour International">Labour International</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#E4003B;color:white;line-height:1.1em;">Miscellaneous</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Policy_Forum" title="National Policy Forum">National Policy Forum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)_affiliated_trade_union" title="Labour Party (UK) affiliated trade union">Affiliated trade unions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trade_Union_and_Labour_Party_Liaison_Organisation" title="Trade Union and Labour Party Liaison Organisation">Trade Union and Labour Party Liaison Organisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labour_and_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour and Co-operative">Labour Co-operative</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Co-operative_Party" title="Co-operative Party">Co-operative Party</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labour_%E2%80%93_Federation_of_Labour_Groups" title="Labour – Federation of Labour Groups">Labour – Federation 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