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Who have been Labour leaders?

Who have been Labour leaders?

List of Labour Party (UK) general election manifestos

Election Leader Link to text
2019 Jeremy Corbyn [1]
2017 Jeremy Corbyn [2]
2015 Ed Miliband [3]
2010 Gordon Brown [4]

Who became Leader of the Labour Party in 1980?

Leaders of the Labour Party (1906–present)

No. Leader (birth–death) Took office
10 Harold Wilson (1916–1995) 14 February 1963 (elected)
11 James Callaghan (1912–2005) 5 April 1976 (elected)
12 Michael Foot (1913–2010) 10 November 1980 (elected)
13 Neil Kinnock (b. 1942) 2 October 1983 (elected)

Who was the Labour leader after Gordon Brown?

Harriet Harman was Leader after Gordon Brown resigned in 2010 and after Ed Miliband resigned in 2015. Conversely, John Robert Clynes served as Leader prior to becoming Deputy Leader.

Who was Labour leader before Tony Blair?

John Smith (Labour Party leader)

The Right Honourable John Smith QC
In office 18 July 1992 – 12 May 1994
Deputy Margaret Beckett
Preceded by Neil Kinnock
Succeeded by Tony Blair

Who is the new Labour leader 2020?

2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK)

Candidate Keir Starmer Rebecca Long-Bailey
Popular vote 275,780 135,218
Percentage 56.2% 27.6%

Who is the leader of the Irish Labour party?

Incumbent. Alan Kelly The Leader of the Labour Party is the most senior politician within the Labour Party in Ireland. Since 3 April 2020, the office has been held by Alan Kelly, following the resignation of Brendan Howlin as leader of the party.

Is Tony Blair a socialist?

In his maiden speech in the House of Commons on 6 July 1983, Blair stated, “I am a socialist not through reading a textbook that has caught my intellectual fancy, nor through unthinking tradition, but because I believe that, at its best, socialism corresponds most closely to an existence that is both rational and moral …

Who is the leader of the Irish Labour Party?

Is the Irish Labour Party left wing?

The Labour Party is a party of the centre-left which has been described as a social democratic party but is referred to in its constitution as a democratic socialist party.

Who founded the Irish Labour Party?

James Connolly
James LarkinWilliam O’Brien
Labour Party/Founders

Who was the leader of the Labour Party in 1980?

The 1980 Labour Party leadership election was held following the resignation of James Callaghan. Callaghan had been Prime Minister from 1976 to 1979 and had stayed on as leader of the Labour Party for eighteen months in order to oversee an orderly transition to his favoured successor, Denis Healey, over his own deputy Michael Foot.

Who is the deputy leader of the Labour Party?

Tom Watson is now the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, and was elected on the same day. Corbyn’s leadership was challenged in mid-2016, but he was re-elected in the subsequent leadership election.

Who are the leaders of the Australian Labor Party?

The federal Leaders of the Australian Labor Party have been as follows (acting leaders indicated in italics): ^ Harrison, Bill (13 October 2013). “Bill Shorten elected Labor leader”. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 July 2014. ^ “traditionally, the party balances its leader and deputy between factions and states.”

When did the Labour Party get ousted from office?

Following the “Winter of Discontent” of 1978–79, when Britain suffered a series of major strikes by trade unions, the party was ousted from office by the Conservatives under Margaret Thatcher. Subsequently, Labour underwent a period of considerable internal turmoil.