1983 Labour Party deputy leadership election

none August 2019 1983 Labour Party deputy leadership election presidential no 1981 Labour Party deputy leadership election 1981 1988 Labour Party deputy leadership election 1988 Overall result Affiliated unions Party members Labour MPs 1983 10 2 yes Roy Hattersley delivering his speech (6218291423) (cropped).jpg 160x160px Roy Hattersley 67.3% 88.2% 51.0% 55.7% Michael Meacher official portrait.jpg 160x160px Michael Meacher 27.9% 11.8% 47.8% 29.4% Denzil Davies 3.5% — 0.8% 10.9% Dunwoody (cropped).jpg 140x140px Gwyneth Dunwoody 1.3% — 0.3% 4.0% Deputy Leader Denis Healey Roy Hattersley A deputy leadership election for the Labour Party in the United Kingdom took place on 2 October 1983 to replace incumbent Deputy Leader Denis Healey. Healey had served in the position since 1980, becoming deputy leader at the same time that Michael Foot became party leader. Foot and Healey had both announced their resignations following the general election on 9 June 1983, in which a disastrous performance left the Labour Party with just 209 seats in parliament. The election was conducted using the Labour party's electoral college. It was won by Roy Hattersley, who won more than two-thirds of the votes. On the same day, Neil Kinnock won the leadership election. A young Peter Mandelson was employed in Hattersley's campaign team for the deputy leadership contest. The election took place at Labour Party conference, with affiliated trade unions holding 40% of the votes, delegates from Constituency Labour Parties holding 30% of the votes, and the Parliamentary Labour Party holding the final 30% of the votes. Candidates Denzil Davies, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales, Member of Parliament for Llanelli Gwyneth Dunwoody, Shadow Secretary of State for Health, Member of Parliament for Crewe and Nantwich Roy Hattersley, Shadow Home Secretary, Member of Parliament for Birmingham Sparkbrook Michael Meacher, former Under-Secretary of State for Trade, Member of Parliament for Oldham West Result Candidatehttp://grahampointer.blogspot.com/2015/05/should-tony-benn-have-been-winner-of.html Should Tony Benn Have Been The Winner Of The 1981 Labour Deputy Leadership Election? Graham Pointer's Blog Pointer Graham 11 May 2015 17 January 2016 Affiliated block votes (40%)Under the rules at the time of the contest, block votes were cast by delegates and the Parliamentary Party at Labour Party Conference. Affiliated Unions held 40% of the votes, CLPs 30% and the PLP 30%. CLP block votes (30%) PLP votes (30%) Overall result Votes % Votes % Votes % % Roy Hattersley 5,349 88.2 318 51.0 112 55.7 67.3 Michael Meacher 718 11.8 298 47.8 59 29.4 27.9 Denzil Davies 0 0.0 5 0.8 22 10.9 3.5 Gwyneth Dunwoody 0 0.0 2 0.3 8 4.0 1.3 See also 1983 Labour Party leadership election (UK) References Sources Butler, David & Butler, Gareth (2006). British political facts since 1979 (p. 55). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 978-1-4039-0372-3 Labour Party Deputy Leadership Elections, 1952–2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20140417101550/http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~tquinn/labour_party_deputy.htm 17 April 2014 Category:Deputy leaders of the Labour Party (UK) 1983 Category:1983 elections in the United Kingdom Labour Party deputy leadership election