2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election

British leadership election to replace John Prescott April 2022 2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election presidential no 1994 Labour Party deputy leadership election 1994 2015 Labour Party deputy leadership election 2015 First pref. Final pref. 2007 06 06 2007 06 24 yes Harriet Harman (cropped).jpg 150x150px Harriet Harman 18.9% 50.4% Alan Johnson -9Oct2007-2.jpg 150x150px Alan Johnson 18.2% 49.6% JonCruddasMP.jpg 150x150px Jon Cruddas 19.4% — Hilary Benn.jpg 150x150px Hilary Benn 0 16.4% — Peter Hain Ministerial portrait (3x4 crop).jpg 150x150px Peter Hain 15.3% — Official photograph of Hazel Blears MP (cropped).jpg 150x150px Hazel Blears 11.8% — Deputy Leader John Prescott Harriet Harman The 2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election was a British political party election for the position of deputy leader of the Labour Party. John Prescott, the previous deputy leader, announced on 10 May 2007 that he was standing down from that position and that he would be resigning as deputy prime minister, about the same time that Tony Blair tendered his resignation as prime minister.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5386428.stm Prescott tells Labour: I'm sorry BBC News Online 28 September 2006 Harriet Harman was elected deputy leader on 24 June 2007 with 50.43% of the final redistributed vote. However, Gordon Brown, who was elected leader on the same day, did not subsequently appoint her deputy prime minister, instead leaving the office vacant. There had been reports that an increasing number of Labour MPs and members of the NEC had been attempting to get the election for the position of deputy leader abandoned in order to save the £2,000,000 it was estimated that the contest would cost.http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2060040.ece Labour may call off deputy leader race The Independent 21 June 2007 London Nigel Morris Colin Brown 2010-05-07 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071224021151/http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2060040.ece 24 December 2007 https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6165671.stm Axe Labour deputy post, MP says BBC News Online 2006-12-10 There would have had to have been a special conference convened if such an alteration was to be made. Successfully nominated candidates Hilary Bennhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6090384.stm Benn to run for deputy position BBC News Online 27 October 2006https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6660565.stm Brown on brink of Downing Street 2007-05-16 BBC News Onlinehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6663653.stm Deputy hopefuls make their case 2007-05-16 BBC News Online – 47 nominations Hazel Blearshttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/feb/23/uk.labourdeputy Blears to run for Labour deputy and admits party 'disengaged' The Guardian 23 February 2007 London Patrick Wintour 2010-05-07 – 49 nominations Jon Cruddashttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/5385636.stm Ex-No 10 aide Cruddas will stand BBC News Online 2006-09-27https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/oct/18/labourleadership.labour Leftwinger launches deputy leadership campaign The Guardian 2006-10-18 London Matthew Tempest 2010-05-07 – 49 nominations Peter Hainhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5337604.stm Labour deputy race gathers pace BBC News Online 2006-09-12https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/may/10/labourdeputy.labour1 Hain and Harman claim places on deputy ballot 2007-05-10 The Guardian London David Hencke 2010-05-07 – 51 nominations Harriet Harmanhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/5350360.stm Harman intends Labour deputy bid BBC News Online 2006-09-15 – 65 nominations Alan Johnsonhttps://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aFavvAbQK8gc U.K.'s Johnson abandons Labour Party Leadership Race (Update2) 2006-11-09 Bloomberg L.P. – 73 nominations All six declared candidates secured more than the 45 nominations from MPs that was the minimum requirement for them to get onto the ballot paper by close of nominations at 12:30 UTC+1 on 17 May 2007.http://uk.reuters.com/article/UKNews1/idUKL1464496220070515 https://web.archive.org/web/20070517051324/http://uk.reuters.com/article/UKNews1/idUKL1464496220070515 dead 17 May 2007 McDonnell short for leadership race 2007-05-15 Reuters http://www.labour.org.uk/leadership/nominations_close_-_1230_thursday_17_may Labour leadership, close of nominations 2007-05-17 Labour Party website dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070921050327/http://www.labour.org.uk/leadership/nominations_close_-_1230_thursday_17_may 2007-09-21 Results The election took place using Alternative Vote in an electoral college, with a third of the votes allocated to MPs and MEPs, a third to individual members of the Labour Party, and a third to individual members of affiliated organisations, mainly trade unions. Harriet Harman won the contest, her victory heavily depending on support from individual party members with preference votes narrowing her opponents' lead and she led in the final round only.http://www.labour.org.uk/leadership/deputy_leader_election_results Labour Party Deputy Leadership results 2007-06-24 Labour Party 2007-06-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20070626204424/http://www.labour.org.uk/leadership/deputy_leader_election_results 2007-06-26 dead The final total percentage votes for the two main candidates after redistribution were almost identical to those of the final round of the 1981 contest. Candidate Affiliates (33.3%) Members (33.3%) MPs/MEPs (33.3%) Total+ Round 1 Jon Cruddas27.3%17.0%13.9%19.4% Harriet Harman13.1%24.1%19.6%18.9% Alan Johnson13.7%16.6%24.3%18.2% Hilary Benn14.8%21.7%12.8%16.4% Peter Hain19.9%11.6%14.4%15.3% Hazel Blears 11.3%9.0%15.0%11.8% Candidate Affiliates (33.3%) Members (33.3%) MPs/MEPs (33.3%) Total+ Round 2 Alan Johnson17.7%19.1%34.4%23.7% Harriet Harman15.5%26.4%21.9%21.2% Jon Cruddas28.9%18.0%14.2%20.4% Hilary Benn16.7%23.8%14.2%18.2% Peter Hain 21.3%12.7%15.3%16.4% Candidate Affiliates (33.3%) Members (33.3%) MPs/MEPs (33.3%) Total+ Round 3 Alan Johnson23.5%22.0%38.4%27.9% Harriet Harman21.4%30.5%25.9%25.9% Jon Cruddas33.1%19.8%18.9%23.9% Hilary Benn 22.2%27.9%17.0%22.3% Candidate Affiliates (33.3%) Members (33.3%) MPs/MEPs (33.3%) Total+ Round 4 Alan Johnson30.8%32.1%46.2%36.4% Harriet Harman28.4%41.5%30.9%33.6% Jon Cruddas 40.9%26.5%23.0%30.1% Candidate Affiliates (33.3%) Members (33.3%) MPs/MEPs (33.3%) Total+ Round 5 Harriet Harman 48.6%56.5%46.3%50.4% Alan Johnson51.5%43.5%53.8%49.6% Suggested candidates not standing Jeremy Corbyn announced in December 2006 he was considering running for the Deputy Leadership. However, there was no subsequent statement from him on it and he nominated Hilary Benn for the Deputy Leadership.https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/dec/20/labourleadership.labour Meacher set to challenge Brown from left The Guardian 20 December 2006 London Hélène Mulholland 2010-05-07 No other eligible person – i.e. Labour MP – announced they were considering standing for the position except for the six nominated candidates and Jeremy Corbyn. Corbyn would go on to be elected Leader of the Labour Party in the 2015 leadership election, appointing Benn his Shadow Foreign Secretary. There was some speculation about Ed Balls, Patricia Hewitt,Patricia Hewitt backed Harriet Harman, in response to a question from John Pienaar on BBC Radio 5 Live's The Weekend News on 9 December 2006 David Milibandhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4977730.stm Profile: David Miliband BBC News Online 14 September 2006 and Jack Straw standing for the position, but no sign that they had ever said they were inclined to run and all had ruled themselves out before nominations opened. Timeline of events Timeline of the 2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK) Candidate spending The number of donations made to each candidate for their campaignshttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/jan/10/uk.partyfunding Hain failed to declare £100,000 of donations Patrick Wintour and David Hencke 10 January 2008 The Guardian 2007-01-10 London were: Hilary Benn – £4,000 Hazel Blears – £73,000 Jon Cruddas – £143,000 Peter Hain – £180,000–£200,000 Harriet Harman – £46,000, plus £50,000 of her own loans Alan Johnson – £54,000 See also 2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK) References and notes 2 expanded Category:Deputy leaders of the Labour Party (UK) 2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election