1992 Labour Party deputy leadership election

Internal election in the British Labour Party April 2022 1992 Labour Party deputy leadership election presidential no 1988 Labour Party deputy leadership election 1988 1994 Labour Party deputy leadership election 1994 Overall result Affiliated unions Party members Labour MPs 1992 07 18 yes Official portrait of Margaret Beckett as Environment Secretary.jpg 150x150px Margaret Beckett 57.3% 63.5% 63.5% 42.9% John Prescott official portrait (cropped) (fixed).png 150x150px John Prescott 28.2% 29.1% 23.7% 31.4% Bryan Gould in 1992.jpg 150x150px Bryan Gould 14.5% 7.4% 12.9% 25.7% Deputy Leader Roy Hattersley Margaret Beckett The 1992 Labour Party deputy leadership election followed the Labour Party's failure to win the 1992 general election and the subsequent resignation of deputy party leader Roy Hattersley. The ballot took place on 18 July 1992 at Labour Party Conference. Affiliated organisations had 40% of the vote, while Constituency Labour Parties and the Parliamentary Labour Party had 30% each in the electoral college. The election took place simultaneously with the 1992 Labour Party leadership election. Candidates Margaret Beckett, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Member of Parliament for Derby South Bryan Gould, Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Member of Parliament for Dagenham John Prescott, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull East Result Candidate 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%) Overallresult % % % % Margaret Beckett 63.5 63.5 42.9 57.3 John Prescott 29.1 23.7 31.4 28.1 Bryan Gould 7.4 12.9 25.7 14.6 See also 1992 Labour Party leadership election Opinion polling for the 1997 United Kingdom general election References http://www.election.demon.co.uk/lableader.html Leaders of the Labour Party Boothroyd David United Kingdom Election Results 16 May 2015 24 April 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180424212647/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/lableader.html dead (unofficial website) http://www.ecpr.eu/Filestore/PaperProposal/8f3ee59b-3905-468e-8f88-fdb82f927c5b.pdf Leadership Selection and Party Renewal LeDuc Lawrence 26–31 March 1999 27th ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops http://www.ecpr.eu/Events/PanelList.aspx?EventID=44 The Consequences of Candidate Selection European Consortium for Political Research Mannheim 8–12 16 May 2015 expanded Category:Deputy leaders of the Labour Party (UK) Labour Party deputy leadership election 1992 Labour Party deputy leadership election