1970 Labour Party deputy leadership election

Summary

The 1970 Labour Party deputy leadership election took place on 8 July 1970, after sitting deputy leader George Brown lost his seat at the 1970 general election.

1970 Labour Party deputy leadership election
← 1962 8 July 1970 (1970-07-08) 1971 →
 
Candidate Roy Jenkins Michael Foot Fred Peart
Popular vote 133 67 48
Percentage 53.6% 27.0% 19.4%

Deputy Leader before election

George Brown

Elected Deputy Leader

Roy Jenkins

Candidates edit

Results edit

Only ballot: 8 July 1970
Candidate Votes %
Roy Jenkins 133 53.6
Michael Foot 67 27.0
Fred Peart 48 19.4
Roy Jenkins elected

Sources edit

  • http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~tquinn/labour_party_deputy.htm Archived 17 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine