The change in the method of selecting the Labour Party leader, from an elite parliamentary ballot to a mass participatory Electoral College, which occurred in 1981 was ideologically motivated. However, the strategy of the Left to enhance the accountability of the incumbent party leader to the wider Labour movement, and the Left's chances of securing an ideological succession in the party leadership failed. Drawing together debates on the method of party leadership selection and the ideological positioning of leadership candidates, this book examines each leadership election since 1963 as a means of charting the decline of the left within the Labour Party. Given the bypassing of the Electoral College to appoint Gordon Brown in 2007, and the debates surrounding his authority and legitimacy as Labour Party leader thereafter, this book offers a comprehensive and timely examination of Labour Party leadership elections from Wilson to Brown which will be invaluable for scholars of British Politics and the history of the Labour Party.
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: From Gaitskell to Wilson: The Labour Party Leadership Election of 1963 Chapter 3: From Wilson to Callaghan: The Labour Party Leadership Election of 1976 Chapter 4: From Callaghan to Foot: The Labour Party Leadership Election of 1980 Chapter 5: From Foot to Kinnock: The Labour Party Leadership Election of 1983 Chapter 6: Kinnock defeats Benn: The Labour Party Leadership Election of 1988 Chapter 7: From Kinnock to Smith: The Labour Party Leadership Election of 1992 Chapter 8: From Smith to Blair: The Labour Party Leadership Election of 1994 Chapter 9: From Blair to Brown: The Coronation of Brown as Labour Party Leader 2007 Chapter 10: Conclusion
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