1988 Labour Party deputy leadership election

Labour Party (UK) deputy leadership election

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2 October 1988 (1988-10-02)

Candidate Roy Hattersley John Prescott Affiliated 31.339% 8.654% Constituency 18.109% 7.843% Parliamentary 17.376% 7.193% Total 66.824% 23.694%   Candidate Eric Heffer Affiliated 0.007% Constituency 4.046% Parliamentary 5.430% Total 9.483%

Deputy Leader before election Roy Hattersley Elected Deputy Leader Roy Hattersley

Roy Hattersley

A Labour party deputy leadership election took place on 2 October 1988 when John Prescott and Eric Heffer challenged Labour's incumbent Deputy Leader Roy Hattersley. Hattersley had served in the position since 1983.

The election was conducted using the Labour party's electoral college. The challenge of Hattersley's position was unsuccessful, and he retained the deputy leadership of the party by a wide margin.

Candidates

• Roy Hattersley, incumbent Deputy Leader, Shadow Home Secretary, Member of Parliament for Birmingham Sparkbrook
• Eric Heffer, Former Shadow Secretary of State for Housing and Construction, Member of Parliament for Liverpool Walton
• John Prescott, Shadow Secretary of State for Energy, Member of Parliament for Hull East

Result

	Candidate	Affiliated	Constituency	Parliamentary	Total (%)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Roy Hattersley	31.339	18.109	17.376	66.823
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	John Prescott	8.654	7.843	7.193	23.694
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Eric Heffer	0.007	4.046	5.430	9.483
Roy Hattersley re-elected

References

• Butler, David & Butler, Gareth (2006). British political facts since 1979 (p. 55). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-0372-3