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Revision as of 20:06, 25 September 2010

Labour Party (UK) leadership election
← 2007 16 August 2010 (2010-08-16) - 22 September 2010 (2010-09-22)
 
Candidate Ed Miliband David Miliband Ed Balls
First Preferences (%) 34.3% 37.8% 11.8%
Final Round (%) 50.65% 49.35% -
 
Candidate Andy Burnham Diane Abbott
First Preferences (%) 8.7% 7.4%
Final Round (%) - -
Leader before election

Harriet Harman (pro tempore)

 Elected Leader

Ed Miliband

The 2010 Labour Party leadership election was triggered on 10 May, three days after the 2010 general election resulted in a hung parliament, with the Conservative Party winning 306 seats, Labour 258 and the Liberal Democrats 57. Prime Minister Gordon Brown initially announced his intent to step down as Leader of the Labour Party, saying he hoped a new leader would be in place in time for the Labour Party Conference in September[1] and "to ask the Labour Party to set in train the processes needed for its own leadership election".[2] On 11 May, Brown resigned as both Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party.[3] Labour Party officials announced that the National Executive Committee had decided the timetable for the election and that the results would be announced at the annual party conference on 25 September.[4][5]. At the party conference Ed Miliband was elected leader.

Procedure

The rules of the Labour Party state that "each nomination [for leader] must be supported by 12.5 per cent of the Commons members of the Parliamentary Labour Party."[6] As the number of Labour MPs is 257 (the 258 returned at the general election[7] minus Eric Illsley, who was suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party)[8] 33 MPs need to support any nomination. Nominations opened on 24 May and were to close on 27 May,[9] but the deadline was extended to 9 June after complaints from McDonnell, Abbott and Ed Miliband that the short deadline provided insufficient time to secure the 33 nominations from MPs needed for inclusion on the ballot.[4][10] The ballot took place between 1 and 22 September, with the results announced on the first day of the party's conference in Manchester on 25 September. [5] There were three distinct electorates, the electors of which cast their votes on a "one member, one vote" basis in each applicable category:

  1. Labour members of the House of Commons and the European Parliament
  2. Individual members of the party
  3. Individual members of affiliated organisations, such as trade unions and socialist societies.

Each of the three electorates or sections contributed one third (33.33 per cent) of the total votes and were counted using the Alternative Vote system. The election was run by the National Executive Committee and the results were announced at the annual conference in September 2010.[6]

Candidates

At a meeting of the Cabinet held on 10 May 2010, it was agreed that no one would announce their candidacy until after formal negotiations in regards to forming a government were resolved.[11] The Conservative Party and Liberal Democrats formed a coalition on 11 May, and David Miliband became the first person to announce his candidacy the following day. A total of six candidates emerged by 20 May:

On 9 June 2010, after it became mathematically impossible for all six candidates to receive the 33 nominations required, John McDonnell withdrew from the contest in favour of Diane Abbott, who eventually made the ballot paper.

Nominations

Candidates must receive nominations from at least 12.5 per cent of the 257 Parliamentary Labour Party members (33) to appear on the ballot. John McDonnell had 16 nominations when he withdrew on 9 June 2010, in favor of Diane Abbott.[19] The final nominations figures are as follows:[20]

Candidate Constituency Nominations Share
Diane Abbott Hackney North and Stoke Newington 33 12.84%
Ed Balls Morley and Outwood 33 12.84%
Andy Burnham Leigh 33 12.84%
David Miliband South Shields 81 31.52%
Ed Miliband Doncaster North 63 24.51%

Noteworthy MPs who declined to stand

Some MPs seen as potential candidates decided against doing so:

In the months before the 2010 general election, some other notable politicians were mentioned as possible future leadership candidates, but were not sitting MPs at the time the contest took place, and therefore not eligible to stand under Labour Party rules. Those mentioned as possible leaders in this regard were Peter Mandelson[32] and James Purnell.[33]

Televised debates

Title Date Moderator Channel Information
BBC Newsnight Tuesday 15 June; 10:30 Jeremy Paxman BBC Two As it happened: Newsnight Labour leader hustings
Channel 4 News Wednesday 1 September; 19:00 Jon Snow Channel 4 Labour leadership: live Channel 4 debate
Sky News Sunday 5 September; 10:30 Adam Boulton Sky News Labour Leader Debate: Submit Your Question
BBC Question Time Thursday 16 September; 22:35 David Dimbleby BBC One Question Time Labour leadership special

Opinion polling

Section
First-preference votes Run-off
Diane Abbott Ed Balls Andy Burnham David Miliband Ed Miliband David Miliband Ed Miliband
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YouGov/The Sun (7-10 September 2010)[34]
Constituency Labour Parties 11% 9% 10% 38% 31% 48% 52%
Affiliated Socialist Societies and Trade Unions 12% 9% 14% 29% 36% 43% 57%
Parliamentary Labour Party 4% 14% 11% 41% 29% 56% 44%
Total 9% 11% 12% 36% 32% 49% 51%
YouGov/The Sun (27-29 July 2010)
Constituency Labour Parties 13% 7% 10% 38% 32% 50% 50%
Affiliated Socialist Societies and Trade Unions 17% 11% 13% 34% 26% 56% 44%
Parliamentary Labour Party 5% 14% 12% 39% 30% 55% 45%
Total 12% 11% 12% 37% 29% 54% 46%

Results

In accordance with the principles of the Alternative Vote system, until one candidate won a majority, the candidate with the fewest votes in each round was eliminated and his or her second preference votes distributed to other candidates.

First round
Candidate MPs/MEPs Members Affiliates Total
David Miliband 13.91% 14.69% 9.18% 37.78%
Ed Miliband 10.53% 9.98% 13.82% 34.33%
Ed Balls 5.01% 3.37% 3.41% 11.79%
Andy Burnham 3.01% 2.85% 2.83% 8.68%
Diane Abbott 0.88% 2.45% 4.09% 7.42%
Second round
Candidate MPs/MEPs Members Affiliates Total
David Miliband 14.02% 15.08% 9.80% 38.89%
Ed Miliband 11.11% 11.13% 15.23% 37.47%
Ed Balls 5.18% 3.83% 4.22% 13.23%
Andy Burnham 3.03% 3.30% 4.08% 10.41%
Third round
Candidate MPs/MEPs Members Affiliates Total
David Miliband 15.78% 16.08% 10.86% 42.72%
Ed Miliband 12.12% 12.43% 16.71% 41.26%
Ed Balls 5.43% 4.82% 5.77% 16.02%
Final round
Candidate MPs/MEPs Members Affiliates Total
Ed Miliband 15.52% 15.20% 19.93% 50.65%
David Miliband 17.81% 18.14% 13.40% 49.35%

Source Labour Party website

See also

References

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  34. ^ Neck and neck, YouGov, 13 September 2010

External links

Party websites

Candidates' leadership campaign websites

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