The 1971 Labour Party deputy leadership election took place in November 1971 after left-wingers Michael Foot and Tony Benn challenged sitting deputy leader Roy Jenkins.
1971, labour, party, deputy, leadership, election, took, place, november, 1971, after, left, wingers, michael, foot, tony, benn, challenged, sitting, deputy, leader, jenkins, 1970, november, 1971, 1971, 1971, 1972, candidate, jenkins, michael, foot, tony, benn. The 1971 Labour Party deputy leadership election took place in November 1971 after left wingers Michael Foot and Tony Benn challenged sitting deputy leader Roy Jenkins 1971 Labour Party deputy leadership election 1970 10 17 November 1971 1971 11 10 1971 11 17 1972 Candidate Roy Jenkins Michael Foot Tony BennFirst ballot 140 48 3 96 38 0 46 16 3 Second ballot 140 52 6 126 47 4 EliminatedDeputy Leader before electionRoy Jenkins Elected Deputy Leader Roy JenkinsCandidates editRoy Jenkins incumbent Deputy Leader Member of Parliament for Birmingham Stechford Michael Foot Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Member of Parliament for Ebbw Vale Tony Benn Chairman of the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Bristol EastResults editFirst ballot 10 November 1971Candidate Votes Roy Jenkins 140 48 3Michael Foot 96 38 0Tony Benn 46 16 3Second ballot requiredAs a result of the first round Benn was eliminated The remaining two candidates were left to face each other in a second round a week later Second ballot 17 November 1971Candidate Votes Roy Jenkins 140 52 6Michael Foot 126 47 4Roy Jenkins re electedSources edithttp privatewww essex ac uk tquinn labour party deputy htm Archived 17 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine nbsp nbsp This United Kingdom election related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1971 Labour Party deputy leadership election amp oldid 1067482546, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
