Talk:Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK)

2nd Most senior?
I don't believe that the deputy leader of the labour party is the 2nd highest rank. I always believed it was the shadow chancellor? After all, the deputy leader has much less of a say on the party policy that their treasury spokesperson would. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.107.150.109 (talk) 17:47, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Article location
Since the party is at Labour Party (UK), this article shouldn't use a title calling it the "British Labour Party". Unless there are objections I'll move it to Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK) in two days. Timrollpickering 17:06, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Brown/Jenkins changeover
The dates seem a little off:

a) Wasn't Brown's defeat not declared until the next day? b) Was Brown automatically out of the post the moment his loss was declared or did he have to tender a resignation? c) When exactly was Jenkins elected?

Timrollpickering 14:17, 25 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, I did wonder about these - I used the existing list and other WP articles as my basis for these dates, so I was just prettying them up rather than checking for infallibility. Please do amend if you have any "proper" evidence. Peeper 16:06, 25 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I'll have to check, or better still ask an expert on the Labour constitution at the time. One other one that needs checking is October-November 1935 - Attlee was initially elected unopposed as primarily a stop gap after Lansbury insisted on resigning and with a general election likely to come soon. After the general election the enlarged PLP had the regular election with both Morrison and Greenwood also standing, and Greenwood picked up the Deputy post. What's unclear is who was Deputy October - November - Attlee? Someone else? No-one? Timrollpickering 17:43, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

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Attlee end date
The ling besides 8 October 1935 Attlee's end date as deputy leader (which states Elected Leader) goes to 1935 Labour Party leadership election, but that contest took place in November and December 1935 with Attlee not being formally elected until 3 December 1935. In fact Attlee moved up to become leader (understood to be on an interim basis until after the forthcoming general election when Labour hoped to have far more MPs) on 8 October following the resignation of George Lansbury. At the time most other senior Labour figures were out of parliament having lost their seats in 1931 and there was no serious alternative candidate. Thus I think it would be better to say became party leader and not link to the the later leadership contest. Dunarc (talk) 20:23, 1 August 2022 (UTC)