1970 Labour Party deputy leadership election

1970 Labour Party deputy leadership election
	8 July 1970
Deputy Leader before election; George Brown;	Elected Deputy Leader ; Roy Jenkins;

The 1970 Labour Party deputy leadership election took place on 8 July 1970, after sitting deputy leader George Brown lost his seat at the 1970 general election.

Candidates

Michael Foot, Member of Parliament for Ebbw Vale
Roy Jenkins, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Member of Parliament for Birmingham Stechford
Fred Peart, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, Member of Parliament for Workington

Results

Only ballot: 8 July 1970
Candidate		Votes	%
	Roy Jenkins	133	53.6
	Michael Foot	67	27.0
	Fred Peart	48	19.4
Roy Jenkins elected

Sources

http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~tquinn/labour_party_deputy.htm Archived 17 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine


Outgoing Deputy Leader: George Brown
Elected	Roy Jenkins
Defeated	Michael Foot Fred Peart