Election Name: | 1994 Labour Party deputy leadership election |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1992 Labour Party deputy leadership election |
Previous Year: | 1992 |
Next Election: | 2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election |
Next Year: | 2007 |
1Blank: | Overall result |
2Blank: | Affiliated unions |
3Blank: | Party members |
4Blank: | MPs & MEPs |
Image1: | John Prescott official portrait (cropped).jpg |
Image1 Size: | 160x160px |
Candidate1: | John Prescott |
1Data1: | 56.5% |
2Data1: | 56.6% |
3Data1: | 59.5% |
4Data1: | 53.8% |
Image2 Size: | 160x160px |
Candidate2: | Margaret Beckett |
Colour2: | <-- DC241F --> |
1Data2: | 43.5% |
2Data2: | 43.4% |
3Data2: | 40.5% |
4Data2: | 46.2% |
Deputy Leader | |
Before Election: | Margaret Beckett |
After Election: | John Prescott |
A deputy leadership election for the Labour Party in the United Kingdom took place in 1994, following the sudden death of incumbent leader John Smith. Margaret Beckett was the serving Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, having been elected in 1992, and following Smith's death became the acting leader. On 25 May she announced that a contest for the deputy leadership would take place alongside the leadership election, which allowed her to stand for both positions.[1]
Nominations opened on 10 June and ballot papers were sent out on 30 June.[2] Elections were held concurrently for both Leader and Deputy Leader of the Party, with the results announced on 21 July 1994. There were three candidates for Leader: Margaret Beckett, Tony Blair and John Prescott, but out of these three, only Blair did not simultaneously stand for Deputy Leader and did not endorse either Beckett or Prescott for Deputy. Blair went on to win the leadership election, and Prescott won the deputy leadership. Both Prescott and Beckett held roles in Blair's cabinet for his entire time in office.
The election was conducted using the Labour Party's new "electoral college" which gave a third of the votes to the party's MPs and MEPs, a third to its rank and file members (the CLP) and the final third to affiliated trade unions and societies, such as the Fabians.
Candidate[3] | Affiliated (33.3%) | Constituencies (33.3%) | PLP (33.3%) | Overall result | |||||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | % | |||
John Prescott | 441,155 | 56.6 | 102,379 | 59.5 | 176 | 53.8 | 56.5 | ||
Margaret Beckett | 338,271 | 43.4 | 69,977 | 40.5 | 151 | 46.2 | 43.5 |
MP | Leader vote | Deputy Leader vote | |
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Margaret Beckett | |||
John Prescott | |||
John Prescott | |||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | |
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
John Prescott | Margaret Beckett | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
John Prescott | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Tony Blair | None | |
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
John Prescott | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
John Prescott | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Bryan Davies | Tony Blair | John Prescott | |
John Prescott | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
None | None | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
None | None | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Margaret Beckett | John Prescott | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Margaret Beckett | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Margaret Beckett | John Prescott | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
John Prescott | Margaret Beckett | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
John Prescott | Spoilt | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | John Prescott | |
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Martin Redmond | John Prescott | John Prescott | |
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Margaret Beckett | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Margaret Beckett | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
John Prescott | Margaret Beckett | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | None | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
None | None | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
John Prescott | Margaret Beckett | ||
Margaret Beckett | Margaret Beckett | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott | ||
Tony Blair | John Prescott | ||
John Prescott | John Prescott |