1994 Labour Party deputy leadership election explained

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.

Candidates

Result

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
Votes%Votes%Votes%%
John Prescott 441,15556.6102,37959.517653.856.5
Margaret Beckett338,27143.469,97740.515146.243.5

How each MP voted

[4]

MP Leader vote Deputy Leader vote
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 DaviesTony 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 RedmondJohn 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

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Wintour . Patrick . 26 May 1994 . Beckett puts job on line in Labour vote . The Guardian.
  2. News: Wintour . Patrick . 26 May 1994 . Move to ease ballot costs . The Guardian.
  3. Book: Rentoul, John. Tony Blair: Prime Minister. Faber & Faber. 20 June 2013. 17 January 2016. 9780571299874.
  4. Book: Byron. Criddle. Robert. Waller. Robert Waller (pundit). The Almanac of British Politics. 1996. 5th. Routledge. London. 0-415-11805-0. xxx – xxxvi.