The 1983 Labour Party leadership election was an election in the United Kingdom for the leadership of the Labour Party. It occurred when Michael Foot resigned as Leader after the party won only 209 se
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Official portrait of Neil Kinnock, Member of the EC
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Peter David Shore, Baron Shore of Stepney, was a British Labour Party politician who served as a Cabinet minister under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan. A prominent figure on the Labour left during
1983 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
…to stand down. Early speculation days after the election saw the possible candidates as Denis Healey, Neil Kinnock, Roy Hattersley, Gerald Kaufman and Peter Shore. However, almost immediately after Foot announced his intention to resign, Clive Jenkins announced that his union had switched its nomination to Kinnock…
Shore in 1973