Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK) of the Party until a new leader is elected. If a vacancy in the leadership occurs while the Labour Party is in government, then the Cabinet, in consultation with the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party, chooses a new leader, who serves until a new leader is elected. To date, the only Deputy Leaders who have gone on to become the elected leader of the Labour Party are Clement Attlee and Michael Foot. Margaret Beckett briefly served as Labour leader following the unexpected death of John Smith in 1994. Harriet Harman was leader after Gordon Brown resigned in 2010
Welsh Labour Party deputy leadership election, 2018 Welsh Labour Party deputy leadership election, 2018 The 2018 Welsh Labour Party deputy leadership election took place from 16 February to 21 April 2018. It followed a review in the Welsh Labour Party which for the first time formalised the role of Deputy Leader. As the current leader Carwyn Jones is male, only women were eligible to stand for the role of deputy. On 21st April 2018, Swansea MP Carolyn Harris was elected as Deputy Leader. The election was conducted under an Electoral College system in which Labour Party members, affiliated trade union members and Welsh Labour elected officials all