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
2008 Scottish Labour Party leadership election the votes allocated to Labour's MSPs, Scottish MPs and Scottish MEPs, a third to individual members of the Scottish Labour Party, and a third to individual members of affiliated organisations, mainly trade unions. In order to be elected, one candidate must have achieved a majority of votes, i.e. 50% plus 1 vote. The following either publicly suggested they were condisering standing for election or received media speculation to that effect. However at the close of nominations they had not been nominated by any MSPs. 2008 Scottish Labour Party leadership election The 2008 Scottish Labour Party leadership election was an internal