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
Social Democratic and Labour Party leadership election, 2011 at the annual conference in November. Ritchie subsequently announced on 8 September 2011, that she would not run in the coming leadership race. Four SDLP members announced they would stand in the leadership election. These were: Below is a table summarising the results of the leadership election. Alasdair McDonnell had the most votes in every round of voting. Social Democratic and Labour Party leadership election, 2011 An election for the leadership of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) was held on 4–5 November 2011. Alasdair McDonnell won the leadership election and was announced the new leader of the SDLP