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
1963 Labour Party (UK) leadership election by the continuing candidates. This process, known as the exhaustive ballot, was repeated until a candidate was elected. Three candidates were nominated. An overall majority was required for election. The results of the ballots of Labour MPs were as follows: As a result of the first ballot, Callaghan was eliminated. The remaining two candidates would face each other in a second ballot, seven days later. 1963 Labour Party (UK) leadership election The 1963 Labour Party leadership election was held following the death of Hugh Gaitskell, party leader since 1955. He died on 18 January 1963 and was succeeded (on a