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
1988 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election 1988 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election A leadership election was held for the New Zealand Labour Party on 21 December 1988. The incumbent leader David Lange was re-elected with 72% of the vote. To date it is the only instance when a sitting Prime Minister has been challenged for leadership. After the 1987 New Zealand election, an increasing rift opened up in the governing Labour Party between Prime Minister David Lange, and Minister of Finance Roger Douglas. Troubled by Douglas' idea of a flat tax and further Rogernomics reforms after the stock market crash, Lange put a halt to