Who led the Labour Party for 22 months from May 1992?
1992 Labour Party (UK) leadership election 1992 Labour Party (UK) leadership election The 1992 Labour Party leadership election followed the Labour Party's failure to win the 1992 general election and the subsequent resignation of party leader Neil Kinnock. There were only two candidates in the election, with John Smith always the clear favourite to win. The ballot took place on 18 July 1992 at the Labour Party conference. Affiliated organisations had 40% of the vote, while Constituency Labour Parties and the Parliamentary Labour Party had 30% each in the electoral college. Gordon Brown and Robin Cook were both seen as potential candidates, but did not stand.
Campaign for Labour Party Democracy elections, the CLPD did not support Ann Black, who was backed by the CLGA (the remainder of their slate was backed by the CLPD, after she voted in favour of a ban on members who joined within six months of the election being announced having a vote. This caused uncertainty among party members as to whether they should consider another choice of candidate. Black was re-elected. Campaign for Labour Party Democracy The Campaign for Labour Party Democracy (CLPD) is a group of Labour Party activists campaigning for changes to the constitution of the Labour Party to ensure that Labour MPs