1994 Labour Party leadership election

1994 Labour Party leadership election

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Candidate Tony Blair John Prescott Margaret Beckett Overall result 57.0% 24.1% 18.9% Affiliated unions 52.3% 28.4% 19.3% Party members 58.2% 24.4% 17.4% MPs & MEPs 60.5% 19.6% 19.9%

Leader before election Margaret Beckett (interim) Elected Leader Tony Blair

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The 1994 Labour Party leadership election was held on 21 July 1994 following the death of the incumbent leader, John Smith, on 12 May. Tony Blair won the leadership and became Prime Minister after winning the 1997 general election.

The election was the first held under the new leadership election rules that had been introduced in 1993, which included an element of one member, one vote. The poll for leader was held simultaneously with a deputy leadership vote.