1988 Labour Party leadership election (UK)

1988 Labour Party leadership election

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Candidate Neil Kinnock Tony Benn Overall result 88.6% 11.4% Affiliated unions 99.2% 0.8% Party members 80.4% 19.6% Labour MPs 82.8% 17.2%

Leader before election Neil Kinnock Elected Leader Neil Kinnock

The 1988 Labour Party leadership election saw Tony Benn, identified with the left wing of the British Labour Party, challenge the incumbent leader Neil Kinnock identified with the more moderate social democratic wing.

Kinnock won the election with 89% of the vote and remained Leader until 1992, when he resigned the leadership following Labour's defeat in the 1992 general election.

The election took place at Labour Party conference, with affiliated trade unions holding 40% of the votes, delegates from Constituency Labour Parties holding 30% of the votes, and the Parliamentary Labour Party holding the final 30% of the votes.