Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1932

Labour Party (UK) leadership election

25 October 1932

Candidate George Lansbury 1st Ballot Unopposed

Leader before election Arthur Henderson Elected Leader George Lansbury

The Labour Party leadership election of 1932 took place after the defeat of the Labour Party in the 1931 general election and the defeat in his own constituency of the party leader, Arthur Henderson. Labour was reduced from 287 members to 46 members; George Lansbury was the only senior member of the Labour leadership to retain his seat.

As the only candidate to stand, Lansbury was elected Leader unopposed by the Parliamentary Labour Party.^[1]

Sources

Shepherd, John (2002). George Lansbury: At the Heart of Old Labour. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-820164-8.

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