1959 Labour Party deputy leadership election
24 October 1959
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The 1959 Labour Party deputy leadership election took place on 24 October 1959, after sitting deputy leader Jim Griffiths retired following that year's general election.[1]
Candidates
- Aneurin Bevan, Shadow Foreign Secretary, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ebbw Vale
Notes and references
- ^ "Bevan gets Second Best Party Post". The Windsor Daily Star. London. Associated Press. 24 October 1959. p. 13. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
- Quinn, Thomas (2013). "Labour Party Deputy Leadership Elections 1952-2007". University of Essex. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014.