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from 1945. Brown was popular in the party and stood for the continuation of
Gaitskell's policies, but his colleagues were well aware of his propensity to drink excessive amounts of alcohol and behave in an erratic manner – to the extent that fellow right-wing MP Tony Crosland described the selection
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while Wilson's win by 41 votes was larger than had been anticipated earlier in the contest, it was not a surprise as "the tide began to run strongly in his favour" after the previous week's vote ballot. The same article concluded that Labour MP's had picked Wilson as the "more credible alternative
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reported that the two contests could not be compared, suggesting that Brown had partly won that contest as he was seen as a contrast to the "intellectual" leader Hugh
Gaitskell. The same author suggested the fact that Wilson was an "intellectual" was an advantage to him in the contest to be leader.
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As a result of the first ballot, Callaghan was eliminated. The Labour Party's rules required that the winner of the contest win more than half of the votes cast. As Wilson fell short of this the remaining two candidates would face each other in a second ballot, seven days later. However it was
536:. Wilson was the most credible alternative leader for the left, so he was persuaded to seek the party leadership in a 1960 challenge to Hugh Gaitskell. In that election he received 81 votes (35.37%). He was the only one of the three leadership candidates with cabinet experience.
449:). To be elected the winning candidate required more than half the votes. If no candidate was elected in a ballot then the last placed candidate was eliminated and a new ballot held contested by the continuing candidates. This process, known as the
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reported that Wilson was "likely" to prevail and that it was "doubtful" Brown could be able to win the backing of the 35 Callaghan voters he would need to emerge with a majority. Although Brown had defeated Wilson for the
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The author also opined that
Callaghan supporters, who might assumed to be more likely to back Brown, would take into consideration that Wilson was " a more credible alternative Prime Minister".
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Although Brown had mustered 15 extra votes compared with the first ballot, Wilson increased his total by 29 to win a comfortable victory. According to the following day's
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Prime
Minister", arguing that his performances in the House of Commons and on television were more statesman like than those of "the bluff, outspoken Mr Brown".
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would later write that
Callaghan was "very much the outsider" in the election. Callaghan would later become Leader, and Prime Minister, in the 1970s.
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and his campaign split the vote of the right wing of the party. Despite being Shadow
Chancellor since 1961, journalist and historian
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An overall majority was required for election. The results of the ballots of Labour MPs were as follows:
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between him and Wilson as " between a crook and a drunk." Brown had been a junior minister before 1951.
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856:"Harold Wilson Wins the Day. New Labour Leader by 41 Votes. Support from all sections of the party"
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825:"Wilson Labour Leader? Majority of 27 in first Ballot. Callaghan bottom of poll"
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in 1963. Callaghan had been a junior minister before 1951. Callaghan was also a
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At 46, Wilson was Labour's youngest leader until Tony Blair became leader in
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Who's Who of
British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945–1979
445:(the members of the House of Commons in receipt of the Labour
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862:. No. 181st year No. 17. 15 February 1963. p. 1
831:. No. 181st year No. 11. 8 February 1963. p. 1
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History of the socialist movement in the United
Kingdom
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760:"Roy Hattersley: Why I was wrong about Harold Wilson"
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in 1951 on the issue of prescription charges in the
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Twentieth-Century
British Political Facts 1900–2000
3657:Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence
3050:Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East
2868:Trade Union and Labour Party Liaison Organisation
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3195:Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
528:since 1950. He had resigned from the cabinet of
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3113:Socialist Environment and Resources Association
2925:Organisations associated with the Labour Party
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453:, was repeated until a candidate was elected.
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441:In 1963 the Labour leader was elected by the
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2423:Shadow Cabinet elections and reshuffles
3743:Labour Party (UK) leadership elections
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3182:
3065:Labour Representation Committee (2004)
880:Butler, David; Butler, Gareth (2000),
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3256:1963 Labour Party leadership election
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516:(born 1916), had been the MP for the
428:1963 Labour Party leadership election
19:1963 Labour Party leadership election
3748:1963 elections in the United Kingdom
3496:1975 European Communities membership
3035:Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform
2885:Labour – Federation of Labour Groups
889:Stenton, M.; Lees, S., eds. (1981),
264:Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
3172:
2993:Campaign for Labour Party Democracy
2696:
1060:The longest suicide note in history
993:European Parliamentary Labour Party
766:. Guardian News & Media Limited
637:deputy leadership the previous year
13:
485:Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
314:Decriminalisation of homosexuality
14:
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3108:Socialist Educational Association
2108:Internal elections and selections
1028:Campaign for Democratic Socialism
800:from the original on 4 April 2020
639:, the political correspondent of
461:Three candidates were nominated.
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2957:Labour Campaign for Trans Rights
2805:Labour Party in Northern Ireland
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653:Second ballot: 14 February 1963
472:(born 1914), was the MP for the
430:was held following the death of
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3025:Centre-Left Grassroots Alliance
1008:Labour Representation Committee
884:(8th ed.), Macmillan Press
3677:Harold Wilson plot allegations
2761:Chief Whip of the Labour Party
1111:
751:
551:First ballot: 7 February 1963
355:February 1974 general election
1:
3095:Revolutionary Communist Party
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456:
370:October 1974 general election
3190:Party of European Socialists
3103:Socialist Health Association
2730:National Executive Committee
1018:National Labour Organisation
998:Scottish Labour Party (1888)
35:7–14 February 1963
7:
2270:Deputy Leadership elections
2087:* = wartime, in opposition
983:General election manifestos
961:History of the Labour Party
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293:Decimalisation announcement
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3060:Labour Party Irish Society
2756:Parliamentary Labour Party
540:
443:Parliamentary Labour Party
288:Abolition of death penalty
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3576:Media and popular culture
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2837:Constituency Labour Party
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3433:Shadow Cabinet elections
3118:Socialist Campaign Group
3045:Labour Friends of Israel
2907:Associated organisations
1023:Labour Independent Group
1013:Gladstone–MacDonald pact
1003:Independent Labour Party
511:Shadow Foreign Secretary
253:1963 leadership election
248:1960 leadership election
207:This article is part of
3205:Socialist International
3123:Socialist Youth Network
2863:Affiliated trade unions
2779:Labour Party Conference
1715:Scottish Labour Leaders
628:Second ballot required
534:National Health Service
334:Divorce Reform Act 1969
324:Race Relations Act 1968
3594:(TV documentary, 1971)
3419:1962 deputy leadership
3070:Labour Women's Network
3030:Jewish Labour Movement
2998:Christians on the Left
723:Harold Wilson elected
350:Third and fourth terms
158:Leader before election
2858:National Policy Forum
1048:Limehouse Declaration
344:1970 general election
298:1966 general election
258:1964 general election
3689:Harry letters affair
3200:Progressive Alliance
2947:Labour International
2842:Labour International
2430:Sep 1931 (Henderson)
2118:Leadership elections
1605:Leaders in the Lords
375:1976 sterling crisis
3584:Mrs. Wilson's Diary
3526:Resignation Honours
3128:Socialist societies
3090:Progressive Britain
3055:Labour Growth Group
2873:Labour Co-operative
1384:General Secretaries
1090:Chakrabarti Inquiry
365:1973–1975 recession
130:Second ballot
20:
3694:In Place of Strife
3137:Media publications
2878:Co-operative Party
2665:May 2021 (Starmer)
2660:June 2016 (Corbyn)
860:The Glasgow Herald
829:The Glasgow Herald
741:at the age of 41.
731:The Glasgow Herald
520:constituencies of
492:Cardiff South East
243:Pre-Prime Minister
114:First ballot
18:
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3371:General elections
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2735:General Secretary
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1704:Smith of Basildon
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1085:One Nation Labour
1055:Militant tendency
978:Electoral history
893:, Harvester Press
788:(28 March 2005).
758:Hattersley, Roy.
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524:1945-1950 and of
451:exhaustive ballot
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283:Capital gains tax
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3650:Related articles
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2505:1956 (Gaitskell)
2382:Margaret Beckett
2280:Herbert Morrison
2136:Arthur Henderson
2128:Ramsay MacDonald
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2004:
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3407:Party elections
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2440:1932 (Lansbury)
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2186:James Callaghan
2144:George Lansbury
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2788:Subnational
2570:1980 (Foot)
2327:Roy Jenkins
2239:Ed Miliband
1080:Blue Labour
866:24 February
835:23 February
804:25 February
500:David McKie
304:Second term
134:144 (58.3%)
125:41 (16.8%)
122:88 (36.1%)
118:115 (47.1%)
3737:Categories
3642:(TV, 2023)
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3634:(TV, 2019)
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3144:LabourList
3040:Labour CND
2772:Conference
2406:Tom Watson
2223:Tony Blair
2215:John Smith
1904:Lees-Smith
1828:PLP Chairs
1654:Shackleton
1495:Treasurers
1348:Hattersley
1112:Leadership
1070:New Labour
745:References
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556:Candidate
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474:Derbyshire
457:Candidates
268:First term
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3631:The Crown
3353:1974–1976
3348:1964–1970
2740:Treasurer
2723:Executive
2714:Clause IV
1922:Gaitskell
1916:Greenwood
1889:Henderson
1884:MacDonald
1857:Henderson
1852:MacDonald
1842:Henderson
1751:Alexander
1740:McConnell
1644:Alexander
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1529:Gaitskell
1524:Greenwood
1514:Henderson
1509:MacDonald
1504:Henderson
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1398:Henderson
1393:MacDonald
1313:Griffiths
1303:Greenwood
1210:Callaghan
1194:Gaitskell
1173:Henderson
1168:MacDonald
1153:Henderson
1148:MacDonald
1138:Henderson
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606:Majority
505:A former
166:(interim)
3722:Category
3607:Longford
3512:Ormskirk
3075:Momentum
2435:Nov 1931
2072:Willmott
2057:Donnelly
2017:Prescott
1932:Houghton
1894:Lansbury
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1424:Nicholas
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1408:Phillips
1358:Prescott
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1252:Miliband
1188:Morrison
1178:Lansbury
798:Archived
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712:Turnout
617:Turnout
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2012:Stewart
1972:Corston
1952:Dormand
1937:Mikardo
1874:Adamson
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1806:Leonard
1800:Baillie
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1977:Clwyd
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1962:Hoyle
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2042:Ford
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