Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1976

Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1976

The Labour Party leadership election of 1976 occurred when former leader Harold Wilson resigned as Party Leader and Prime Minister.

In the first ballot, held on 25 March, six candidates vied for the leadership: Employment Secretary Michael Foot; Foreign Secretary Jim Callaghan; Home Secretary Roy Jenkins; the Chancellor Denis Healey; Tony Benn, the Energy Secretary and Tony Crosland the Environment Secretary.

Immediately upon his election as Labour leader, Callaghan succeeded Wilson as Prime Minister.

References

*Tony Benn, "The Benn Diaries" (Arrow, 1995).


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