Labour Party Leadership Elections 1994
THE LABOUR PARTY LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS
Dear Member,
I would like to invite you to cast your vote in the election for
the new Labour leader and deputy leader.
For the first time the election of Labour leader will be by one
person one vote in each section of the electoral college. This
procedure was set in place at the last Labour Conference.
As a member I am sure you will share my pride in this important
event. With over four million people entitled to vote, this will
be the biggest exercise in democracy ever conducted by a
political party in Britain.
Please make sure you have your say by returning your ballot
paper in good time. After all, you are not only choosing the
leadership team to take Labour forward into the next General
Election - you are also choosing the next British Prime Minister
Thank you for your support,
Yours sincerely
/s/ David Blunkett
David Blunkett
Chair of the Labour Party
PS. Before you vote, please read the information at the back
of this booklet - it explains how you can strengthen the Labour
Party even more and help the new leadership team to build for
victory by changing the way you pay your membership subscription.
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How to vote
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This election will be held under the Preference Voting System.
On the ballot paper each candidate has a row of numbered boxes
after his or her name.
* Put an (X) in the box numbered [1] for the candidate who is your
first choice.
* Then put an (X) in the box numbered [2] against your second choice.
* Carry on until you have marked your choice for all the candidates.
Finally return your ballot paper in the envelope supplied.
What happens next
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| Don't lose your vote! | Once voting ends at 9am on Monday
| --------------------- | 18th July all the ballot papers
| DON'T use the same numbers for | will be collected together and all
| two different candidates | the first preferences for each
| | candidate will be counted in each
| DO post your ballot paper to | section of the college.
| arrive before 9am on Monday |
| 18th July | If one candidate receives the
+--------------------------------+ support of more than half the
electoral college, he or she will win the election.
If not the person with the lowest percentage is eliminated. Then the
second preference votes for that candidate are allocated to the other
candidates.
This process is repeated +-------------------------------------------
until one candidate has | Labour's Electoral College
more than 50% of the | Each section of the electoral college has
electoral college. | one third of the vote
| SECTION ONE All MPs and MEPs
The results of the Labour| SECTION TWO Labour Party Members
Party Leadership | SECTION THREE Members of affiliated org-
Elections will be | anizations who pay a polit-
announced on Thursday | ical levy or subscription.
21st July 1994. +-------------------------------------------
+---------+ Margaret Beckett
| | Candidate for Leader and Deputy Leader
| PICTURE |
| | Under John Smith's leadership we all recognized that we
| OF MRS. | could play to his personal strengths.
| | Now we need the same resonance in our new leadership
| BECKETT | team. We need to show people that we are honest
| | politicians. We need to tell the truth and to be seen to
+---------+ be telling the truth, even if it's hard. We must combine
practical common sense and compassion.
I have proved that I can exercise leadership, take tough decisions,
hold the party together and run a team that draws on the talents of
all shades of party opinion. This has been my record for over two
years, during which I have been in charge of the party's election
campaigns.
In those years we have rebuilt our morale. More importantly, we have
won elections - in the counties, the cities and most recently, across
the nation.
To achieve further success, we must continue to take on not only the
Conservatives, but the Liberals as well. Ours is the politics of
conviction, not of opportunism.
We must defeat the Tories' politics of despair. There is a better way.
A better way to run our health service, our schools and our railways!
We must rebuild our welfare state, based on full employment, but
reflecting the family and work patterns of the next century.
We must show that we share the ambitions of ordinary British families.
Our fate lies in our own hands. Those newspapers which attack John
Major today will support him, however grudgingly, at the next
election. We know our country needs a Labour Government. We alone
can take that message to the people.
To succeed we must draw on the strengths of the broad church of the
Labour movement. I believe I can unite the party, and that the party
can unite the country.
/s/ Margaret Beckett
Supporting nominations for the post of Leader
from the following Commons Members of the Parliamentary Labour Party:
D Abbott; J Austin-Walker; T Banks; H Barnes; J Battle; M Beckett;
N Brown; D Canavan; M Chisholm; J Corbyn; J Corston; J Cousins;
A Eagle; D Fatchett; M Fyfe; N Gerrard; L Golding; M Gordon; B Grant;
J Heppell; H Jackson; L Jones; K Livingstone; E Loyden; A Mackinley
[sic]; A Mahon; J Marek; J Marshall; W Michie; P Pike; G Prentice;
D Primarolo; K Purchase; B Roche; T Rooney; B Sedgemore; C Short;
A Simpson; C Soley; G Stevenson; P Tipping; A Wise
from the following members of the European Parliamentary Labour Party:
P Green; E McNally; C Oddy; M Read
from the following affiliated organisations:
Transport and General Workers Union
from the following Constituency Labour Parties:
Birmingham Ladywood; City of York; Derby North; Derby South;
Falkirk East; Glasgow Garscadden; Honiton; Mid Staffordshire; Rochford;
Stroud; Tunbridge Wells; Wolverhampton North East
Supporting nominations for the post of Deputy Leader
from the following Commons Members of the Parliamentary Labour Party:
D Abbott; G Allen; H Armstrong; J Ashton; J Austin-Walker; H Barnes;
J Battle; H Bayley; M Beckett; S Bell; G Bermingham; R Berry; C Betts;
P Boateng; R Boyes; G Brown; N Brown; A Campbell; R Campbell;
D Campbell-Savours; D Canavan; M Chisholm; J Church; M Clapham;
D Clark; T Clarke; D Clelland; J Corbyn; J Corston; J Cousins; T Cox;
A Darling; B Davies; J Denham; D Dewar; F Dobson; B Donahue [sic];
J Dowd; A Eagle; W Etherington; D Fatchett; P Flynn; D Foster;
J Fraser; M Fyfe; M Gapes; J Garrett; B George; N Gerrard; L Golding;
M Gordon; T Graham; B Grant; N Griffiths; P Hardy; H Harman;
J Heppell; M Hodge; N Hogg; G Hoon; J Hutton; E Illsley; A Ingram;
G Jackson; D Jamieson; G Janner; B Jones; L Jones; T Jowell; A Keen;
P Kharba [sic]; N Kinnock; K Livingstone; A Mahon; J Marek;
D Marshall; J Marshall; K McNamara; J McWilliam; W Michie; L Moonie;
C Mullin; G Oakes; J Owen-Jones; P Pike; G Prentice; D Primarolo;
K Purchase; J Quin; S Randall; N Raynsford; G Robertson; B Roche;
C Short; A Simpson; A Smith; C Smith; L Smith; G Stevenson; G Strang;
A Taylor; S Timms; P Tipping; D Turner; K Vaz; A Wise
from the following Members of the European Parliamentary Labour Party:
R Barton; C Crawley; A Donnelly; P Green; D Hallam; E McNally; M Read;
M Tappin; J Tomlinson; C Tongue; P Truscott; P Whitehead
from the following affiliated organisations:
Labour Students; National Union of Mineworkers; Transport and General
Workers Union
from the following Constituency Labour Parties:
Ashford; Basingstoke; Birmingham Sparkbrook; Bolton South East;
Bolton West; Billericay; Broxbourne; Caithness & Sutherland;
Cardiff West; Carlisle; Chesterfield; Chorley; City of York; Copeland;
Coventry North East; Denton & Reddish; Derby North; Derby South;
Dundee East; Dundee West; Eddisbury; Glasgow Central; Harborough;
Hayes & Harlington; Hazel Grove; Honiton; Islwyn; Leicester East;
Lewisham West; Loughborough; Manchester Central; Mansfield; Mid Sussex;
North Hertfordshire; North Warwickshire; Nottingham East; Oxford West &
Abingdon; Pendle; Perth & Kinross; Plymouth Sutton; Pontefract &
Castleford; Rhondda; Romsey [sic]; Sheffield Brightside; Sheffield
Hillsborough; Stafford; Stoke-on-Trent Central; Stoke-on-Trent South;
Stretford; Stroud; Swansea West; Thurrock; Tunbridge Wells; Twickenham;
Wolverhampton North East; Woodspring; Worcester
+---------+ Tony Blair
| | Candidate for Leader
| PICTURE |
| | No-one wanted this leadership election. John Smith gave
| OF MR. | our party and Britain hope. We must now build on his
| | foundations and win the General Election so that we can
| BLAIR | create a united society where the chances of work and
| | life long education are available to all; our young can
+---------+ fulfil their aspirations, our elderly achieve security
in old age, our people develop their potential to the
full. That is your vision for Britain.
Our task is no less than national renewal. The Tories have ripped
our social fabric both through their policies and the philosophy of
selfish individualism. We must re-build by applying our traditional
democratic socialist principles to the modern world: equality of
opportunity, social justice, the belief in strong communities and
responsible citizens.
Labour will win by being the party of economic modernisation:
reasserting the goal of full employment, developing a modern
partnership with industry, and harnessing the revolutions in
technology and communications for the common good. It is the
education, skill and talent of people that will determine our future
success.
Labour will win by being the party of social justice: modernising
the welfare state to enhance fairness and opportunity rather than
to entrench dependency, defeating poverty, inequality and discrimination
and waging a crusade against crime.
Labour will win by being the party of democratic renewal: demolishing
unaccountable quangos, devolving power to the nations and regions
of Britain and providing a Bill of Rights.
I know from my own Sedgefield constituency that a mass membership
party drawing on the talents of unions and constituency members can
be a reality.
We must work together for a Labour Government driven by change,
underpinned by conviction, confident in its beliefs and strong enough
to defeat this decaying Tory philosophy, not just for a Parliament
but for a generation.
/s/ Tony Blair
Supporting nominations for the post of Leader
from the following Commons Members of the Parliamentary Labour Party:
R Ainsworth; G Allen; D Anderson; J Anderson; H Armstrong; J Ashton;
K Barron; H Bayley; S Bell; J Benton; G Bermingham; C Betts; P Boateng;
R Boyes; K Bradley; J Bray; G Brown; R Burden; S Byers; J Callaghan;
A Campbell; D Campbell-Savours; J Cann; J Church; D Clark; T Clarke;
D Clelland; A Clwyd; A Coffey; M Connarty; R Cook; R Corbett; T Cox;
J Cummings; Jim Cunningham; John Cunningham; A Darling; B Davies;
J Denham; D Dewar; F Dobson; J Dowd; J Dunnachie; D Enright; A Faulds;
F Field; M Fisher; P Flynn; D Foster; G Foulkes; J Fraser; S Galbraith;
M Gapes; J Garrett; B George; J Gilbert; R Godsiff; N Griffiths;
W Griffiths; B Grocott; J Gunnell; D Hanson; P Hardy; H Harman;
R Hattersley; D Henderson; K Hill; M Hodge; K Hoey; N Hogg; G Hoon;
G Howarth; K Howells; K Hughes; Roy Hughes; J Hutton; A Ingram;
G Jackson; D Jamieson; G Janner; B Jones; T Jowell; G Kaufman; A Keen;
J Kennedy; P Khabra; P Kilfoyle; N Kinnock; G Lofthouse; C Macdonald;
D Macshane; P Mandelson; M Martin; E Martlew; J Maxton; T McAvoy;
J McFall; H McLeish; K McNamara; J McWilliam; A Michael; A Milburn;
A Miller; L Moonie; R Morgan; E Morley; E Morris; J Morris; M Mowlam;
G Mudie; P Murphy; G Oakes; M O'Brien; W O'Brien; E O'Hara; W Olner;
M O'Neill; S Orme; J Owen Jones; T Pendry; G Pope; B Prentice; J Quin;
G Radice; S Randall; N Raynsford; M Redmond; J Reid; JDH Robertson;
G Robertson; G Robinson; A Rogers; J Rooker; J Ruddock; B Sheerman;
A Smith; C Smith; J Spellar; G Steinberg; R Stott; G Strang; J Straw;
A Taylor; J Thompson; S Timms; D Turner; K Vaz; H Walker; M Wicks;
A Williams; AW Williams; B Wilson; A Worthington; A Wright
from the following Members of the European Parliamentary Labour Party:
G Adam; R Balfe; K Collins; C Crawley; W David; A Donnelly; G Ford;
D Hallam; L Harrison; S Hughes; D Martin; E Morgan; S Murphy; M Tappin;
D Thomas; J Tomlinson; C Tongue; P Truscott; P Whitehead; T Wynn
from the following affiliated organisations:
Iron and Steel Trades Confederation; Labour Students; The Christian
Socialist Movement; Society of Labour Lawyers
from the following Constituency Labour Parties:
Ashford; Ayr; Basingstoke; Bolton South East; Bolton West;
Bournemouth East; Bradford South; Brecon & Radnor; Burton;
Caithness & Sutherland; Cardiff South & Penarth; Cardiff West;
Carlisle; Chelmsford; Chorley; Copeland; Coventry North East;
Davyhulme; Eddisbury; Falkirk West; Glasgow Pollok; Glasgow Rutherglen;
Greenock & Port Glasgow; Hamilton; Harborough; Hartlepool; Henley;
Hyndburn; Islwyn; Kilmarnock & Loudoun; Knowsley South; Leicester East;
Leigh; Lewisham West; Liverpool West Derby; Montgomery;
Morley & Leeds South; Motherwell South; Neath; Newcastle East;
Normanton; North Hertfordshire; North Warwickshire;
Oldham Central & Royton; Pontefract & Castleford; Pontypridd; Rhondda;
Ribble South [sic]; Romsey [sic]; Sedgefield; South Shields; Stafford;
Stoke-on-Trent South; Twickenham; Vauxhall; West Bromwich East;
Western Isles; Worcester
+---------+ John Prescott
| | Candidate for Leader and Deputy Leader
| PICTURE |
| | I am standing for both leader and deputy leader to give
| OF MR. | you a real choice in this election. The principles at the
| | heart of my campaign are those that John Smith had
| PRESCOTT| already set in train: full employment and social justice.
| | It is easy to say we believe in these goals. It is not so
+---------+ easy to achieve them. But I am prepared to put my ideas
to the test, and campaign for them with passion and
conviction.
We cannot take the millions off the dole overnight, but we can make a
start right away with an emergency jobs recovery programme in housing,
manufacturing, transport, schools and hospitals. Then we can build
sustainable employment through investment, through training and through
partnership between public and private, employee and employer.
Britain needs full employment to go hand in hand with a welfare state
that provides security and dignity for all our people. And we need
social justice to bind us together in a contented community and a safe
environment, free from misery, pollution and crime.
We must create quality jobs, with effective employment protection, real
job security and lifetime training opportunities. These must be
underpinned by rights to union recognition and a statutory minimum wage.
Women and men should be treated equally, and paid equally for jobs of
equal worth. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, race, age or
disability is unacceptable.
Nothing is more important than winning the next General Election. If we
fail again, we cannot create jobs for the jobless, homes for the
homeless or provide care for the sick and the elderly.
But to win power, Labour must give Britain a real choice, combining
straight-talking with practical policies that will work. That is why
I ask for your support in this election.
/s/ John Prescott
Supporting nominations for the post of Leader
from the following Commons Members of the Parliamentary Labour Party:
I Adams; A Bennett; R Berry; R Caborn; R Campbell; M Clapham; E Clarke;
F Cook; T Dalyell; I Davidson; R Davies; D Dixon; B Donohoe; K Eastham;
W Etherington; J Evans; G Galloway; N Godman; T Graham; M Hall;
D Hinchliffe; J Hood; D Hoyle; Robert Hughes; E Illsley; M Jones;
J Lestor; B Litherland; A Lloyd; D Marshall; J McAllion; I McCartney;
W McKelvey; G McMaster; M Meacher; A Meale; R Parry; T Patchett;
R Powell; J Prescott; L Smith; P Snape; J Walley; R Wareing; M Watson;
J Wray
from the following Members of the European Parliamentary Labour Party:
R Barton; K Coates; P Crampton; T Megahy; E Newman; B Simpson; K Stewart;
G Titley; N West
from the following affiliated organisations:
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers & Firemen; Graphical, Paper &
Media Union; National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies & Shotfirers;
National Union of Mineworkers; National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport
Workers
from the following Constituency Labour Parties:
Argyll & Bute; Batley & Spen; Beverley; Billericay; Blaenau Gwent;
Bootle; Broxbourne; Caerphilly; Chesterfield; Denton & Reddish;
Doncaster North; Don Valley; Dundee East; Dundee West; Glasgow Central;
Glasgow Shettleston; Hayes & Harlington; Hazel Grove; Hornchurch;
Hull East; Loughborough; Manchester Central; Mansfield; Nottingham East;
Ogmore; Oxford West & Abingdon; Paisley North; Pendle; Perth & Kinross;
Salford East; Sheffield Attercliffe; Sheffield Brightside;
Stoke-on-Trent Central; Stretford; Swansea West; Thurrock; Wakefield;
Wansbeck; Warrington North
Supporting nominations for the post of Deputy Leader
from the following Commons Members of the Parliamentary Labour Party:
I Adams; N Ainger; R Ainsworth; T Banks; A Bennett; K Bradley; R Burden;
R Caborn; J Callaghan; J Cann; E Clarke; A Clwyd; A Coffey; M Connarty;
F Cook; R Cook; J Cummings; Jim Cunningham; T Dalyell; I Davidson;
R Davies; D Dixon; J Dunnachie; K Eastham; D Enright; J Evans; A Faulds;
F Field; M Fisher; G Galloway; J Gilbert; N Godman; R Godsiff;
J Gunnell; P Hain; M Hall; D Hanson; D Hinchliffe; J Hood; D Hoyle;
K Hughes; Robert Hughes; Roy Hughes; H Jackson; M Jones; J Kennedy;
P Kilfoyle; J Lestor; B Litherland; G Lofthouse; E Loyden; A Lloyd;
C Macdonald; A Mackinley [sic]; D Macshane; E Martlew; M Martin;
J McAllion; T McAvoy; I McCartney; J McFall; W McKelvey; G McMaster;
M Meacher; A Meale; A Miller; R Morgan; E Morley; E Morris; J Morris;
M Mowlam; G Mudie; P Murphy; W O'Brien; E O'Hara; W Olner; S Orme;
R Parry; T Patchett; T Pendry; C Pickthall; G Pope; R Powell; B Prentice;
J Prescott; M Redmond; JDH Robertson; T Rooney; B Sedgemore; P Snape;
C Soley; G Steinberg; R Stott; J Thompson; H Walker; J Walley; G Wardell;
R Wareing; M Watson; B Wilson; J Wray
from the following Members of the European Parliamentary Labour Party:
G Adam; K Coates; K Collins; P Crampton; T Megahy; E Morgan; E Newman;
C Oddy; B Simpson; K Stewart; G Titley
from the following affiliated organisations:
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers & Firemen; Graphical, Paper &
Media Union; Iron and Steel Trades Confederation; National Association of
Colliery Overmen, Deputies & Shotfirers; National Union of Rail, Maritime &
Transport Workers
from the following Constituency Labour Parties:
Argyll & Bute; Ayr; Batley & Spen; Birmingham Ladywood; Blaenau Gwent;
Bootle; Bournemouth East; Bradford South; Brecon & Radnor; Burton;
Caerphilly; Cardiff South & Penarth; Chelmsford; Davyhulme;
Doncaster North; Don Valley; Falkirk East; Falkirk West;
Glasgow Garscadden; Glasgow Pollok; Glasgow Rutherglen;
Glasgow Shettleston; Greenock and Port Glasgow; Hamilton; Henley;
Hornchurch; Hull East; Hyndburn; Kettering; Kilmarnock & Loudoun;
Knowsley South; Leigh; Liverpool West Derby; Mid Staffordshire;
Montgomery; Morley & Leeds South; Motherwell South; Neath;
Newcastle East; Normanton; Ogmore; Oldham Central & Royton;
Paisley North; Ribble South [sic]; Rochford; Salford East;
Sheffield Attercliffe; South Shields; Stockport; Wakefield; Wansbeck;
Warrington North; West Bromwich East; Western Isles
You and the Labour Party
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All Labour Party members can take great pride in this election for
our new leader.
Labour has shown in the clearest possible way the difference between
us and other parties. While others talk about the importance of democracy,
we have shown the strength of democratic principles which underpin
Labour's philosophy.
For Labour our membership is our strength. Every member is important,
and every member has a say in the election of a new leader. In fact,
this election is an excellent time to recruit new members to Labour -
so please pass on the membership forms you receive with this or other
packs to friends or colleagues who may be interested in joining the Labour
Party.
The most important thing to do is send off your vote for the new leader
as quickly as possible. Your vote must reach us by noon on Monday 18th
July.
At the same time, there is one simple thing that you can do to strengthen
your own links with Labour. That is to spread your next membership renewal
payment over an entire year with monthly payments of as little as #2 a
month.
Your standing order will not only pay for your membership, but the surplus
will make a valuable contribution to our campaign funds.
This gives Labour a reliable source of income we can use to plan campaigns
more effectively in the run up to the next election. It also reduces our
administration costs, freeing up even more money for the battle against
the Tories.
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| To help Labour in this way, simply complete the |
| standing order form overleaf. Return it with your |
| ballot paper in the envelope supplied, and the |
| form will be forwarded on to Labour. |
| Thank you. |
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