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2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election

British leadership election to replace John Prescott

Field	Value
election_name	2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1994 Labour Party deputy leadership election
previous_year	1994
next_election	2015 Labour Party deputy leadership election
next_year	2015
1blank	First pref.
2blank	Final pref.
election_date
image1	Harriet Harman (cropped).jpg
image1_size	150x150px
candidate1	Harriet Harman
colour1
1data1	18.9%
2data1	50.4%
image2	Alan Johnson -9Oct2007-2.jpg
image2_size	150x150px
candidate2	Alan Johnson
colour2
1data2	18.2%
2data2	49.6%
image3	JonCruddasMP.jpg
image3_size	150x150px
candidate3	Jon Cruddas
colour3
1data3	19.4%
2data3	—
image4	Hilary Benn.jpg
image4_size	150x150px
candidate4	Hilary Benn
colour4	0
1data4	16.4%
2data4	—
image5	Peter Hain.png
image5_size	150x150px
candidate5	Peter Hain
colour5
1data5	15.3%
2data5	—
image6	Hazel Blears, June 2009 2 cropped.jpg
image6_size	150x150px
candidate6	Hazel Blears
colour6
1data6	11.8%
2data6	—
title	Deputy Leader
before_election	John Prescott
after_election	Harriet Harman

The 2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election was a British political party election for the position of deputy leader of the Labour Party. John Prescott, the previous deputy leader, announced on 10 May 2007 that he was standing down from that position and that he would be resigning as deputy prime minister, about the same time that Tony Blair tendered his resignation as prime minister.

Harriet Harman was elected deputy leader on 24 June 2007 with 50.43% of the final redistributed vote. However, Gordon Brown, who was elected leader on the same day, did not subsequently appoint her deputy prime minister, instead leaving the office vacant.

There had been reports that an increasing number of Labour MPs and members of the NEC had been attempting to get the election for the position of deputy leader abandoned in order to save the £2,000,000 it was estimated that the contest would cost. There would have had to have been a special conference convened if such an alteration was to be made.

Successfully nominated candidates

Hilary Benn – 47 nominations
Hazel Blears – 49 nominations
Jon Cruddas – 49 nominations
Peter Hain – 51 nominations
Harriet Harman – 65 nominations
Alan Johnson – 73 nominations

All six declared candidates secured more than the 45 nominations from MPs that was the minimum requirement for them to get onto the ballot paper by close of nominations at 12:30 UTC+1 on 17 May 2007.

Results

The election took place using Alternative Vote in an electoral college, with a third of the votes allocated to MPs and MEPs, a third to individual members of the Labour Party, and a third to individual members of affiliated organisations, mainly trade unions.

Harriet Harman won the contest, her victory heavily depending on support from individual party members with preference votes narrowing her opponents' lead and she led in the final round only. The final total percentage votes for the two main candidates after redistribution were almost identical to those of the final round of the 1981 contest.

Candidate	Affiliates
(33.3%)	Members
(33.3%)	MPs/MEPs
(33.3%)	Total
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Jon Cruddas	27.3%	17.0%	13.9%
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Harriet Harman	13.1%	24.1%	19.6%
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Alan Johnson	13.7%	16.6%	24.3%
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Hilary Benn	14.8%	21.7%	12.8%
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Peter Hain	19.9%	11.6%	14.4%
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Hazel Blears	11.3%	9.0%	15.0%

Candidate	Affiliates
(33.3%)	Members
(33.3%)	MPs/MEPs
(33.3%)	Total
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Alan Johnson	17.7%	19.1%	34.4%
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Harriet Harman	15.5%	26.4%	21.9%
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Jon Cruddas	28.9%	18.0%	14.2%
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Hilary Benn	16.7%	23.8%	14.2%
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Peter Hain	21.3%	12.7%	15.3%

Candidate	Affiliates
(33.3%)	Members
(33.3%)	MPs/MEPs
(33.3%)	Total
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Alan Johnson	23.5%	22.0%	38.4%
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Harriet Harman	21.4%	30.5%	25.9%
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Jon Cruddas	33.1%	19.8%	18.9%
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Hilary Benn	22.2%	27.9%	17.0%

Candidate	Affiliates
(33.3%)	Members
(33.3%)	MPs/MEPs
(33.3%)	Total
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Alan Johnson	30.8%	32.1%	46.2%
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Harriet Harman	28.4%	41.5%	30.9%
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Jon Cruddas	40.9%	26.5%	23.0%

Candidate	Affiliates
(33.3%)	Members
(33.3%)	MPs/MEPs
(33.3%)	Total
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Harriet Harman	48.6%	56.5%	46.3%
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Alan Johnson	51.5%	43.5%	53.8%

Suggested candidates not standing

Jeremy Corbyn announced in December 2006 he was considering running for the Deputy Leadership. However, there was no subsequent statement from him on it and he nominated Hilary Benn for the Deputy Leadership. No other eligible person – i.e. Labour MP – announced they were considering standing for the position except for the six nominated candidates and Jeremy Corbyn. Corbyn would go on to be elected Leader of the Labour Party in the 2015 leadership election, appointing Benn his Shadow Foreign Secretary.

There was some speculation about Ed Balls, Patricia Hewitt, David Miliband and Jack Straw standing for the position, but no sign that they had ever said they were inclined to run and all had ruled themselves out before nominations opened.

Timeline of events

Main article: Timeline of the 2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK)

Candidate spending

The number of donations made to each candidate for their campaigns were:

Hilary Benn – £4,000
Hazel Blears – £73,000
Jon Cruddas – £143,000
Peter Hain – £180,000–£200,000
Harriet Harman – £46,000, plus £50,000 of her own loans
Alan Johnson – £54,000

References and notes

References

(28 September 2006). "Prescott tells Labour: I'm sorry". [[BBC News Online]].
(21 June 2007). "Labour may call off deputy leader race". [[The Independent]].
(2006-12-10). "Axe Labour deputy post, MP says". [[BBC News Online]].
(27 October 2006). "Benn to run for deputy position". [[BBC News Online]].
(2007-05-16). "Brown on brink of Downing Street". [[BBC News Online]].
(2007-05-16). "Deputy hopefuls make their case". [[BBC News Online]].
Wintour, Patrick. (23 February 2007). "Blears to run for Labour deputy and admits party 'disengaged'". [[The Guardian]].
(2006-09-27). "Ex-No 10 aide Cruddas will stand". [[BBC News Online]].
Tempest, Matthew. (2006-10-18). "Leftwinger launches deputy leadership campaign". [[The Guardian]].
(2006-09-12). "Labour deputy race gathers pace". [[BBC News Online]].
Hencke, David. (2007-05-10). "Hain and Harman claim places on deputy ballot". [[The Guardian]].
(2006-09-15). "Harman intends Labour deputy bid". [[BBC News Online]].
(2006-11-09). "U.K.'s Johnson abandons Labour Party Leadership Race (Update2)". [[Bloomberg L.P.]].
(2007-05-15). "McDonnell short for leadership race". [[Reuters]].
(2007-05-17). "Labour leadership, close of nominations". [[Labour Party (UK).
(2007-06-24). "Labour Party Deputy Leadership results". [[Labour Party (UK).
Mulholland, Hélène. (20 December 2006). "Meacher set to challenge Brown from left". [[The Guardian]].
[[Patricia Hewitt]] backed [[Harriet Harman]], in response to a question from [[John Pienaar]] on [[BBC Radio 5 Live]]'s ''The Weekend News'' on 9 December 2006
(14 September 2006). "Profile: David Miliband". [[BBC News Online]].
Patrick Wintour and David Hencke. (10 January 2008). "Hain failed to declare £100,000 of donations". [[The Guardian]].

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