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1955 Labour Party leadership election information


1955 Labour Party leadership election
← 1935 14 December 1955 (1955-12-14) 1960 →
 
Candidate Hugh Gaitskell Aneurin Bevan Herbert Morrison
Popular vote 157 70 40
Percentage 58.8% 26.2% 15.0%

Leader before election

Clement Attlee

Elected Leader

Hugh Gaitskell

The 1955 Labour Party leadership election was held following the resignation of Clement Attlee. Attlee was Prime Minister from 1945 to 1951 and stayed on as party leader until he lost the 1955 general election.

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