British Labour Party leadership election to replace John Smith
1994 Labour Party leadership election
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30 June – 21 July 1994 (1994-06-30 – 1994-07-21)
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Candidate
Tony Blair
John Prescott
Margaret Beckett
Overall result
57.0%
24.1%
18.9%
Affiliated unions
52.3%
28.4%
19.3%
Party members
58.2%
24.4%
17.4%
MPs & MEPs
60.5%
19.6%
19.9%
Leader before election
Margaret Beckett (interim)
Elected Leader
Tony Blair
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1997 election
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2003 invasion of Iraq
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The 1994 Labour Party leadership election was held on 21 July 1994 following the death of the incumbent leader, John Smith, on 12 May. Tony Blair won the leadership and became Prime Minister after winning the 1997 general election.
The election was the first held under the new leadership election rules that had been introduced in 1993, which included an element of one member, one vote. The poll for leader was held simultaneously with a deputy leadership vote.
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