Leader of the Labour Party (UK)

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The Leader of the Labour Party (UK) is the head of the British Labour Party, responsible for its political direction, leadership in Parliament, and often serving as the party’s candidate for Prime Minister.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf party leadership position
political office
appliesToPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
appointingBody Labour Party members
affiliated trade union supporters (historically)
registered Labour supporters (in some periods)
canBeRemovedBy Labour Party rules
leadership challenge
vote of no confidence by Parliamentary Labour Party (historically)
country United Kingdom
firstHolder Keir Hardie
hasAssociatedPosition Chair of the Labour Party (UK)
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK)
Leader of the Opposition (UK)
hasAuthorityOver Labour Party frontbench team
appointment of Shadow Cabinet (in opposition)
overall party strategy
political direction of the Labour Party (UK)
inception 1906
isUsually Leader of the Opposition (UK)
Member of Parliament (UK)
candidate for Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
jurisdiction United Kingdom-wide Labour Party
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
notableOfficeHolder Clement Attlee
Ed Miliband
Gordon Brown
Harold Wilson
James Callaghan
Jeremy Corbyn
John Smith
Keir Hardie
Keir Starmer
Neil Kinnock
Ramsay MacDonald
Tony Blair
officeHoldersCanBecome Leader of the Opposition (UK)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
officeLocation Labour Party headquarters, London
Parliament of the United Kingdom, Westminster
linked to: British Parliament
partyIdeologyContext democratic socialism
social democracy
politicalAlignment centre-left
positionHeldInLegislature Parliament of the United Kingdom
linked to: British Parliament
relatedPosition Leader of the Scottish Labour Party
Leader of the Welsh Labour Party
residence United Kingdom
responsibleFor leadership of Labour Party in Parliament
leading national election campaigns for Labour Party
presenting Labour Party policies to the public
representing Labour Party at Prime Minister’s Questions
roleIn Labour Party (UK)
selectionMethod internal party election
one member one vote system
symbol red rose (Labour Party emblem)
termLength indefinite
serves at pleasure of party
typicalChamber House of Commons of the United Kingdom

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Gordon Brown positionHeld Leader of the Labour Party (UK)
Neil Kinnock positionHeld Leader of the Labour Party (UK)
Ed Miliband positionHeld Leader of the Labour Party
linked to: Leader of the Labour Party (UK)
Michael Foot positionHeld Leader of the Labour Party
linked to: Leader of the Labour Party (UK)
2010 Labour Party leadership election electedPosition Leader of the Labour Party (UK)
Ramsay MacDonald positionHeld Leader of the Labour Party (UK)
Keir Hardie positionHeld Leader of the Labour Party (UK)
2015 Labour Party leadership election positionContested Leader of the Labour Party (UK)
Jeremy Corbyn positionHeld Leader of the Labour Party (UK)
subject linked to: Laura Alvarez
Neil Kinnock positionHeld Leader of the Labour Party (UK)
subject linked to: Kinnock
Labour Party National Executive Committee compositionIncludes Labour Party leader
linked to: Leader of the Labour Party (UK)
2007 Labour Party leadership election positionContested Leader of the Labour Party (UK)
Hugh Gaitskell positionHeld Leader of the Labour Party (UK)
subject linked to: Leeds South
Dora Gaitskell, Baroness Gaitskell spouseOccupation Leader of the Labour Party (Hugh Gaitskell)
linked to: Leader of the Labour Party (UK)
Hugh Gaitskell positionHeld Leader of the Labour Party (UK)
subject linked to: Gaitskell