Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK)

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The Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK) is the second-highest-ranking official in the British Labour Party, elected by party members to support and, when necessary, stand in for the party leader.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf party office ⓘ
political office ⓘ
appliesToPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
associatedWith Labour Party National Executive Committee ⓘ
Leader of the Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
canActAs Acting Leader of the Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentHolder Angela Rayner ⓘ
currentHolderStartDate 2020 ⓘ
electionSystem one member, one vote ⓘ
firstHolder John Robert Clynes ⓘ
inception 1922 ⓘ
isDeputyTo Leader of the Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
isPartOf Labour Party leadership ⓘ
jurisdiction internal affairs of the Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
mayHoldGovernmentPost Cabinet minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder Angela Rayner ⓘ
Clement Attlee ⓘ
Denis Healey ⓘ
George Brown ⓘ
Harriet Harman ⓘ
Herbert Morrison ⓘ
John Prescott ⓘ
John Robert Clynes ⓘ
Michael Foot ⓘ
Roy Hattersley ⓘ
Roy Jenkins ⓘ
Tom Watson ⓘ
officeHolderMustBe member of the Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
officeHolderOftenIs Member of Parliament (MP) ⓘ
member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
officeType partisan office ⓘ
politicalAlignment centre-left ⓘ
positionInOrganization second-highest-ranking official in the Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
previousElectionSystem electoral college system ⓘ
previousElectionSystemUsedUntil 2014 ⓘ
role stands in for the Leader of the Labour Party (UK) when necessary ⓘ
supports the Leader of the Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
scope national-level party leadership in the United Kingdom ⓘ
seatRequirementCustomary House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
selectionMethod elected by party members ⓘ
shortName Deputy Labour Leader ⓘ
status senior party officer ⓘ
typicalDuties media representation of the Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
party campaigning ⓘ
supporting party organization and strategy ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harriet Harman → positionHeld → Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
Labour Party National Executive Committee → compositionIncludes → Labour Party deputy leader ⓘ
linked to: Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK)
Leader of the Labour Party (UK) → hasAssociatedPosition → Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
John Robert Clynes → positionHeld → Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK) → canActAs → Acting Leader of the Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
linked to: Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK)
Harriet Harman → positionHeld → Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
subject linked to: 1982 Peckham by-election
2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election → positionContested → Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK) ⓘ