Who would you have supported? British party leadership contests.

[afleitch]

Pick and choose

Conservatives (all candidates to in 1st, 2nd etc ballots)

1965: Edward Heath, Reginald Maudling, Enoch Powell

1975 : Margaret Thatcher, Edward Heath, Hugh Fraser, William Whitelaw, Geoffrey Howe, James Prior, John Peyton

1989: Margaret Thatcher, Anthony Meyer

1990: Margaret Thatcher, Michael Heseltine, John Major, Douglas Hurd

1995: John Major, John Redwood

1997: Kenneth Clarke, William Hague, John Redwood, Peter Lilley, Michael Howard

2001: Michael Portillo, Iain Duncan Smith, Kenneth Clarke, Michael Ancram, David Davis

2005: David Davis, David Cameron, Liam Fox, Kenneth Clarke


Labour Party:

1955: Hugh Gaitskell, Aneurin Bevan

1960: Hugh Gaitskell, Harold Wilson

1961: Hugh Gaitskell, Anthony Greenwood

1963: Harold Wilson, George Brown, James Callaghan

1976: Michael Foot, James Callaghan, Roy Jenkins, Tony Benn, Denis Healey
Anthony Crosland

1980: Denis Healey, Michael Foot, John Silkin, Peter Shore

1983: Neil Kinnock, Roy Hattersley, Eric Heffer, Peter Shore

1988: Neil Kinnock, Tony Benn

1992: John Smith, Bryan Gould

1994: Tony Blair, John Prescott, Margaret Beckett 

[Rural Radical]

Pick and choose

Conservatives (all candidates to in 1st, 2nd etc ballots)

1965: Edward Heath, Reginald Maudling, Enoch Powell MAUDLING

1975 : Margaret Thatcher, Edward Heath, Hugh Fraser, William Whitelaw, Geoffrey Howe, James Prior, John Peyton

1989: Margaret Thatcher, Anthony Meyer

1990: Margaret Thatcher, Michael Heseltine, John Major, Douglas Hurd

1995: John Major, John Redwood

1997: Kenneth Clarke, William Hague, John Redwood, Peter Lilley, Michael Howard

2001: Michael Portillo, Iain Duncan Smith, Kenneth Clarke, Michael Ancram, David Davis

2005: David Davis, David Cameron, Liam Fox, Kenneth Clarke


Labour Party:

1955: Hugh Gaitskell, Aneurin Bevan GAITSKELL

1960: Hugh Gaitskell, Harold Wilson GAITSKELL

1961: Hugh Gaitskell, Anthony Greenwood GAITSKELL

1963: Harold Wilson, George Brown, James Callaghan WILSON

1976: Michael Foot, James Callaghan, Roy Jenkins, Tony Benn, Denis Healey
Anthony Crosland
 CALLAGHAN
1980: Denis Healey, Michael Foot, John Silkin, Peter Shore
HEALEY
1983: Neil Kinnock, Roy Hattersley, Eric Heffer, Peter Shore
HATTERSLEY
1988: Neil Kinnock, Tony Benn
KINNOCK
1992: John Smith, Bryan Gould
SMITH
1994: Tony Blair, John Prescott, Margaret Beckett 

BLAIR (I voted Blair as Union member)

[minionofmidas]

1965: Edward Heath over Enoch Powell. Who be Maudling?

1975 : I'm only aware of who Thatcher, Edward Heath, William Whitelaw and Geoffrey Howe are, and am not sure in what order I would prefer them except that Thatcher goes last.

1989: Anthony Meyer

1990: Preferences: 4.Margaret Thatcher, 1.Michael Heseltine, 3. just for getting Maggie's support (of course only Heseltine actually stood against her) John Major, 2.Douglas Hurd

1995: John Major over John Redwood

1997: 1.Kenneth Clarke, 2.William Hague, no idea how to order those other abominations.

2001: 2.Michael Portillo, 4.Iain Duncan Smith, 1.Kenneth Clarke, 5.Michael Ancram, 3.David Davis - as all of these, this is assuming - absurdly - that I also want the Tories in government. Preferences from third are therefore based on chances of electoral victory.

2005: David Davis, David Cameron, Liam Fox, 1.Kenneth Clarke. I forget where Fox stood, so can't order him in; and Cameron scares me but might still might conceivably end up above Davis.


Labour Party:

1955: Aneurin Bevan

1960: Harold Wilson

1961: Hugh Gaitskell, Anthony Greenwood. Who was Greenwood?

1963: (of these two:) 1.Harold Wilson 2.James Callaghan. Not aware who Brown is.

1976: 2. (but see 1.) Michael Foot, 4.James Callaghan, 3.Roy Jenkins, 1. (probably not if I cared for winning elections - but then Labour wouldn't, soon enough) Tony Benn, 5.Denis Healey
Anthony Crosland left unsorted because I forget where he belongs.

1980:Michael Foot over Denis Healey. Who are the other guys?

1983: 1.Neil Kinnock over Roy Hattersley. I have heard the *name* Heffer, but that's it.

1988: Tony Benn over Neil Kinnock. His defeat was assured anyways - this vote might be different otherwise.

1992: Bryan Gould just because noone else would.

1994: 3.Tony Blair, 1.John Prescott, 2.Margaret Beckett 

[afleitch]

1965: Edward Heath
1975: William Whitelaw
1989: Margaret Thatcher (I wouldn't quite want to commit political suicide )
1990: Michael Heseltine
1995: John Major
1997: Kenneth Clarke
2001: Michael Portillo
2005: David Cameron

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Who be Maudling?

Reggie Maulding; M.P for Barnet from 1950 until the late '70's, senior Tory politician for most of this time, fairly liberal overall... and a crook who was up to his neck in the Poulson mess and various other dodgy dealings (this bit wasn't known back then, obviously).

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M.P for Rossendale until he retired in 1970, very much on the Left, a Christian Socialist and a Unilateralist.

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Hast thee not heard of George "tired and emotional" Brown?

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Silkin was the M.P for Deptford from the '60's until the '80's. Can't remember as much about him as I should...
Shore was the M.P for various East End constituencies from '64 until 1997. Best known for being strongly anti-EEC/EU, but was also the first politician to decide that something should be done about the state of the inner cities (way ahead of his time on that) and was an early supporter of Wilson.

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Eric Heffer was the leftwing M.P for Liverpool Walton from '64 until his death in the early '90's. Strongly religious IIRC.

[minionofmidas]

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Hast thee not heard of George "tired and emotional" Brown?

Yes... sort of. It's such a generic name, it`s hard to remember it.

[afleitch]

Eric Heffer was the leftwing M.P for Liverpool Walton from '64 until his death in the early '90's. Strongly religious IIRC.

He was active during the early 1970's and, quite literally headed in the opposite of contemporary Reg Prentice who [hack] heroicly [/hack] crossed over to the Conservatives in 1977. IIRC he was not a fan, to put it mildly of the Lib/Lab pact

And here is walking out of Kinnocks infamous conference speech

[Filuwaúrdjan]

55 Bevan
60 Wilson
61 Greenwood
63 Wilson
76 Callaghan
80 Healey
83 Heffer or Shore
88 Kinnock (Benn was a busted flush by this point).
92 Smith!
94 Probably Prescott, although I can't exactly say that I'm a fan of any of these three.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

and, quite literally headed in the opposite of contemporary Reg Prentice who [hack] heroicly [/hack] crossed over to the Conservatives in 1977.

Reg Prentice was nowt but a pathetic imitation of Macdonald, Snowden, Thomas and other such traitors

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Just in case anyone gets the wrong idea; Heffer wasn't a supporter of Militant. He walked out because he felt that his adopted home City was being unfairly attacked by Kinnock.

[afleitch]

Just in case anyone gets the wrong idea; Heffer wasn't a supporter of Militant. He walked out because he felt that his adopted home City was being unfairly attacked by Kinnock.

Thats true; 'scuttling round in taxis' 'grotesque chaos' etc did seem quite focused on Liverpool rather than the Militants on the whole and as far as I'm aware he was not made aware of the context of the speech before hand

[bullmoose88]

Not to hijack the thread...but is there anyone in the UK who adores Thatcher?

It seems that Reagan's far more popular in the US than Thatcher is in the UK (probably an understatement I know)...but why?

[afleitch]

Not to hijack the thread...but is there anyone in the UK who adores Thatcher?

It seems that Reagan's far more popular in the US than Thatcher is in the UK (probably an understatement I know)...but why?

Adore? No.  Admire- increasingly so.

[Harry Hayfield]

Let's be fair about this eh?

Conservatives:

1965: Maudling (Con MP for Chipping Barnet)
1975: Whitelaw (Con MP for Penrith and the Border)
1989: Meyer (Con MP for Clwyd North West)
1990: Heseltine (Con MP for Henley)
1995: Major (Con MP for Huntingdon)
1997: Clarke (Con MP for Rushcliffe)
2001: Clarke (Con MP for Rushcliffe)
2005: Clarke (Con MP for Rushcliffe)

Labour:

1955: Bevan (Lab MP for Ebbw Vale)
1960: Wilson (Lab MP for Huyton)
1961: Gaitskill (Unknown)
1963: Wilson (Lab MP for Huyton)
1976: Callaghan (Lab MP for Cardiff South East)
1980: Healey (Lab MP for Leeds East)
1983: Kinnock (Lab MP for Islwyn)
1988: Kinnock (Lab MP for Islwyn)
1992: Gould (Lab MP for Dagenham)
1994: Beckett (Lab MP for Derby South)

Liberal / SDP / Alliance / Liberal Democrats:

1967: Hooson (Lib MP for Montgomery)
1976: Pardoe (Lib MP for Cornwall North)
1982: Jenkins (SDP MP for Glasgow, Hillhead)
1988: Ashdown (Lib Dem MP for Yeovil)
1999: Ballard (Lib Dem MP for Taunton) (Party Member)
2006: Huhne (Lib Dem MP for Eastleigh) (Paty Member)

[Filuwaúrdjan]

1965: Maudling (Con MP for Chipping Barnet)

Just Barnet then; they added the Chipping in either '74 or '83.

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Leeds South (parts of which are in the current Morley & Rothwell seat; the estates to the south of the inner city that is, not Morley, which was twinned with Batley at the time).

[minionofmidas]

And here is walking out of Kinnocks infamous conference speech

That's it. That's what I was remembering the name from!

[Michael Z]

Nice idea for a thread.

Conservatives (all candidates to in 1st, 2nd etc ballots)

1965: Edward Heath, Reginald Maudling, Enoch Powell

1975 : Margaret Thatcher, Edward Heath, Hugh Fraser, William Whitelaw, Geoffrey Howe, James Prior, John Peyton

1989: Margaret Thatcher, Anthony Meyer

1990: Margaret Thatcher, Michael Heseltine, John Major, Douglas Hurd

1995: John Major, John Redwood

1997: Kenneth Clarke, William Hague, John Redwood, Peter Lilley, Michael Howard

2001: Michael Portillo, Iain Duncan Smith, Kenneth Clarke, Michael Ancram, David Davis (Undecided between Portillo and Clarke)

2005: David Davis, David Cameron, Liam Fox, Kenneth Clarke


Labour Party:

1955: Hugh Gaitskell, Aneurin Bevan

1960: Hugh Gaitskell, Harold Wilson

1961: Hugh Gaitskell, Anthony Greenwood

1963: Harold Wilson, George Brown, James Callaghan

1976: Michael Foot, James Callaghan, Roy Jenkins, Tony Benn, Denis Healey
Anthony Crosland

1980: Denis Healey, Michael Foot, John Silkin, Peter Shore

1983: Neil Kinnock, Roy Hattersley, Eric Heffer, Peter Shore

1988: Neil Kinnock, Tony Benn

1992: John Smith, Bryan Gould

1994: Tony Blair, John Prescott, Margaret Beckett

[ThePrezMex]

Conservatives (all candidates to in 1st, 2nd etc ballots)

1965: Edward Heath, Reginald Maudling, Enoch Powell

1975 : Margaret Thatcher, Edward Heath, Hugh Fraser, William Whitelaw, Geoffrey Howe, James Prior, John Peyton

1989: Margaret Thatcher, Anthony Meyer

1990: Margaret Thatcher, Michael Heseltine, John Major, Douglas Hurd

1995: John Major, John Redwood

1997: Kenneth Clarke, William Hague, John Redwood, Peter Lilley, Michael Howard - I really like William Hague, but I think it was a huge mistake of giving him the leadership that young - he needed to wait one more term.

2001: Michael Portillo, Iain Duncan Smith, Kenneth Clarke, Michael Ancram, David Davis

2005: David Davis, David Cameron, Liam Fox, Kenneth Clarke


Labour Party:

1955: Hugh Gaitskell, Aneurin Bevan

1960: Hugh Gaitskell, Harold Wilson

1961: Hugh Gaitskell, Anthony Greenwood

1963: Harold Wilson, George Brown, James Callaghan

1976: Michael Foot, James Callaghan, Roy Jenkins, Tony Benn, Denis Healey
Anthony Crosland

1980: Denis Healey, Michael Foot, John Silkin, Peter Shore - none

1983: Neil Kinnock, Roy Hattersley, Eric Heffer, Peter Shore

1988: Neil Kinnock, Tony Benn

1992: John Smith, Bryan Gould

1994: Tony Blair, John Prescott, Margaret Beckett

[k-onmmunist]

BUMP.

1965: Edward Heath, Reginald Maudling, Enoch Powell

1975 : Margaret Thatcher, Edward Heath, Hugh Fraser, William Whitelaw, Geoffrey Howe, James Prior, John Peyton

1989: Margaret Thatcher, Anthony Meyer

1990: Margaret Thatcher, Michael Heseltine, John Major, Douglas Hurd

1995: John Major, John Redwood

1997: Kenneth Clarke, William Hague, John Redwood, Peter Lilley, Michael Howard

2001: Michael Portillo, Iain Duncan Smith, Kenneth Clarke, Michael Ancram, David Davis

2005: David Davis, David Cameron, Liam Fox, Kenneth Clarke


Labour Party:

1955: Hugh Gaitskell, Aneurin Bevan

1960: Hugh Gaitskell, Harold Wilson

1961: Hugh Gaitskell, Anthony Greenwood

1963: Harold Wilson, George Brown, James Callaghan

1976: Michael Foot, James Callaghan, Roy Jenkins, Tony Benn, Denis Healey
Anthony Crosland

1980: Denis Healey, Michael Foot, John Silkin, Peter Shore

1983: Neil Kinnock, Roy Hattersley, Eric Heffer, Peter Shore

1988: Neil Kinnock, Tony Benn

1992: John Smith, Bryan Gould

1994: Tony Blair, John Prescott, Margaret Beckett