How would you vote in U.K. party leadership elections?

[Phony Moderate]

Labour:

1922: Ramsay MacDonald, at least at the time
1935: Clement Attlee
1955: Aneurin Bevan
1960: Harold Wilson
1961: Anthony Greenwood
1963: Harold Wilson
1976: Michael Foot. A real variety of factions on offer here eh.
1980: Peter Shore on the first ballot, Michael Foot on the second
1983: 1. Peter Shore, 2. Eric Heffer, 3. Neil Kinnock, 4. Roy Hattersley. Would have been pissed off at Kinnock for his antics in the 1981 Deputy election.
1988: Tony Benn, even though his time had clearly gone by this point
1992: John Smith. Wouldn't have trusted Bryan Gould, who suddenly ran as the leftie candidate after having been a Blair before Blair
1994: 1. Margaret Beckett, 2. John Prescott, 3. Tony Blair. But at the time I'm sure I would have viewed Blair as "nice chap, just not on my wing of the party".
2007: Gordon Brown unopposed. Would have nominated McDonnell if I'd been an MP.
2010: In hindsight - 1. Andy Burnham, 2. Ed Miliband, 3. Diane Abbott, 4. Ed Balls, 5. David Miliband
2015: Actual vote was 1. Jeremy Corbyn, 2. Andy Burnham, 3. Yvette Cooper, 4. Liz Kendall. Had that obscure Mary whatshername made it onto the ballot she'd have been 4th and Kendall 5th.


Conservative...imagining myself as one even while holding the same views (absurd).

1965: Reggie Maudling...Heath had been responsible for some austerity measures during the previous government IIRC.
1975: Hugh Fraser on the first (don't like the other two, for different reasons), James Prior on the second
1989: The world-famous Anthony Meyer
1990: Michael Heseltine on the first, Douglas Hurd on the second (best of a bad bunch)
1995: John Redwood, just to rock the boat.
1997: John Redwood on the first two, then Kenneth Clarke on the third.
2001: Michael Portillo on all of the MPs ballots, then Kenneth Clarke on the members'.
2003: Would have wanted Portillo, but he was more concerned with doing evening TV programmes by this point
2005: David Davis on all ballots
Next: Of the possible candidates, Boris Johnson


Liberal Democrats/SDP/Liberals, why not:

1967: What a huge electorate this had! Probably Eric Lubbock
1976: David Steel
1982: Such humble, down to earth people.... David Owen is the more bearable of the two.
1988: Paddy Ashdown
1999: 1. Charles Kennedy, 2. Jackie Ballard, 3. David Rendel, 4. Simon Hughes, 5. Malcolm Bruce
2006: 1. Simon Hughes, 2. Ming Campbell, 3. Chris Huhne. This says more about the other two than it does about Hughes.
2007: Chris Huhne, which, again, says more about the alternative.
2015: And again...Tim Farron

[Phony Moderate]

Labour Deputy Leader:

1956: Aneurin Bevan
1959: Bevan unopposed
1960: Frederick Lee
1961: Barbara Castle
1962: Harold Wilson
1970: Michael Foot
1971: Michael Foot
1972: Michael Foot
1976: Michael Foot (at last! he won!)
1980: Denis Healey unopposed
1981: 1. Tony Benn 2. John Silkin 3. Denis Healey (still the most epic election in Labour history)
1983: 1. Michael Meacher, 2. Denzil Davies, 3. Gwyneth Dunwoody, 4. Roy Hattersley
1988: 1. Eric Heffer, 2. John Prescott, 3. Roy Hattersley
1992: 1. Margaret Beckett, 2. John Prescott, 3. Bryan Gould
1994: Margaret Beckett
2007: 1. Peter Hain, 2. Jon Cruddas, 3. Alan Johnson, 4. Hilary Benn, 5. Harriet Harman, 6. Hazel Blears
2015: Actual vote was 1. Stella Creasy, 2. Tom Watson, 3. Angela Eagle, 4. Caroline Flint, 5. Ben Bradshaw