Electing and Ejecting Party Leaders in Britain
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Electing and Ejecting Party Leaders in Britain

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Electing and Ejecting Party Leaders in Britain

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The Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats each allow their members to participate in the selection of the party leader. It also examines the consequences of all-member ballots in leadership elections. It looks at how parties remove leaders, showing that each of the major British parties sought to make it harder to evict incumbents.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Figures
  4. List of Tables
  5. List of Boxes
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. List of Abbreviations
  8. Introduction
  9. 1 Electing and Ejecting Party Leaders
  10. 2 Selection and Ejection by the Parliamentary Party
  11. 3 The Labour Party: The Electoral College
  12. 4 The Conservative Party: Enfranchising the Members
  13. 5 The Liberal Democrats: One Member-One Vote
  14. 6 Electing and Ejecting Party Leaders: An Assessment
  15. Appendix A: Labour Party Leadership Election Results 1955โ€“2010
  16. Appendix B: Conservative Party Leadership Election Results 1965โ€“2005
  17. Appendix C: Liberal Party, Social Democratic Party and Liberal Democrat Leadership Election Results 1967โ€“2007
  18. Appendix D: Green Party of England and Wales
  19. Appendix E: United Kingdom Independence Party
  20. Appendix F: British National Party
  21. Appendix G: Scottish National Party
  22. Appendix H: Plaid Cymru
  23. Appendix I: Labour Party Leaders in Scotland and Wales
  24. Appendix J: Conservative Party Leaders in Scotland and Wales
  25. Appendix K: Liberal Democrat Leaders in Scotland and Wales
  26. Appendix L: Donations to Candidates in Party Leadership Contests 2001โ€“10
  27. Appendix M: Proposed Labour Leadership Election Timetable 2009
  28. Notes
  29. Index