Labour Party (UK) deputy leadership election, 1988

Labour Party deputy leadership election, 1988

← 1983

2 October 1988 (1988-10-02)

1992 →


Candidate	Roy Hattersley	John Prescott	Eric Heffer
Overall Result	66.8%	23.7%	9.5%
Affiliated Unions	78.3%	21.6%	0.0%
Party members	60.4%	26.2%	13.5%
Labour MPs	57.9%	24.0%	18.1%

Deputy Leader before election

Roy Hattersley

Elected Deputy Leader

Roy Hattersley

A Labour Party Deputy Leadership Election took place on 2 October 1988 when John Prescott and Eric Heffer challenged Labour's incumbent Deputy Leader Roy Hattersley. Hattersley had served in the position since 1983.

The election was conducted using the Labour Party's Electoral College. Delegates at Labour Party conference voted in the election, with 40% of votes going to affiliated unions, 30% to constituency parties and 30% to the Parliamentary Labour Party.

The challenge to Hattersley's position was unsuccessful, and he retained the deputy leadership of the party by a wide margin. He served until 1992, when he resigned following Labour's defeat in the 1992 general election.

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