Progress Column
This week I look at the league tables of Labour leaders: http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2012/02/08/labours-most-successful-leaders/
posted by Luke Akehurst at 12:23 pm
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
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- Name: Luke Akehurst
- Location: North Durham, County Durham, United Kingdom
Labour MP for North Durham since 2024. Labour Party activist since 1988 - firmly on the moderate wing of the party. Member of Labour’s NEC 2010-2012 and since 2020. National Secretary of Labour Students 1995-6. Parliamentary candidate for Aldershot (2001) and Castle Point (2005). Hackney Councillor (Chatham Ward) 2002-2014, Labour Group Chief Whip 2002-09, Chair of Health Scrutiny 2010-2014. Dad. Unite and GMB union member. All views expressed in a personal capacity. The rest will become evident from reading the blog.
3 Comments:
A more interesting question is how much better Labour could have performed.
An extra 1,000 votes in 1950 could have meant another 3 seats. Bad luck for Ted Heath (Majority: 133).
With a majority of 11, Labour could have stayed in power until 1954. As austerity gradually eased, Labour may well have won that election and again in 1959.
Something else worth bearing in mind, is that Labour would almost certainly have won in 1970 if the election had been held a week earlier before bad economic news came out.
It only goes to show that a week is a long time in politics!
3:25 pm, February 13, 2012
Re 1970 - and if Gordon Banks hadn't upset his stomach!
:-)
12:30 am, February 16, 2012
1970: The dangers should have been obvious even at the time. How anybody could have failed to see the risks is rather astonishing.
3:50 pm, February 23, 2012
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