1922 Labour Party leadership election (UK)

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1922 Labour Party leadership election

21 November 1922 (1922-11-21) 1931 →

Candidate Ramsay MacDonald J. R. Clynes Popular vote 61 56 Percentage 52.1% 47.9%

Leader before election J. R. Clynes Elected Leader Ramsay MacDonald

The 1922 Labour Party leadership election was the first leadership election for the posts of chairman and leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party. Previously the position had been simply the "Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party".

The election took place when the incumbent chairman J. R. Clynes was challenged by the former leader Ramsay MacDonald. MacDonald opposed the way Clynes led the party.^{[clarification needed]}