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A deputy leadership election for theLabour Party in theUnited Kingdom took place on 2 October 1983 to replace incumbentDeputy LeaderDenis Healey. Healey had served in the position since 1980, becoming deputy leader at the same time thatMichael Foot became party leader. Foot and Healey had both announced their resignations following thegeneral election on 9 June 1983, in which a disastrous performance left the Labour Party with just 209 seats in parliament.
The election was conducted using the Labour party's electoral college. It was won byRoy Hattersley, who won more than two-thirds of the votes. On the same day,Neil Kinnock won the leadership election. A youngPeter Mandelson was employed in Hattersley's campaign team for the deputy leadership contest.
The election took place at Labour Party conference, with affiliated trade unions holding 40% of the votes, delegates fromConstituency Labour Parties holding 30% of the votes, and theParliamentary Labour Party holding the final 30% of the votes.
| Candidate[1] | Affiliated block votes (40%)[2] | CLP block votes (30%) | PLP votes (30%) | Overall result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | % | |||
Roy Hattersley Y | 5,349 | 88.2 | 318 | 51.0 | 112 | 55.7 | 67.3 | ||
| Michael Meacher | 718 | 11.8 | 298 | 47.8 | 59 | 29.4 | 27.9 | ||
| Denzil Davies | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.8 | 22 | 10.9 | 3.5 | ||
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.3 | 8 | 4.0 | 1.3 | ||
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