1922 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
British leadership election to replace J. R. Clynes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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".
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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]