Labour Party leadership of Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband's tenure as Leader of the Labour Party / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Labour Party leadership of Ed Miliband began when Ed Miliband was elected as Leader of the UK Labour Party in September 2010, following the resignation of Gordon Brown after the formation of the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government in the aftermath of the 2010 general election.
Miliband's tenure as Labour leader was characterised by a leftward shift in his party's policies under the "One Nation Labour" branding which replaced the "New Labour" branding, and by opposition to the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government's cuts to the public sector. Miliband also abolished the electoral college system to elect the leader and deputy leader of the Labour Party, and replaced it with a "one member, one vote" system in 2014. He led his party into several elections, including the 2014 European Parliament election.
Miliband appointed his first Shadow Cabinet in October 2010, following the Labour Party Shadow Cabinet elections. These elections were the last such elections before they were abolished in 2011. Miliband conducted two major reshuffles in 2011 and 2013, with a number of minor changes throughout his term. Following David Cameron's success in forming a majority Conservative government at the 2015 general election, Miliband resigned as leader on 8 May 2015. He was succeeded after a leadership election by Jeremy Corbyn.