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The 1956 Labour Party deputy leadership election took place on 2 February 1956, after the resignation of sitting deputy leader Herbert Morrison. Morrison resigned after his heavy defeat in the leadership election in December 1955, but the party decided not to hold a deputy leadership election until the new year.[1]
Candidates[]
Aneurin Bevan, former Minister of Labour and National Service, Member of Parliament for Ebbw Vale