The Labour Party Leadership Election of 1963: Explaining the Unexpected Election of Harold Wilson

Contemporary British History

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-171

  Heppell, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leadership Elections, Prime Minister Harold Wilson; Party Factionalism; Party Political Leadership; The Labour Party

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953383234     PISSN: 13619462     EISSN: 17437997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13619461003768264     Document Type: Article

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