In 1924, Ramsay MacDonald became the first Labour prime minister, leading a minority government which lasted nine months.

[a] Clement Attlee, Harold Wilson, Tony Blair and Keir Starmer remain the only four leaders to have led the party to victory in general elections.

Starmer, having been appointed after a poor party result in 2019, led a revival in fortunes and oversaw a landslide in 2024.

[2] From 1980 to 2014 an electoral college was used, with a third of the votes allocated to the Party's MPs and MEPs, a third to individual members of the Labour Party, and a third to individual members of all affiliated organisations, including socialist societies and trade unions.

However, Neil Kinnock was also elevated to the House of Lords, despite never being prime minister, and Michael Foot declined a similar offer.