Leadership election
A leadership election is a political contest held in various countries by which the members of a political party determine who will be the leader of their party.
Generally, any political party can determine its own rules governing how and when a leadership election is to be held for that party. In the United Kingdom, for example:
A leadership election may be required at intervals set by party rules, or it may be held in response to a certain proportion of those eligible to vote expressing a lack of confidence in the current leadership. In the UK Conservative Party, for example, "a leadership election can be triggered by a vote of no confidence by Conservative MPs in their current leader".
Australia
[Australian Greens]
- 2005 Australian Greens leadership election
- 2012 Australian Greens leadership election
- 2015 Australian Greens leadership election
[Australian Labor Party]
- 1931 Australian Labor Party leadership spill
- 1935 Australian Labor Party leadership election
- 1945 Australian Labor Party leadership election
- 1951 Australian Labor Party leadership election
- 1954 Australian Labor Party leadership spill
- 1956 Australian Labor Party leadership spill
- 1960 Australian Labor Party leadership election
- 1966 Australian Labor Party leadership spill
- 1967 Australian Labor Party leadership election
- 1968 Australian Labor Party leadership spill
- 1976 Australian Labor Party leadership spill
- May 1977 Australian Labor Party leadership spill
- December 1977 Australian Labor Party leadership election
- 1982 Australian Labor Party leadership spill
- 1983 Australian Labor Party leadership spill
- June 1991 Australian Labor Party leadership spill
- December 1991 Australian Labor Party leadership spill
- 2001 Australian Labor Party leadership election
- 2003 Australian Labor Party leadership spills
- 2005 Australian Labor Party leadership spill
- 2006 Australian Labor Party leadership spill
- 2010 Australian Labor Party leadership spill
- 2012 Australian Labor Party leadership spill
- March 2013 Australian Labor Party leadership spill
- June 2013 Australian Labor Party leadership spill
- October 2013 Australian Labor Party leadership election
[Liberal Party of Australia]
- 1966 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election
- 1968 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election
- 1969 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
- 1971 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
- 1972 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election
- 1975 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
- 1982 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
- 1983 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election
- 1985 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
- 1987 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
- 1989 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
- 1990 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election
- 1993 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
- 1994 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
- 1995 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
- 2007 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election
- 2008 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
- 2009 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
- February 2015 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill motion
- September 2015 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
- 2018 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills
[National Party of Australia]
- 2007 National Party of Australia leadership election
- 2016 National Party of Australia leadership election
- 2018 National Party of Australia leadership election
Canada
- Bloc Québécois leadership elections
- Canadian Alliance leadership elections
- 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election
- Green Party of Canada leadership elections
- 2013 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election
- 2017 New Democratic Party leadership election
- Progressive Conservative leadership conventions
- Social Credit Party of Canada leadership conventions
Ireland
[Fianna Fáil]
- 1959 Fianna Fáil leadership election
- 1966 Fianna Fáil leadership election
- 1979 Fianna Fáil leadership election
- 1992 Fianna Fáil leadership election
- 1994 Fianna Fáil leadership election
- 2008 Fianna Fáil leadership election
- 2011 Fianna Fáil leadership election
Japan
Liberal Democratic Party">Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)">Liberal Democratic Party
- 2006 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election
- 2007 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election
- 2008 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election
New Zealand
Green Party">Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand">Green Party
- 2015 Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand male co-leadership election
- 2018 Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand female co-leadership election
Labour Party">New Zealand Labour Party">Labour Party
- 1919 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
- 1920 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
- 1921 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
- 1923 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
- 1933 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
- 1940 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
- 1951 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
- 1954 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
- 1963 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
- 1965 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
- 1974 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
- 1980 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
- 1983 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
- 1988 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
- 1989 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
- 1990 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
- 1993 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
- 1996 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
- 2008 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
- 2011 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
- 2013 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
- 2014 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
- 2017 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
Liberal Party">New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal Party
- 1889 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election
- 1893 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election
- 1906 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election
- 1912 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election
- 1913 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election
National Party">New Zealand National Party">National Party
- 1936 New Zealand National Party leadership election
- 1940 New Zealand National Party leadership election
- 1957 New Zealand National Party leadership election
- 1972 New Zealand National Party leadership election
- 1974 New Zealand National Party leadership election
- 1984 New Zealand National Party leadership election
- 1986 New Zealand National Party leadership election
- 1997 New Zealand National Party leadership election
- 2001 New Zealand National Party leadership election
- 2003 New Zealand National Party leadership election
- 2006 New Zealand National Party leadership election
- 2016 New Zealand National Party leadership election
- 2018 New Zealand National Party leadership election
United Kingdom
Conservative Party">Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party
- 1965 Conservative Party leadership election
- 1975 Conservative Party leadership election
- 1989 Conservative Party leadership election
- 1990 Conservative Party leadership election
- 1995 Conservative Party leadership election
- 1997 Conservative Party leadership election
- 2001 Conservative Party leadership election
- 2003 Conservative Party leadership election
- 2005 Conservative Party leadership election
- 2016 Conservative Party leadership election
- 2019 Conservative Party leadership election
Labour Party">Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party
- 1922 Labour Party leadership election
- 1931 Labour Party leadership election
- 1932 Labour Party leadership election
- 1935 Labour Party leadership election
- 1955 Labour Party leadership election
- 1960 Labour Party leadership election
- 1961 Labour Party leadership election
- 1963 Labour Party leadership election
- 1976 Labour Party leadership election
- 1980 Labour Party leadership election
- 1983 Labour Party leadership election
- 1988 Labour Party leadership election
- 1992 Labour Party leadership election
- 1994 Labour Party leadership election
- 2007 Labour Party leadership election
- 2010 Labour Party leadership election
- 2015 Labour Party leadership election
- 2016 Labour Party leadership election
Liberal Party">Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal Party, Social Democrats">Social Democratic Party (UK)">Social Democrats, Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats
- 1967 Liberal Party leadership election
- 1976 Liberal Party leadership election
- 1982 Social Democratic Party leadership election
- 1988 Social and Liberal Democrats leadership election
- 1999 Liberal Democrats leadership election
- 2006 Liberal Democrats leadership election
- 2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election
- 2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election
- 2017 Liberal Democrats leadership election