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The 2015 Labour Party deputy leadership election was triggered on 8 May 2015 by the resignation of Harriet Harman as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party of the United Kingdom following the party's defeat at the 2015 General Election. Harman, the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, became Acting Leader following Leader Ed Miliband's resignation. Harman announced on the same day that she would step down as Deputy Leader, with her resignation taking effect when the new Leader and Deputy Leader are elected.〔Cathy Owen, (General Election 2015: Harriet Harman announces that she will be standing down as deputy leader of the Labour Party ) ''Wales Online'' (8 May 2015).〕 Five candidates were successfully nominated to stand in the deputy leadership election: Ben Bradshaw, Stella Creasy, Angela Eagle, Caroline Flint, and Tom Watson. The voting process began on Friday 14 August 2015 and closed on Thursday 10 September 2015, with the results being announced on Saturday 12 September 2015. Voting was by Labour Party members and registered and affiliated supporters, using the alternative vote system. Tom Watson was elected deputy leader with 50.7% of the vote on the third ballot. ==Procedure== The leadership election, triggered by Harman's resignation, took place under the reformed rules adopted from the proposals of the February 2014 Collins Report, which was led by Ray Collins, Baron Collins of Highbury.〔Ray Collins, ('Building a One Nation Labour Party: The Collins Review into Labour Party Reform ) (February 2014).〕 The plan entails a shorter election than the one that took place in 2010, with a new deputy leader being in place before Labour's party conference in September 2015. The review changed the way in which Labour elects leaders. Under the former system, a three-way electoral college chose the leader, with one-third weight given to the votes of the Parliamentary Labour Party (i.e., Labour members of the House of Commons) and Labour members of the European Parliament; one-third to individual Labour Party members, and one third to the trade union and affiliated societies sections. Ed Miliband famously won after a large victory in the third of these colleges. Following the Collins review, this system was replaced by a "one member, one vote" (OMOV) system. Candidates were elected by members and registered and affiliated supporters, who will all receive a maximum of one vote. This means that, for example, members of Labour-affiliated trade unions will need to register as Labour supporters in order to vote. In order to stand, candidates needed to have been nominated by at least 15% of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) – now 35 MPs. The vote, as in previous elections, was held by the alternative vote (instant-runoff) system. The leadership election was held under the same rules. A meeting of Labour's National Executive Committee took place on 13 May 2015 to set a timetable and procedure for the two elections. * Tuesday 9 June 2015 – Nominations open * Monday 15 June 2015 (12:00) – Nominations for the Leader close * Wednesday 17 June 2015 (12:00) – Nominations for the Deputy Leader close * Wednesday 17 June 2015 (12:00) – Hustings period opens * Friday 31 July 2015 (12:00) – Supporting nominations close * Wednesday 12 August 2015 (12:00) – Last date to join as member, affiliated support or registered supporter and be able to vote * Friday 14 August 2015 – Ballot papers are sent out * Thursday 10 September 2015 (12:00) – Ballot closes * Saturday 12 September 2015 – Special Conference to announce the results 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Labour Party (UK) deputy leadership election, 2015」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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