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"We met ahead of the second [Ballot]. Crosland expected Varley would endorse him, but he said that he was our public face-it would destroy the Party if you won, so he said that he should remove his name from consideration, and we should nominate someone else. They chose him."

-Anonymous (2000)

Kenneth Woolmer: 22.64% (Affiliated), 16.52% (Affiliated), 13.38% (Parliamentary)

Tony Benn: 22.61% (Affiliated), 19.96% (Constituency), 4.89% (Parliamentary)