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How would each of the following elections have turned out? The alternate leaders are in bold, with an explanation in brackets. Each election has it's own POD.

1959 - Harold Macmillan (Conservative) vs. Aneurin Bevan (Labour) (succeeded Clement Attlee in 1955) vs. Jo Grimond (Liberal)

1979 - James Callaghan (Labour) vs. Ted Heath (Conservative) (having survived the 1975 leadership challenge) vs. David Steel (Liberal)

1987 - Roy Hattersley (Labour) (Succeeded Michael Foot in 1983) vs. Margaret Thatcher (Conservative) vs. Shirley Williams (Succeeded Roy Jenkins in 1983)/David Steel (Alliance)

1997 - John Redwood (Conservative) (defeated John Major in the 1995 leadership challenge) vs. John Prescott (Labour) (Won the leadership in 1994 after Blair declined to stand) vs. Paddy Ashdown (Liberal Democrats)

2005 - Michael Portillo (Conservative) (Won the leadership in 2001) vs. Tony Blair (Labour) vs. Charles Kennedy (Liberal Democrats)
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