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| | List of the David Owen Papers : D709 1 - Personal Papers, D7092 - Labour Party Papers, and D709 4 - Independent ... |
 | | On 14 -- 15 Jun 1980 at the conference of the Labour Party Commission of Enquiry to finalize its report, held at Bishop's Stortford, proposals for mandatory reselection and an electoral college system for the election of the Party leader were passed; finally endorsed, to the frustration of Owen, by James Callaghan. |
 | | At the annual Labour Party conference in October, the Left-wing realised further significant victories, carrying votes to introduce unilateral nuclear disarmament, to establish mandatory reselection of MPs and to widen the franchise for election of the Party leader and deputy leader, by a method to be decided by a Special Conference. |
 | | On 10 Nov 1980 the election of Michael Foot as Party Leader, defeating Denis Healey, was a further indication of the Left's ascendancy, and moved David Owen to the decision to resign from the Shadow Cabinet. |
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