Florida 1961 Labour Party deputy leadership election ← 1960 12 November 1961 (1961-11-12) 1962 → Candidate George Brown Barbara Castle Popular vote 169 56 Percentage 75.1% 24.9% Deputy Leader before election George Brown Elected Deputy Leader George Brown The 1961 Labour Party deputy leadership election took place on 12 November 1961, after sitting deputy leader George Brown was challenged by Barbara Castle, who became the first woman to run for either leader or deputy leader of the Labour Party. Candidates George Brown, incumbent Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Member of Parliament for Belper Barbara Castle, Member of Parliament for Blackburn Results Only ballot: 12 November 1961 Candidate Votes % George Brown 169 75.1 Barbara Castle 56 24.9 George Brown re-elected Sources http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~tquinn/labour_party_deputy.htm Archived 17 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine See also 1961 Labour Party leadership election Labour PartyHistoryMain History of the Labour Party Topics Electoral history General election manifestos History of the socialist movement in the United Kingdom European Parliamentary Labour Party Scottish Labour Party (1888) Independent Labour Party Labour Representation Committee Gladstone–MacDonald pact National Labour Organisation Labour Independent Group Campaign for Democratic Socialism Lib–Lab pact Formation of SDP Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Militant tendency The longest suicide note in history One more heave New Labour Tony's Cronies 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