of constituency parties, and Labour MPs were all weighted equally. Margaret Beckett, incumbent Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Member of Parliament for Derby South Tony Blair, Shadow Home Secretary, Member of Parliament for Sedgefield John Prescott, Shadow Secretary of State for Employment, Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull East Result : Tony Blair won, and led the party to its first general election victory for twenty-three years at the 1997 Election. Prescott won the deputy leadership poll, and went on to become Deputy Prime Minister during Blair's premiership. Beckett would also serve both in the Shadow Cabinet and then the Cabinet throughout Blair's term as leader, eventually becoming the last of the three Foreign Secretaries of the Blair ministries. The next leadership election to take place occurred when Blair resigned in June 2007; this election was won by Gordon Brown, who ran uncontested. The next contested election would be in 2010, when Brown resigned. How each MP voted Source See also 1994 Labour Party deputy leadership election Blair–Brown deal Notes References 1994 Labour Party leadership election Labour Party leadership election Tony Blair Labour Party leadership election