The World - News from July 9, 1987
The British Labor Party chose a new leadership, with gains made by allies of party leader Neil Kinnock. Less than a month after losing a hard-fought general election to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s Conservatives, Labor’s 229 members of Parliament chose a “shadow cabinet” of 15 that reflects Kinnock’s soft-left political stance. The hard-left Tribune Group within the party failed to gain a single seat on the leadership, despite speculation that the influence of radicals would increase after Thatcher won a wide majority in the House of Commons.
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