Abstract
The party leader, alternatives to election, an ideal system?, types of system, which method? the of the party leader - the conservatives until 1963 - customary processes, the emergence of Baldwin and Macmillan, the emergence of Lord Home, the system condemned the election of the party leader by MPs I - the conservative since 1965 - the rules of election, theory and practice, the leader rejected, a very tory coup, the system assessed the election of the party leader by MPs II - labour until 1980 - the case for election by MPs, the PLP ballot, the election of Michael Foot, the system under attack, the emergence of the electoral college the election of the party leader by activists - labour's electoral college - the electoral college rules, the rules in operation, the 1988 contests, the electoral college assessed, future of the electoral college the election of the leader by party members - liberals, Social Democrats and Liberal Democrats - the Liberals, the SDP, the Liberal Democrats, the limitations of direct democracy conclusion - a particpatory revolution?, practical imperatives, making a difference, remaining as leaderl.
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