Elections 12 September 2015 Labour chooses white man as leader In pictures: Labour's diverse history. Getty Sign UpGet the New Statesman's Morning Call email. Sign-up The Labour party has chosen Jeremy Corbyn, the MP for Islington North as its new leader. The news marks the latest installment in the proud history of Britain's main left-wing party. Here are some pictures of those who've led the party in the past. Keir Hardie, 1900-08 Arthur Henderson, 1908-10, 1914-17, 1931-2 George Barnes, 1910-11 Ramsey Macdonald, 1911-14, 1922-31 William Adamson, 1917-21 J. R. Clynes, 1921-1922 George Lansbury, 1932-1935 Clement Attlee, 1935-55 Hugh Gaitskell, 1955-63 Harold Wilson, 1963-76 James Callaghan, 1976-80 Michael Foot, 1980-83 Neil Kinnock, 1983-92 John Smith, 1992-94 Tony Blair, 1994-2007 Gordon Brown, 2007-10 Ed Miliband, 2010-15 Jeremy Corbyn, 2015- Labour has also just chosen this man as its new deputy leader. Tom Watson, deputy leader, 2015- He replaces Harriet Harman. All images courtesy of Wikimedia Commons except John Smith (Getty), Jeremy Corbyn (Garry Knight/Wikimedia). › Jeremy Corbyn elected Labour leader Jonn Elledge is a freelance journalist, formerly assistant editor of the New Statesman and editor of its sister site, CityMetric. You can find him on Twitter or Facebook.
