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Four contenders stood to replace Foot: Neil Kinnock , Roy Hattersley , Eric Heffer and Peter Shore . Kinnock was always the favourite to win. The results of the election were:

Neil Kinnock won the election with an outright majority and Roy Hattersley became his deputy, beating Michael Meacher . Kinnock remained leader until 1992.