1976 Labour Party leadership election

• Labour Party
• MP for Cardiff South East

• Decimalisation
• Race Relations Act 1968
• 1975 EEC Referendum

• Premiership
• 1976 leadership election
• Cabinet
• Lib–Lab pact
• Winter of Discontent
• 1979 Scottish devolution referendum
• 1979 Welsh devolution referendum
• Vote of no confidence
• 1979 budget
• 1979 general election

The 1976 Labour Party leadership election occurred when Harold Wilson resigned as Leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister. It is the only occasion when the Labour Party, whilst in government, has had a leadership election with more than one candidate. It was also the first time a governing party had chosen a Prime Minister through exhaustive ballots while in office.