Figure 1.1: Conscience, cunning and complete leadership.

Table 1.1: Labour leaders’ statecraft success and failures, 1900–2015.

Figure 2.1: The Labour Party’s vote share and seat share in the House of Commons at general elections, 1900–2015.

Table 2.1: Contextual factors to be considered when assessing leaders.

Table 3.1: Labour performances in each of the twenty-nine general elections, 1906–2015.

Table 3.2: Labour performances in each of the twenty-nine general elections, 1906–2015, ranked by seats gained or lost.

Table 3.3: Labour performances in each of the twenty-nine general elections, 1906–2015, ranked by share of vote gained or lost.

Table 3.4: Overall cumulative Labour leaders’ performances in the twenty-nine general elections, 1906–2015, ranked by seats gained or lost.

Table 3.5: Overall cumulative Labour leaders’ performances in the twenty-nine general elections, 1906–2015, ranked by share of vote gained or lost.

Table 3.6: Leaders’ ‘league table’, ranked by seats.

Table 3.7: Labour performances in votes gained or lost in the twenty-nine general elections, 1906–2015.

Table 3.8: Overall cumulative Labour leaders’ performances in the twenty-nine general elections, 1906–2015, ranked by votes gained or lost.

Table 3.9: Performances of Labour leaders of the opposition.

Table 3.10: Labour leaders in previous rankings of British prime ministers.

Table 7.1: Labour Party performance in general elections, 1922–29.

Table 7.2: Labour Party performance in general elections, 1931–35.

Table 15.1: The 1983, 1987 and 1992 general election results.

Table 15.2: Labour leaders of the opposition, 1937–2015.