Election	Winning leader	Alma mater
1945	Clement Attlee	University of Oxford
1950	Clement Attlee	University of Oxford
1951	Winston Churchill	Non graduate
1955	Anthony Eden	University of Oxford
1959	Harold Macmillan	University of Oxford
1964	Harold Wilson	University of Oxford
1966	Harold Wilson	University of Oxford
1970	Edward Heath	University of Oxford
1974 Feb	Harold Wilson	University of Oxford
1974 Oct	Harold Wilson	University of Oxford
1979	Margaret Thatcher	University of Oxford
1983	Margaret Thatcher	University of Oxford
1987	Margaret Thatcher	University of Oxford
1992	John Major	Non graduate
1997	Tony Blair	University of Oxford
2001	Tony Blair	University of Oxford
2005	Tony Blair	University of Oxford
2010	David Cameron	University of Oxford

This is the “PB winning leader/Alma mater” table updated to take into account latest developments.

Should Labour take note of the trend in its coming leadership election? This is the relevant information about possible contenders.

Possible Contender	Alma mater
Harriet Harman	University of York
David Miliband	University of Oxford
Ed Miliband	University of Oxford
Ed Balls	University of Oxford
Yvette Cooper	University of Oxford
Andy Burnham	University of Cambridge
John Cruddas	University of Warwick
Hilary Benn	University of Sussex
Alistair Darling	University of Aberdeen
John Denham	University of Southampton
Caroline Flint	University of East Anglia

Note I’m on holiday in the Peak District and am not monitoring the threads or posting very much.

Mike Smithson