| CORBLIMEY | My whitewash is embraced by Labour leader losing election in the end (3,6) |
| BATTLE | British Prime Minister losing election initially in Sussex town (6) |
| KEYSEAT | Islands consume what could mean the difference between winning and losing election (3,4) |
| EATANSWILL | The location of a by-election in The Pickwick Papers |
| PRIMARY | Elementary school the venue for an election in the US (7) |
| RUNNINGMATE | Candidate for a secondary position in an election (in the US) (7.4) |
| COLTSFOOT | Bloomer by Labour leader once, having upset 62.5% of Scotland first (9) |
| UNTENABLE | UN support over prohibition sent up by Labour leader as indefensible (9) |
| LOATHSOME | Obnoxious son arrested by Labour leader over party |
| HOIPOLLOI | Election in Ohio, maybe I'll support the masses (3,6) |
| GALLOPING | Georgia election, in retrospect, basically impacts new government's running (9) |
| PRIMARIES | Elections in which voters of each party choose candidates for office |
| ULTIMAS | Heard on The Last Word's unbelievable introduction by Labour leader that time is cut short by a seco |
| BRITTLE | UK citizen stands by Labour leader boxed in by Trotskyite extremes, likely to snap (7) |
| FLAIR | Natural ability shown by Labour's leader in the course of charity bazaar |
| CULTIVATE | To plant, tend, harvest or improve plants by labour and skill (9) |
| NOTORIETY | Bow tie grabbed by Labour supporter? Infamy I (9) |
| DUBLIN | Style shown by Labour's leader in European city (6) |
| BOOBYTRAP | Blunder by Labour, say, over hidden bomb? |
| DEBS | Eugene, Socialist Party of America candidate in five US presidential elections in the early 20th centurv (4) |
