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Avoiding the SDP Split

OwenM

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Because I wanted a catchy title, although it's actually a POD ten years earlier I'm not sure would have that effect.
Roy Jenkins resigned as deputy leader because he thought he was about to lose a vote in the PLP on the party's EEC stance. However, in Hammer of the Left, John Golding relates Jim Wellbeloved (later an SDP MP, then a Labour whip) claiming to him that Jenkins and his allies had gotten their sums wrong and they were actually headed for victory - until Jenkins pissed off his erstwhile supporters with his resignation.
Assuming this is true, what would the consequences be if Woy manages to count correctly, stays on as deputy leader and wins this vote?
 
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