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Malcom MacDonald I could see as someone who could be firmly connected to a Labour Post War Government and probably be friendly with the G.D.H Cole students who adopted Market Socialist/Social Democrat ideologues like Evan Durbin. Amusingly, you could see Malcom being used by them to make there policies more palatable to the Left given his father would probably be seen with rose tinted glasses without the split.Malcolm McDonald
If there is no National Government and no National Labour split then you have Ramsay's son Malcolm - a much more capable man than his father in my opinion and likely to be a first rate Foreign or Colonial Secretary and active from late 1930s to early1960s OTL. If foreign or colonial affairs are important, he might even make Labour Party leader.
I do think the boring answer is A.V.Alexander as the Centre candidate if they wanted someone who appeals to Left and Right and would likely have the backing of Henderson and the Unions/Cooperatives behind him. Another answer if someone more radical is needed, is Tom Johnston, Left Wing but able to appease the Right of the party as well as having a solid track record and firmly supporting Keynesian economics, Johnston is a firm choice for Left Wing leader for Britain in the thirties.Succession to Clynes or Snowden as Labour Party leader (Ernie Bevin was ruled out for plot reasons but would also be a contender, so would A V Alexander but the American TL author knew little about him)-
Probably Atlee who was at least tough minded if not very charismatic. Morrison was talented but seen as too clever for his own good and Ernie Bevin hated his guts. Someone said "Herbert Morrison is his own worst enemy" and Bevin retorted "Not while I'm alive he isn't". Greenwood was charismatic and had ideas but also fond of the bottle and didn't cope well with pressure.