Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election, 1955

Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in 1955. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader (Clement Attlee), Deputy Leader (Herbert Morrison), Labour Chief Whip (William Whiteley), Labour Leader in the House of Lords (William Jowitt) were automatically members.

The 12 winners of the election are listed below:[1][2]

Colour
key		 Retained in the Shadow Cabinet
Joined the Shadow Cabinet
Rank
Candidate
Constituency
Votes
1Jim GriffithsLlanelli186
2Hugh GaitskellLeeds South184
3†James CallaghanCardiff South-East148
3†Alfred RobensBlyth148
5Harold WilsonHuyton147
6Edith SummerskillFulham West133
7Aneurin BevanEbbw Vale118
8George BrownBelper101
9Philip Noel-BakerDerby South100
10Anthony GreenwoodRossendale91
11Richard StokesIpswich77
12Dick MitchisonKettering76
13†Tom FraserHamilton75
13†Kenneth YoungerGrimsby75

† Multiple candidates tied for position.

References

  1. ↑ Haseler, Stephen (1969). The Gaitskellites: Revisionism in the British Labour Party 1951–64. p. 37.
  2. ↑ "New Shadow Cabinet". The Times. 24 June 1955. p. 10.
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