1952 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election

Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1952. 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 results of the election are listed below:[1][2]


Colour
key
Retained in the Shadow Cabinet
Joined the Shadow Cabinet
Voted out of the Shadow Cabinet
Rank
Candidate
Constituency
Votes
1Jim GriffithsLlanelli194
2Hugh GaitskellLeeds South179
3Alfred RobensBlyth148
4James Chuter EdeSouth Shields141
5Hugh DaltonBishop Auckland140
6James CallaghanCardiff South-East137
7Edith SummerskillFulham West130
8Emanuel ShinwellEasington124
9Philip Noel-BakerDerby South121
10Glenvil HallColne Valley113
11Frank SoskiceSheffield, Neepsend111
12Aneurin BevanEbbw Vale108
13Richard StokesIpswich94
14Tony GreenwoodRossendale93
15Peggy HerbisonNorth Lanarkshire92
16Harold WilsonHuyton91
17Ronald WilliamsWigan77
18Geoffrey BingHornchurch71

References

  1. Haseler, Stephen (1969). The Gaitskellites: Revisionism in the British Labour Party 1951–64. p. 37.
  2. "Labour "Shadow Cabinet"". The Times. 20 November 1952. p. 8.


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