1956 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election

Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1956. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader (Hugh Gaitskell), Deputy Leader (Jim Griffiths), Labour Chief Whip (Herbert Bowden), Labour Leader in the House of Lords (A. V. Alexander) were automatically members.

The results of the election are listed below:[1]

Colour
key
Retained in the Shadow Cabinet
Joined the Shadow Cabinet
Voted out of the Shadow Cabinet
Rank
Candidate
Constituency
Votes
1Harold WilsonHuyton185
2Alfred RobensBlyth149
3Aneurin BevanEbbw Vale148
4Dick MitchisonKettering146
5James CallaghanCardiff South-East140
6†Tony GreenwoodRossendale137
6†Frank SoskiceSheffield, Neepsend137
8Philip Noel-BakerDerby South133
9Edith SummerskillFulham West112
10George BrownBelper110
11Kenneth YoungerGrimsby106
12Tom FraserHamilton98
13Arthur BottomleyRochester and Chatham91
14Lynn Ungoed-ThomasLeicester North East90
15Richard StokesIpswich69

† Multiple candidates tied for position.

References

  1. "Shadow Cabinet Placings in Poll". The Times. 23 November 1956. p. 10.
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