1958 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election

Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1958. 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), and Labour Chief Whip in the House of Lords (Lord Lucan) were automatically members.[1]

Labour peers held a separate vote for one further member of the cabinet, won by Lord Faringdon.[1]

In the elections, Edith Summerskill regained her place in the cabinet after a year's absence, at the expense of George Brown. Full results 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
1Aneurin BevanEbbw Vale206
2Harold WilsonHuyton191
3Dick MitchisonKettering183
4Frank SoskiceNewport151
5James CallaghanCardiff South East150
6Patrick Gordon WalkerSmethwick149
7Alfred RobensBlyth148
8Tony GreenwoodRossendale133
9Arthur BottomleyRochester and Chatham127
10Philip Noel-BakerDerby South126
11Edith SummerskillWarrington119
12Tom FraserHamilton118
13Fred LeeNewton111
14Fred WilleySunderland North108
15George BrownBelper90
16Richard CrossmanCoventry East87
17Malcolm MacmillanWestern Isles81
18Leslie HaleOldham West80
19Michael StewartFulham76
20Denis HealeyLeeds East71
21Frank BeswickUxbridge70
22Tony BennBristol South East69
23Kenneth YoungerGrimsby67
24Douglas JayBattersea North60
25Fred PeartWorkington53
26Billy BlytonHoughton-le-Spring47
27Fred MulleySheffield Park45
28Arthur MoyleOldbury and Halesowen44
29Arthur IrvineLiverpool Edge Hill40
30John DugdaleWest Bromwich36

References

  1. "Mr Bevan top in Shadow Cabinet". The Times. 14 November 1958.
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