1959 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election

Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1959. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader (Hugh Gaitskell), Deputy Leader (Aneurin Bevan), 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 Faringdon) were automatically members.[1]

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
1Harold WilsonHuyton167
2James CallaghanCardiff South East149
3Frank SoskiceNewport144
4Alfred RobensBlyth142
5Fred LeeNewton137
6Tony GreenwoodRossendale121
7Tom FraserHamilton118
8George BrownBelper106
9Patrick Gordon WalkerSmethwick101
10Dick MitchisonKettering94
11Fred WilleySunderland North92
12Denis HealeyLeeds East90
13Michael StewartFulham89
14Richard CrossmanCoventry East87
15Edith SummerskillWarrington86
16Tony BennBristol South East85
17Barbara CastleBlackburn East76
18Philip Noel-BakerDerby South74
19Lynn Ungoed-ThomasLeicester North East66
20Leslie HaleOldham West60
21Malcolm MacmillanWestern Isles58
22Billy BlytonHoughton-le-Spring54
23Christopher MayhewWoolwich East52
24Fred PeartWorkington51
25Hilary MarquandMiddlesbrough East50
26Frederick MulleySheffield Park46
27Bob EdwardsBilston45
28Stephen SwinglerNewcastle-under-Lyme39
29†Harold DaviesLeek38
29†Konni ZilliacusManchester Gorton38
31Bob MellishBermondsey36
32Charles PannellLeeds West33
33George CraddockBradford South29
34Victor YatesBirmingham Ladywood28
35Roy MasonBarnsley25
36George ChetwyndStockton-on-Tees23
37†Arthur IrvineLiverpool Edge Hill22
37†Ernest PopplewellNewcastle upon Tyne West22
39John HyndSheffield Attercliffe21
40†George RogersKensington North19
40†Frank TomneyHammersmith North19

† Multiple candidates tied for position.

References

  1. "Four New Members of Shadow Cabinet". The Times. 6 November 1959. p. 12.
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