1960 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election

Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1960. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader (Hugh Gaitskell), Deputy Leader (George Brown), 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
1James CallaghanCardiff South East159
2Frank SoskiceNewport148
3Dick MitchisonKettering143
4Michael StewartFulham141
5Denis HealeyLeeds East136
6Tom FraserHamilton134
7Ray GunterSouthwark130
8Patrick Gordon WalkerSmethwick128
9Harold WilsonHuyton124
10Douglas HoughtonSowerby117
11Fred WilleySunderland North112
12Fred LeeNewton95
13Tony BennBristol South East79
14Lynn Ungoed-ThomasLeicester North East73
15Christopher MayhewWoolwich East70
16Alice BaconLeeds South East69
17Billy BlytonHoughton-le-Spring65
18Leslie PlummerDeptford57
19†Bob EdwardsBilston55
19†John RankinGlasgow Govan55
21†Hilary MarquandMiddlesbrough East50
21†Victor YatesBirmingham Ladywood50
23†Joyce ButlerWood Green49
23†John Stonehouse Wednesbury49
25Willie RossKilmarnock46
26George ThomasCardiff West45
27George CraddockBradford South43
28Fred PeartWorkington39
29†Bob MellishBermondsey37
29†Edward ShortNewcastle upon Tyne Central37
31George StraussVauxhall36
32Reg PrenticeEast Ham North34
33†Frederick MulleySheffield Park33
33†John StracheyDundee West33
35Arthur SkeffingtonHayes and Harlington26
36Harold NealBolsover20
37Gerry ReynoldsIslington North16
38William A. WilkinsBristol South14
39Albert RobertsNormanton13
40Roy MasonBarnsley12

† Multiple candidates tied for position.

References

  1. "Shadow Cabinet Victory for Mr. Gaitskell". The Times. 18 November 1960.
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