1988 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election

Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1988. In addition to the 15 members elected, the Leader (Neil Kinnock), Deputy Leader (Roy Hattersley), Labour Chief Whip (Derek Foster), Labour Leader in the House of Lords (Cledwyn Hughes), and Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (Stanley Orme) were automatically members.[1]

The 15 winners 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
1Gordon BrownDunfermline East155
2John SmithMonklands East144
3Gerald KaufmanManchester Gorton129
4David ClarkSouth Shields128
5†Robin CookLivingston119
5†Donald DewarGlasgow Garscadden119
7†Frank DobsonHolborn and St Pancras116
7†Bryan GouldDagenham116
9Tony BlairSedgefield111
10Michael MeacherOldham West109
11Jack StrawBlackburn100
12Barry JonesAlyn and Deeside96
13John PrescottKingston upon Hull East94
14Jack CunninghamCopeland88
15Jo RichardsonBarking86

† Multiple candidates tied for position.

References

  1. Webster, Philip (3 November 1988). "Kinnock gathers his allies around him". The Times. p. 24.
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