1993 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election

Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet took place in October 1993, at the beginning of the 1993/4 session of parliament. Under the rules then in effect, the Commons members of the Parliamentary Labour Party elected 18 members of the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet, who were then assigned portfolios by the leader. The Commons members of the PLP separately elected the Chief Whip, and the Labour peers elected the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords. In addition, the Leader of the Labour Party and Deputy Leader (John Smith and Margaret Beckett, respectively) were members by virtue of those offices. The 18 elected members of the Shadow Cabinet were the ones with the largest number of votes. Beginning with this election, MPs were required to vote for at least four women, but women were no longer guaranteed three places in the Shadow Cabinet.

Colour
key
Retained in the Shadow Cabinet
Joined the Shadow Cabinet
Voted out of the Shadow Cabinet
Rank
Candidate
Constituency
Votes
1Robin CookLivingston177
2†Frank DobsonHolborn and St Pancras163
2†John PrescottKingston upon Hull East163
4Gordon BrownDunfermline East160
5Mo MowlamRedcar156
6Tony BlairSedgefield142
7David ClarkSouth Shields133
8Jack StrawBlackburn130
9Chris SmithIslington South and Finsbury124
10Michael MeacherOldham West122
11†Ron DaviesCaerphilly121
11†Donald DewarGlasgow Garscadden121
13Tom ClarkeMonklands West120
14Ann TaylorDewsbury116
15†Joan LestorEccles110
15†George RobertsonHamilton110
17†David BlunkettSheffield Brightside107
17†Jack CunninghamCopeland107
19†Ann ClwydCynon Valley104
19†Joyce QuinGateshead East104
21Clare ShortBirmingham Ladywood101
22Harriet HarmanPeckham99
23Tony LloydStretford95
24Gavin StrangEdinburgh East90
25Irene AdamsPaisley North88
26Kevin McNamaraKingston upon Hull North87
26Dawn PrimaroloBristol South87
28Gwyneth DunwoodyCrewe and Nantwich82
39Mildred GordonBow and Poplar81
30Derek FatchettLeeds Central78
31Stuart BellMiddlesbrough75
32Maria FyfeGlasgow Maryhill70
33Chris MullinSunderland South69
34Alun MichaelCardiff West63
35Llin GoldingNewcastle-under-Lyme62
36Alistair DarlingEdinburgh Central60
37Henry McLeishCentral Fife56
38John MarekWrexham48
39Joan RuddockLewisham Deptford47
40Tony BanksNewham North West46
41†Kate HoeyVauxhall40
41†Rhodri MorganCardiff South and Penarth40
43John GarrettNorwich South43
44Graham AllenNottingham North29

† Multiple candidates tied for position.

References

  • "Shadow Cabinet Elections in the 1992 Parliament".


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