1996 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election

Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet took place in July 1996. Under the rules then in effect, the Commons members of the Parliamentary Labour Party elected 19 members of the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet, who were then assigned portfolios by the leader. 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 (Tony Blair and John Prescott, respectively) were members by virtue of those offices. The 19 elected members of the Shadow Cabinet were the ones with the largest number of votes. MPs were required to vote for at least four women, but women were not necessarily guaranteed 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
1Margaret BeckettDerby South251
2Ann TaylorDewsbury250
3Clare ShortBirmingham Ladywood218
4Gavin StrangEdinburgh East217
5Robin CookLivingston215
6Donald DewarGlasgow Garscadden212
7Frank DobsonHolborn and St Pancras211
8Mo MowlamRedcar206
9†David ClarkSouth Shields205
9†Michael MeacherOldham West205
11Ron DaviesCaerphilly201
12Jack CunninghamCopeland190
13Jack StrawBlackburn189
14†Gordon BrownDunfermline East188
14†Chris SmithIslington South and Finsbury148
16George RobertsonHamilton182
17†David BlunkettSheffield Brightside175
17†Tom ClarkeMonklands West175
19Harriet HarmanPeckham149
20Ann ClwydCynon Valley94
21†Lynne JonesBirmingham Selly Oak66
21†Chris MullinSunderland South66
23Paul FlynnNewport West61
24Tony BanksNewham North West47
25Dennis CanavanFalkirk West42
26Jeremy CorbynIslington North37

† Multiple candidates tied for position.

References

  • "Shadow Cabinet Elections in the 1992 Parliament".


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.