1955 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election

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Elections to the

William Jowitt
) were automatically members.

The 12 winners of the election are listed below:[1][2]

Colour
key
Retained in the Shadow Cabinet
Joined the Shadow Cabinet
Rank
Candidate
Constituency
Votes
1 Jim Griffiths Llanelli 186
2 Hugh Gaitskell Leeds South 184
3† James Callaghan
Cardiff South-East
148
3† Alfred Robens
Blyth
148
5 Harold Wilson Huyton 147
6 Edith Summerskill
Fulham West
133
7 Aneurin Bevan Ebbw Vale 118
8 George Brown Belper 101
9 Philip Noel-Baker
Derby South
100
10 Anthony Greenwood Rossendale 91
11 Richard Stokes Ipswich 77
12 Dick Mitchison Kettering 76
13† Tom Fraser Hamilton 75
13† Kenneth Younger
Grimsby
75

† Multiple candidates tied for position.

References

  1. ^ Haseler, Stephen (1969). The Gaitskellites: Revisionism in the British Labour Party 1951–64. p. 37.
  2. ^ "New Shadow Cabinet". The Times. 24 June 1955. p. 10.