1958 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election

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Elections to the

A. V. Alexander), and Labour Chief Whip in the House of Lords (Lord Lucan) were automatically members.[1]

Labour peers held a separate vote for one further member of the cabinet, won by Lord Faringdon.[1]

In the elections, Edith Summerskill regained her place in the cabinet after a year's absence, at the expense of George Brown. 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
1 Aneurin Bevan Ebbw Vale 206
2 Harold Wilson Huyton 191
3 Dick Mitchison Kettering 183
4 Frank Soskice Newport 151
5 James Callaghan
Cardiff South East
150
6 Patrick Gordon Walker Smethwick 149
7 Alfred Robens
Blyth
148
8 Tony Greenwood Rossendale 133
9 Arthur Bottomley
Rochester and Chatham
127
10 Philip Noel-Baker
Derby South
126
11 Edith Summerskill Warrington 119
12 Tom Fraser Hamilton 118
13 Fred Lee Newton 111
14 Fred Willey
Sunderland North
108
15 George Brown Belper 90
16 Richard Crossman
Coventry East
87
17 Malcolm Macmillan
Western Isles
81
18 Leslie Hale
Oldham West
80
19 Michael Stewart Fulham 76
20 Denis Healey
Leeds East
71
21 Frank Beswick Uxbridge 70
22 Tony Benn
Bristol South East
69
23 Kenneth Younger
Grimsby
67
24 Douglas Jay Battersea North 60
25 Fred Peart Workington 53
26 Billy Blyton Houghton-le-Spring 47
27 Fred Mulley Sheffield Park 45
28 Arthur Moyle
Oldbury and Halesowen
44
29 Arthur Irvine
Liverpool Edge Hill
40
30 John Dugdale West Bromwich 36

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mr Bevan top in Shadow Cabinet". The Times. 14 November 1958.