1959 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 Faringdon) were automatically members.[1]

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 Harold Wilson Huyton 167
2 James Callaghan
Cardiff South East
149
3 Frank Soskice Newport 144
4 Alfred Robens
Blyth
142
5 Fred Lee Newton 137
6 Tony Greenwood Rossendale 121
7 Tom Fraser Hamilton 118
8 George Brown Belper 106
9 Patrick Gordon Walker Smethwick 101
10 Dick Mitchison Kettering 94
11 Fred Willey
Sunderland North
92
12 Denis Healey
Leeds East
90
13 Michael Stewart Fulham 89
14 Richard Crossman
Coventry East
87
15 Edith Summerskill Warrington 86
16 Tony Benn
Bristol South East
85
17 Barbara Castle
Blackburn East
76
18 Philip Noel-Baker
Derby South
74
19 Lynn Ungoed-Thomas
Leicester North East
66
20 Leslie Hale
Oldham West
60
21 Malcolm Macmillan
Western Isles
58
22
Billy Blyton
Houghton-le-Spring 54
23 Christopher Mayhew Woolwich East 52
24
Fred Peart
Workington 51
25 Hilary Marquand
Middlesbrough East
50
26
Frederick Mulley
Sheffield Park 46
27 Bob Edwards Bilston 45
28 Stephen Swingler Newcastle-under-Lyme 39
29† Harold Davies Leek 38
29† Konni Zilliacus
Manchester Gorton
38
31 Bob Mellish Bermondsey 36
32 Charles Pannell
Leeds West
33
33 George Craddock
Bradford South
29
34 Victor Yates
Birmingham Ladywood
28
35 Roy Mason Barnsley 25
36 George Chetwynd Stockton-on-Tees 23
37† Arthur Irvine
Liverpool Edge Hill
22
37† Ernest Popplewell
Newcastle upon Tyne West
22
39 John Hynd
Sheffield Attercliffe
21
40† George Rogers
Kensington North
19
40† Frank Tomney Hammersmith North 19

† Multiple candidates tied for position.

References

  1. ^ a b "Four New Members of Shadow Cabinet". The Times. 6 November 1959. p. 12.