1960 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 James Callaghan
Cardiff South East
159
2 Frank Soskice Newport 148
3 Dick Mitchison Kettering 143
4 Michael Stewart Fulham 141
5 Denis Healey
Leeds East
136
6 Tom Fraser Hamilton 134
7 Ray Gunter Southwark 130
8 Patrick Gordon Walker Smethwick 128
9 Harold Wilson Huyton 124
10 Douglas Houghton Sowerby 117
11 Fred Willey
Sunderland North
112
12 Fred Lee Newton 95
13 Tony Benn
Bristol South East
79
14 Lynn Ungoed-Thomas
Leicester North East
73
15 Christopher Mayhew Woolwich East 70
16 Alice Bacon
Leeds South East
69
17 Billy Blyton Houghton-le-Spring 65
18 Leslie Plummer Deptford 57
19† Bob Edwards Bilston 55
19† John Rankin Glasgow Govan 55
21† Hilary Marquand
Middlesbrough East
50
21† Victor Yates
Birmingham Ladywood
50
23† Joyce Butler Wood Green 49
23† John Stonehouse Wednesbury 49
25 Willie Ross Kilmarnock 46
26 George Thomas Cardiff West 45
27 George Craddock
Bradford South
43
28
Fred Peart
Workington 39
29† Bob Mellish Bermondsey 37
29† Edward Short
Newcastle upon Tyne Central
37
31 George Strauss Vauxhall 36
32 Reg Prentice
East Ham North
34
33† Frederick Mulley Sheffield Park 33
33† John Strachey Dundee West 33
35 Arthur Skeffington Hayes and Harlington 26
36 Harold Neal Bolsover 20
37 Gerry Reynolds Islington North 16
38 William A. Wilkins
Bristol South
14
39 Albert Roberts Normanton 13
40 Roy Mason Barnsley 12

† Multiple candidates tied for position.

References

  1. ^ a b "Shadow Cabinet Victory for Mr. Gaitskell". The Times. 18 November 1960.