1961 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election

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Elections to the

A. V. Alexander), and Labour Chief Whip in the House of Lords (the Earl of Lucan) were automatically members. The election saw no changes to the Shadow Cabinet.[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 175
2 Frank Soskice Newport 174
3 Douglas Houghton Sowerby 169
4 Denis Healey
Leeds East
161
5 Michael Stewart Fulham 160
6 Ray Gunter Southwark 157
7 James Callaghan
Cardiff South East
156
8 Dick Mitchison Kettering 155
9= Tom Fraser Hamilton 153
9= Fred Willey
Sunderland North
153
11 Patrick Gordon Walker Smethwick 142
12 Fred Lee Newton 108
13 Christopher Mayhew Woolwich East 100
14 Richard Crossman
Coventry East
83
15 Alice Bacon
Leeds South East
78
16 Bob Edwards Bilston 76
17= Leslie Hale
Oldham West
72
17= Lynn Ungoed-Thomas
Leicester North East
72
19 George Thomas Cardiff West 68
20 Fenner Brockway
Eton and Slough
66
21 Malcolm Macmillan
Western Isles
64
22 Barbara Castle Blackburn 62
23 Leslie Plummer Deptford 54
24 Tom Driberg Barking 53
25 Billy Blyton Houghton-le-Spring 49

References

  1. ^ Boyd, Francis (17 November 1961). "Mr Wilson is top of Labour MPs' poll". The Guardian.