1963 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.[1]

All existing members of the Shadow Cabinet were re-elected. However, as Wilson had succeeded to the leadership of the party, he did not need to stand in the election, and Douglas Jay won the newly available seat.[1]

Colour
key
Retained in the Shadow Cabinet
Joined the Shadow Cabinet
Voted out of the Shadow Cabinet
Rank
Candidate
Constituency
Votes
1 Michael Stewart Fulham 184
2 James Callaghan
Cardiff South East
175
3 Douglas Houghton Sowerby 164
4 Frank Soskice Newport 159
5 Patrick Gordon Walker Smethwick 156
6 Tom Fraser Hamilton 146
7 Denis Healey
Leeds East
143
8 Ray Gunter Southwark 137
9= Fred Lee Newton 135
9= Fred Willey
Sunderland North
135
11 Douglas Jay Battersea North 135
12 Dick Mitchison Kettering 123
13 Richard Crossman
Coventry East
102
14
Anthony Greenwood
Rossendale 90
15 Tony Benn
Bristol South East
82
16 Arthur Bottomley
Middlesbrough East
78
17 Elwyn Jones
West Ham South
77
18 Anthony Crosland Great Grimsby 72
19 Roy Jenkins Birmingham Stechford 64
20 George Thomas Cardiff West 58
21 Bob Edwards Bilston 57
22= Fenner Brockway
Eton and Slough
55
22= Barbara Castle Blackburn 55
24 Reg Prentice
East Ham North
52
25 Judith Hart Lanark 50
26 Alice Bacon
Leeds South East
46
27 Harold Davies Leek 42
28 Ben Parkin
Paddington North
40
29 George Thomson Dundee East 37

References

  1. ^ a b Greenfield, Edward (22 November 1963). "All 'Shadow' Cabinet members re-elected". The Guardian.