1963 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election
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 |