1970 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election

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Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in July 1970, following the party's defeat in the 1970 general election.

In addition to the 12 members elected, the

Baron Champion.[1]

The

Douglas Houghton, who also won one of the twelve places in the Shadow Cabinet election. Ross, who had taken thirteenth place in the Shadow Cabinet election, was given the spare position.[1]

The 12 winners of the election are listed below:[1]

Colour
key 		Member of Cabinet when Labour Party lost office following 1970 election
Rank
 Candidate
 Constituency
 Votes
1 James Callaghan
Cardiff South East
 178
2 Denis Healey
Leeds East
 165
3 Anthony Crosland Great Grimsby 157
4
Douglas Houghton
 Sowerby 150
5 Tony Benn
Bristol South East
 133
6 Michael Foot Ebbw Vale 124
7 Shirley Williams Hitchin 122
8
Harold Lever
 Manchester Cheetham 115
9 Edward Short
Newcastle upon Tyne Central
 114
10
Fred Peart
 Workington 110
11 George Thomson Dundee East 107
12 Barbara Castle Blackburn 98
13 Willie Ross Kilmarnock 93
14 Eric Heffer
Liverpool Walton
 78
15 Reg Prentice Daventry 76
16= Richard Marsh Greenwich 69
16= Elwyn Jones
West Ham South
 69
18 Michael Stewart Fulham 66
19 Ian Mikardo Poplar 61
20
Cledwyn Hughes
Anglesey
 57
21 Willie Hamilton
West Fife
 56
22 John Silkin Deptford 54
23 Douglas Jay Battersea North 53
24 Roy Mason Barnsley 52
25 Joan Lestor
Eton and Slough
 48
26 Merlyn Rees Leeds South 44
27 Roy Hattersley
Birmingham Sparkbrook
 43
28= George Thomas Cardiff West 42
28= Bill Rodgers Stockton-on-Tees 42
30 Dick Taverne Lincoln 40
31 Peter Shore Stepney 39
32 Stan Orme Salford West 38
33 Dickson Mabon Greenock 37
34=
Frank Judd
Portsmouth West
 36
34= Tom Driberg Barking 36
36 Alf Morris
Manchester Wythenshawe
 35
37 John Mendelson Penistone 34
38=
Robert Sheldon
Ashton under Lyne
 33
38= Hugh Brown Glasgow Provan 33
40 Fred Mulley Sheffield Park 31
41 Joel Barnett
Heywood and Royton
 28
42 Denis Howell
Birmingham Small Heath
 27
43 Joyce Butler Wood Green 26
44= Harold Walker Doncaster 24
44= Judith Hart Lanark 24
45
Lena Jeger
 Holborn and St Pancras South 23
46 Alex Lyon York 21
48= William Molloy
Ealing North
 20
48= Thomas Urwin Houghton-le-Spring 20
50 Arthur Blenkinsop South Shields 19
51 John Stonehouse Wednesbury 14
52 Samuel Silkin Dulwich 10

References

  1. ^ a b c "Parliamentary Labour Party". The Political Companion (8): 64–65. July–September 1971.
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