1985 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election
The results of elections to the
Cledwyn Hughes), and Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (Jack Dormand
) were automatically members.
As a result of the election,
run-off election was conducted, in which Hughes beat Dobson by 102 votes to 75.[1]
| Rank |
Prior rank |
Candidate |
Constituency |
Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Gerald Kaufman | Manchester Gorton
|
122 |
| 2 | 3= | Stan Orme | Salford East | 115 |
| 3= | 2 | Denis Healey | Leeds East
|
112 |
| 3= | 8= | John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East
|
112 |
| 5 | 15 | Robin Cook | Livingston | 106 |
| 6 | 6 | Peter Shore | Bethnal Green and Stepney
|
100 |
| 7 | 5 | John Smith | Monklands East
|
99 |
| 8 | 12= | Giles Radice | North Durham
|
98 |
| 9 | 3= | Jack Cunningham
|
Copeland | 95 |
| 10= | 7 | Peter Archer
|
Warley West
|
94 |
| 10= | 8= | Barry Jones | Alyn and Deeside | 94 |
| 12 | 11 | Michael Meacher | Oldham West
|
93 |
| 13 | 12= | Denzil Davies | Llanelli | 90 |
| 14 | 14 | Donald Dewar | Glasgow Garscadden
|
88 |
| 15= | Robert Hughes | Aberdeen North | 87 | |
| 15= | Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras
|
87 | |
| 17 | David Clark | South Shields | 80 | |
| 18 | Brynmor John | Pontypridd | 76 | |
| 19 | Jo Richardson | Barking | 71 | |
| 20= | Tam Dalyell | Linlithgow | 70 | |
| 20= | 10 | Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | 70 |
| 20= | Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East
|
70 | |
| 23 | Tony Benn | Chesterfield | 63 |
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