1951 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election information
Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1951. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader (Clement Attlee), Deputy Leader (Herbert Morrison), Labour Chief Whip (William Whiteley), and Labour Leader in the House of Lords (Christopher Addison) were automatically members.
Uniquely, in 1951, the voting tallies were not released, only the ranks of the successful candidates.[1]
The results of the election are listed below:[2]
Colour key
Member of Cabinet when Labour Party lost office following the 1951 election
Rank
Candidate
Constituency
Votes
1
Jim Griffiths
Llanelli
2
Glenvil Hall
Colne Valley
3
Hugh Gaitskell
Leeds South
4
Alfred Robens
Blyth
5
James Chuter Ede
South Shields
6
Richard Stokes
Ipswich
7
James Callaghan
Cardiff South-East
8
Hugh Dalton
Bishop Auckland
9
Philip Noel-Baker
Derby South
10
Edith Summerskill
Fulham West
11
Manny Shinwell
Easington
12
Arthur Greenwood
Wakefield
^Haseler, Stephen (1969). The Gaitskellites: Revisionism in the British Labour Party 1951–64. p. 37.
^Butler, David (1986). British Political Facts 1900–1985. Springer. p. 147. ISBN 1349180831.
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