1956 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election information
Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1956. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader (Hugh Gaitskell), Deputy Leader (Jim Griffiths), Labour Chief Whip (Herbert Bowden), Labour Leader in the House of Lords (A. V. Alexander) were automatically members.
The results of the election are listed below:[1]
Colour key
Retained in the Shadow Cabinet
Joined the Shadow Cabinet
Voted out of the Shadow Cabinet
Rank
Candidate
Constituency
Votes
1
Harold Wilson
Huyton
185
2
Alfred Robens
Blyth
149
3
Aneurin Bevan
Ebbw Vale
148
4
Dick Mitchison
Kettering
146
5
James Callaghan
Cardiff South-East
140
6†
Tony Greenwood
Rossendale
137
6†
Frank Soskice
Sheffield, Neepsend
137
8
Philip Noel-Baker
Derby South
133
9
Edith Summerskill
Fulham West
112
10
George Brown
Belper
110
11
Kenneth Younger
Grimsby
106
12
Tom Fraser
Hamilton
98
13
Arthur Bottomley
Rochester and Chatham
91
14
Lynn Ungoed-Thomas
Leicester North East
90
15
Richard Stokes
Ipswich
69
† Multiple candidates tied for position.
^"Shadow Cabinet Placings in Poll". The Times. 23 November 1956. p. 10.
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