1960 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election information
November 1960 elections to the Parliamentary Committee of the Labour Party (UK)
Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1960. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader (Hugh Gaitskell), Deputy Leader (George Brown), Labour Chief Whip (Herbert Bowden), Labour Leader in the House of Lords (A. V. Alexander), and Labour Chief Whip in the House of Lords (Lord Faringdon) were automatically members.[1]
Full results 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
James Callaghan
Cardiff South East
159
2
Frank Soskice
Newport
148
3
Dick Mitchison
Kettering
143
4
Michael Stewart
Fulham
141
5
Denis Healey
Leeds East
136
6
Tom Fraser
Hamilton
134
7
Ray Gunter
Southwark
130
8
Patrick Gordon Walker
Smethwick
128
9
Harold Wilson
Huyton
124
10
Douglas Houghton
Sowerby
117
11
Fred Willey
Sunderland North
112
12
Fred Lee
Newton
95
13
Tony Benn
Bristol South East
79
14
Lynn Ungoed-Thomas
Leicester North East
73
15
Christopher Mayhew
Woolwich East
70
16
Alice Bacon
Leeds South East
69
17
Billy Blyton
Houghton-le-Spring
65
18
Leslie Plummer
Deptford
57
19†
Bob Edwards
Bilston
55
19†
John Rankin
Glasgow Govan
55
21†
Hilary Marquand
Middlesbrough East
50
21†
Victor Yates
Birmingham Ladywood
50
23†
Joyce Butler
Wood Green
49
23†
John Stonehouse
Wednesbury
49
25
Willie Ross
Kilmarnock
46
26
George Thomas
Cardiff West
45
27
George Craddock
Bradford South
43
28
Fred Peart
Workington
39
29†
Bob Mellish
Bermondsey
37
29†
Edward Short
Newcastle upon Tyne Central
37
31
George Strauss
Vauxhall
36
32
Reg Prentice
East Ham North
34
33†
Frederick Mulley
Sheffield Park
33
33†
John Strachey
Dundee West
33
35
Arthur Skeffington
Hayes and Harlington
26
36
Harold Neal
Bolsover
20
37
Gerry Reynolds
Islington North
16
38
William A. Wilkins
Bristol South
14
39
Albert Roberts
Normanton
13
40
Roy Mason
Barnsley
12
† Multiple candidates tied for position.
^ ab"Shadow Cabinet Victory for Mr. Gaitskell". The Times. 18 November 1960.
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