1961 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election information
November 1961 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 1961. 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 (the Earl of Lucan) were automatically members. The election saw no changes to the Shadow Cabinet.[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
175
2
Frank Soskice
Newport
174
3
Douglas Houghton
Sowerby
169
4
Denis Healey
Leeds East
161
5
Michael Stewart
Fulham
160
6
Ray Gunter
Southwark
157
7
James Callaghan
Cardiff South East
156
8
Dick Mitchison
Kettering
155
9=
Tom Fraser
Hamilton
153
9=
Fred Willey
Sunderland North
153
11
Patrick Gordon Walker
Smethwick
142
12
Fred Lee
Newton
108
13
Christopher Mayhew
Woolwich East
100
14
Richard Crossman
Coventry East
83
15
Alice Bacon
Leeds South East
78
16
Bob Edwards
Bilston
76
17=
Leslie Hale
Oldham West
72
17=
Lynn Ungoed-Thomas
Leicester North East
72
19
George Thomas
Cardiff West
68
20
Fenner Brockway
Eton and Slough
66
21
Malcolm Macmillan
Western Isles
64
22
Barbara Castle
Blackburn
62
23
Leslie Plummer
Deptford
54
24
Tom Driberg
Barking
53
25
Billy Blyton
Houghton-le-Spring
49
^Boyd, Francis (17 November 1961). "Mr Wilson is top of Labour MPs' poll". The Guardian.
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