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1961 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election information


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
  1. ^ Boyd, Francis (17 November 1961). "Mr Wilson is top of Labour MPs' poll". The Guardian.

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