1962 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election information
November 1962 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 1962. 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
James Callaghan
Cardiff South East
164
2
Frank Soskice
Newport
160
3
Harold Wilson
Huyton
151
4
Douglas Houghton
Sowerby
143
5
Tom Fraser
Hamilton
137
6=
Patrick Gordon Walker
Smethwick
132
6=
Dick Mitchison
Kettering
132
8
Michael Stewart
Fulham
130
9
Denis Healey
Leeds East
129
10
Ray Gunter
Southwark
126
11
Fred Willey
Sunderland North
122
12
Fred Lee
Newton
120
13
Douglas Jay
Battersea North
88
14=
Richard Crossman
Coventry East
74
14=
Anthony Greenwood
Rossendale
74
16
Fred Peart
Workington
72
17
Roy Jenkins
Birmingham Stechford
68
18=
Arthur Bottomley
Middlesbrough East
62
18=
Fenner Brockway
Eton and Slough
62
20=
Alice Bacon
Leeds South East
55
20=
Christopher Mayhew
Woolwich East
55
22=
Barbara Castle
Blackburn
51
22=
Bob Edwards
Bilston
51
24
Judith Hart
Lanark
50
25
George Thomas
Cardiff West
49
26
Leslie Plummer
Deptford
47
27
Malcolm Macmillan
Western Isles
46
28
John Stonehouse
Wednesbury
39
29
Fred Mulley
Sheffield Park
36
30
John Rankin
Glasgow Govan
32
31
Arthur Irvine
Liverpool Edge Hill
19
^Boyd, Francis (23 November 1962). "Mr Callaghan top of poll". The Guardian.
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