1963 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election information
November 1963 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 1963. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader (Harold Wilson), 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.[1]
All existing members of the Shadow Cabinet were re-elected. However, as Wilson had succeeded to the leadership of the party, he did not need to stand in the election, and Douglas Jay won the newly available seat.[1]
Colour key
Retained in the Shadow Cabinet
Joined the Shadow Cabinet
Voted out of the Shadow Cabinet
Rank
Candidate
Constituency
Votes
1
Michael Stewart
Fulham
184
2
James Callaghan
Cardiff South East
175
3
Douglas Houghton
Sowerby
164
4
Frank Soskice
Newport
159
5
Patrick Gordon Walker
Smethwick
156
6
Tom Fraser
Hamilton
146
7
Denis Healey
Leeds East
143
8
Ray Gunter
Southwark
137
9=
Fred Lee
Newton
135
9=
Fred Willey
Sunderland North
135
11
Douglas Jay
Battersea North
135
12
Dick Mitchison
Kettering
123
13
Richard Crossman
Coventry East
102
14
Anthony Greenwood
Rossendale
90
15
Tony Benn
Bristol South East
82
16
Arthur Bottomley
Middlesbrough East
78
17
Elwyn Jones
West Ham South
77
18
Anthony Crosland
Great Grimsby
72
19
Roy Jenkins
Birmingham Stechford
64
20
George Thomas
Cardiff West
58
21
Bob Edwards
Bilston
57
22=
Fenner Brockway
Eton and Slough
55
22=
Barbara Castle
Blackburn
55
24
Reg Prentice
East Ham North
52
25
Judith Hart
Lanark
50
26
Alice Bacon
Leeds South East
46
27
Harold Davies
Leek
42
28
Ben Parkin
Paddington North
40
29
George Thomson
Dundee East
37
^ abGreenfield, Edward (22 November 1963). "All 'Shadow' Cabinet members re-elected". The Guardian.
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