1963 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election
Appearance
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 |