1959 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election
Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1959. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader (Hugh Gaitskell), Deputy Leader (Aneurin Bevan), Labour Chief Whip (Herbert Bowden), Labour Leader in the House of Lords (A. V. Alexander), and Labour Chief Whip in the House of Lords (Lord Faringdon) were automatically members.[1]
Full results are listed below:[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 | 167 |
2 | James Callaghan | Cardiff South East | 149 |
3 | Frank Soskice | Newport | 144 |
4 | Alfred Robens | Blyth | 142 |
5 | Fred Lee | Newton | 137 |
6 | Tony Greenwood | Rossendale | 121 |
7 | Tom Fraser | Hamilton | 118 |
8 | George Brown | Belper | 106 |
9 | Patrick Gordon Walker | Smethwick | 101 |
10 | Dick Mitchison | Kettering | 94 |
11 | Fred Willey | Sunderland North | 92 |
12 | Denis Healey | Leeds East | 90 |
13 | Michael Stewart | Fulham | 89 |
14 | Richard Crossman | Coventry East | 87 |
15 | Edith Summerskill | Warrington | 86 |
16 | Tony Benn | Bristol South East | 85 |
17 | Barbara Castle | Blackburn East | 76 |
18 | Philip Noel-Baker | Derby South | 74 |
19 | Lynn Ungoed-Thomas | Leicester North East | 66 |
20 | Leslie Hale | Oldham West | 60 |
21 | Malcolm Macmillan | Western Isles | 58 |
22 | Billy Blyton | Houghton-le-Spring | 54 |
23 | Christopher Mayhew | Woolwich East | 52 |
24 | Fred Peart | Workington | 51 |
25 | Hilary Marquand | Middlesbrough East | 50 |
26 | Frederick Mulley | Sheffield Park | 46 |
27 | Bob Edwards | Bilston | 45 |
28 | Stephen Swingler | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 39 |
29† | Harold Davies | Leek | 38 |
29† | Konni Zilliacus | Manchester Gorton | 38 |
31 | Bob Mellish | Bermondsey | 36 |
32 | Charles Pannell | Leeds West | 33 |
33 | George Craddock | Bradford South | 29 |
34 | Victor Yates | Birmingham Ladywood | 28 |
35 | Roy Mason | Barnsley | 25 |
36 | George Chetwynd | Stockton-on-Tees | 23 |
37† | Arthur Irvine | Liverpool Edge Hill | 22 |
37† | Ernest Popplewell | Newcastle upon Tyne West | 22 |
39 | John Hynd | Sheffield Attercliffe | 21 |
40† | George Rogers | Kensington North | 19 |
40† | Frank Tomney | Hammersmith North | 19 |
† Multiple candidates tied for position.
References[]
Categories:
- Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet elections
- 1959 elections in the United Kingdom