1973 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election
Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1973. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader (Harold Wilson), Deputy Leader (Edward Short), Labour Chief Whip (Bob Mellish), Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (Fred Willey), Labour Leader in the House of Lords (Baron Shackleton), and Labour Chief Whip in the Lords (Baroness Llewelyn-Davies) were automatically members. The Labour Lords elected one further member, Baron Champion.[1]
The 12 winners of the election are listed below:[1]
Colour key |
Retained in the Shadow Cabinet |
---|---|
Joined the Shadow Cabinet | |
Voted out of the Shadow Cabinet |
Rank |
Prior rank |
Candidate |
Constituency |
Votes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | Jim Callaghan | Cardiff South East | 150 |
2 | 4 | Michael Foot | Ebbw Vale | 147 |
3 | 1 | Reg Prentice | Daventry | 146 |
4 | 3 | Anthony Crosland | Great Grimsby | 145 |
5 | N/A | Roy Jenkins | Birmingham Stechford | 144 |
6 | 2 | Shirley Williams | Hitchin | 138 |
7 | 6 | Denis Healey | Leeds East | 129 |
8= | 11 | Tony Benn | Bristol South East | 110 |
8= | 9 | Harold Lever | Manchester Cheetham | 110 |
10 | 10 | Merlyn Rees | Leeds South | 108 |
11 | 12 | Peter Shore | Stepney | 104 |
12 | 7 | Willie Ross | Kilmarnock | 99 |
13 | 13 | John Silkin | Deptford | 97 |
14 | 8 | Fred Peart | Workington | 90 |
15 | N/A | Eric Varley | Chesterfield | 83 |
16 | 14 | Cledwyn Hughes | Anglesey | 76 |
17 | 20 | Bill Rodgers | Stockton-on-Tees | 67 |
18 | 15 | Eric Heffer | Liverpool Walton | 66 |
19 | 22 | Stan Orme | Salford West | 57 |
20= | 18 | Dick Mabon | Greenock | 56 |
20= | 24 | Norman Atkinson | Tottenham | 56 |
22 | 26 | Brian O'Malley | Rotherham | 54 |
23 | N/A | Frank Allaun | Salford East | 52 |
24 | 21 | Roy Hattersley | Birmingham Sparkbrook | 50 |
25 | N/A | Edmund Dell | Birkenhead | 46 |
26= | 19 | Roy Mason | Barnsley | 37 |
26= | 27 | John Mendelson | Penistone | 37 |
28 | N/A | Norman Buchan | West Renfrewshire | 36 |
29 | 25 | Denis Howell | Birmingham Small Heath | 31 |
30 | 23 | Willie Hamilton | West Fife | 23 |
31 | 29 | Ivor Richard | Barons Court | 25 |
32 | N/A | Fred Mulley | Sheffield Park | 24 |
33 | N/A | Robert Sheldon | Ashton under Lyne | 19 |
References[]
Categories:
- Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet elections
- 1973 elections in the United Kingdom
- November 1973 events in the United Kingdom