1985 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election

UK political party election April 2022 February 2026 The results of elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") were announced on 30 October 1985.Keesing's Contemporary Archives, Volume 32 In addition to the 15 members elected, the Leader (Neil Kinnock), Deputy Leader (Roy Hattersley), Labour Chief Whip (Derek Foster), Labour Leader in the House of Lords (Cledwyn Hughes), and Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (Jack Dormand) were automatically members. As a result of the election, Gwyneth Dunwoody lost her place in the cabinet. Hughes and Dobson tied for 15th place, so a run-off election was conducted, in which Hughes beat Dobson by 102 votes to 75. Rank Priorrank Candidate Constituency Votes 1 1 Gerald Kaufman Manchester Gorton 122 2 3= Stan Orme Salford East 115 3= 2 Denis Healey Leeds East 112 3= 8= John Prescott Kingston upon Hull East 112 5 15 Robin Cook Livingston 106 6 6 Peter Shore Bethnal Green and Stepney 100 7 5 John Smith Monklands East 99812=Giles RadiceNorth Durham9893=Jack CunninghamCopeland9510=7 Peter Archer Warley West9410=8=Barry JonesAlyn and Deeside941211Michael MeacherOldham West931312=Denzil DaviesLlanelli901414Donald DewarGlasgow Garscadden88 15= Robert Hughes Aberdeen North 87 15= Frank Dobson Holborn and St Pancras 87 17 David Clark South Shields 80 18 Brynmor John Pontypridd 76 19 Jo Richardson Barking 71 20= Tam Dalyell Linlithgow 70 20= 10 Gwyneth Dunwoody Crewe and Nantwich 70 20= Gavin Strang Edinburgh East 70 23 Tony Benn Chesterfield 63 Footnotes Notes N References 1985 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election