1952 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election

UK political party election April 2022 February 2026 Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1952. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader (Clement Attlee), Deputy Leader (Herbert Morrison), Labour Chief Whip (William Whiteley), Labour Leader in the House of Lords (William Jowitt) were automatically members. The results of the election are listed below:Stephen Haseler The Gaitskellites: Revisionism in the British Labour Party 1951–64 1969 37 Labour "Shadow Cabinet" The Times 20 November 1952 8 Colourkey Retained in the Shadow Cabinet Joined the Shadow Cabinet Voted out of the Shadow Cabinet Rank Candidate Constituency Votes 1 Jim Griffiths Llanelli 194 2 Hugh Gaitskell Leeds South 179 3 Alfred Robens Alfred Robens, Baron Robens of Woldingham Blyth 148 4 James Chuter Ede South Shields 141 5 Hugh Dalton Bishop Auckland 140 6 James Callaghan Cardiff South-East 137 7 Edith Summerskill Fulham West 130 8 Manny Shinwell Easington 124 9 Philip Noel-Baker Derby South 121 10 Glenvil Hall Colne Valley 113 11 Frank Soskice Sheffield, Neepsend 111 12 Aneurin Bevan Ebbw Vale 108 13 Richard Stokes politician Ipswich 94 14 Tony Greenwood Tony Greenwood, Baron Greenwood of Rossendale Rossendale 93 15 Peggy Herbison North Lanarkshire 92 16 Harold Wilson Huyton 91 17 Ronald Williams Ronald Williams (Labour politician) Wigan 77 18 Geoffrey Bing Hornchurch 71 References 1952 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election