1962 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election

1962 UK election April 2022 February 2026 Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1962. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader (Hugh Gaitskell), 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. The election saw no changes to the Shadow Cabinet.Boyd Francis Mr Callaghan top of poll The Guardian 23 November 1962 Colourkey Retained in the Shadow Cabinet Joined the Shadow Cabinet Voted out of the Shadow Cabinet Rank Candidate Constituency Votes 1 James Callaghan Cardiff South East 164 2 Frank Soskice Newport 160 3 Harold Wilson Huyton 151 4 Douglas Houghton Douglas Houghton, Baron Houghton of Sowerby Sowerby 143 5 Tom Fraser Hamilton 137 6= Patrick Gordon Walker Smethwick 132 6= Dick Mitchison Dick Mitchison, Baron Mitchison Kettering 132 8 Michael Stewart Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham Fulham 130 9 Denis Healey Leeds East 129 10 Ray Gunter Southwark 126 11 Fred Willey Sunderland North 122 12 Fred Lee Frederick Lee, Baron Lee of Newton Newton 120 13 Douglas Jay Battersea North 88 14= Richard Crossman Coventry East 74 14= Anthony Greenwood Rossendale 74 16 Fred Peart Workington 72 17 Roy Jenkins Birmingham Stechford 68 18= Arthur Bottomley Middlesbrough East 62 18= Fenner Brockway Eton and Slough 62 20= Alice Bacon Alice Bacon, Baroness Bacon Leeds South East 55 20= Christopher Mayhew Woolwich East 55 22= Barbara Castle Blackburn 51 22= Bob Edwards Bob Edwards (politician) Bilston 51 24 Judith Hart Lanark 50 25 George Thomas George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy Cardiff West 49 26 Leslie Plummer Deptford 47 27 Malcolm Macmillan Western Isles 46 28 John Stonehouse Wednesbury 39 29 Fred Mulley Sheffield Park 36 30 John Rankin John Rankin (British politician) Glasgow Govan 32 31 Arthur Irvine Liverpool Edge Hill 19 References 1962 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election