1955 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election

1955 UK election April 2022 February 2026 Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in 1955. 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 12 winners of the election are listed below:Stephen Haseler The Gaitskellites: Revisionism in the British Labour Party 1951–64 https://archive.org/details/gaitskellitesrev0000hase registration 1969 37 New Shadow Cabinet The Times 24 June 1955 10 Colourkey Retained in the Shadow Cabinet Joined the Shadow Cabinet Rank Candidate Constituency Votes 1 Jim Griffiths Llanelli 186 2 Hugh Gaitskell Leeds South 184 3† James Callaghan Cardiff South-East 148 3† Alfred Robens Alfred Robens, Baron Robens of Woldingham Blyth 148 5 Harold Wilson Huyton 147 6 Edith Summerskill Fulham West 133 7 Aneurin Bevan Ebbw Vale 118 8 George Brown George Brown, Baron George-Brown Belper 101 9 Philip Noel-Baker Derby South 100 10 Anthony Greenwood Tony Greenwood, Baron Greenwood of Rossendale Rossendale 91 11 Richard Stokes politician Ipswich 77 12 Dick Mitchison Dick Mitchison, Baron Mitchison Kettering 76 13† Tom Fraser Hamilton 75 13† Kenneth Younger Grimsby 75 ? John Strachey John Strachey (politician) Dundee West 52 ? John Rankin John Rankin (British politician) Glasgow Govan 31 † Multiple candidates tied for position. References 1955 Category:1955 elections in the United Kingdom