1973 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 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.Parliamentary Labour Party The Political Companion Winter 1973 17 63–64 The 12 winners of the election are listed below: Colourkey Retained in the Shadow Cabinet Joined the Shadow Cabinet Voted out of the Shadow Cabinet Rank Priorrank 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 1979 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election