1972 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 1972. 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 (Douglas Houghton), Labour Leader in the House of Lords (Baron Shackleton), and Labour Chief Whip in the Lords (Baron Beswick) were automatically members. The Labour Lords elected one further member, Baron Champion.Parliamentary Labour Party The Political Companion Summer 1973 15 71–72 There was a tie for twelfth place, which required a run-off election between Peter Shore and John Silkin. However, Silkin withdrew, leaving Shore to take the final place in the cabinet, without an election. 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= 13 Reg Prentice Daventry 154 1= 3 Shirley Williams Hitchin 154 3 8 Anthony Crosland Great Grimsby 148 4 2 Michael Foot Ebbw Vale 146 5 4 Jim Callaghan Cardiff South East 142 6 12 Denis Healey Leeds East 137 7 5 Willie Ross Kilmarnock 134 8 6 Fred Peart Workington 128 9 7 Harold Lever Manchester Cheetham 125 10 25 Merlyn Rees Leeds South 107 11 10 Tony Benn Bristol South East 106 12= 11 Peter Shore Stepney 102 12= 14 John Silkin Deptford 102 14 17 Cledwyn Hughes Anglesey 91 15 16 Eric Heffer Liverpool Walton 84 16 15 Barbara Castle Blackburn 78 17 26 George Thomas Cardiff West 73 18= 19 Dick Mabon Greenock 71 18= 20 Roy Mason Barnsley 71 18= 18 Bill Rodgers Stockton-on-Tees 71 21 N/A Roy Hattersley Birmingham Sparkbrook 68 22 24 Stan Orme Salford West 65 23 22 Willie Hamilton West Fife 57 24 N/A Norman Atkinson Tottenham 54 25 N/A Denis Howell Birmingham Small Heath 53 26 N/A Brian O'Malley Rotherham 46 27 N/A John Mendelson Penistone 45 28 N/A Alf Morris Manchester Wythenshawe 42 29 N/A Ivor Richard Barons Court 40 30 N/A Arthur Palmer Bristol Central 31 31 N/A John Morris Aberavon 18 References 1972 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election Category:November 1972 elections