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1995 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election

British election

Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet took place in October 1995, at the beginning of the 1995/6 session of parliament. Under the rules then in effect, the Commons members of the Parliamentary Labour Party elected 19 members of the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet, who were then assigned portfolios by the leader. The Labour peers elected the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords. In addition, the Leader of the Labour Party and Deputy Leader (Tony Blair and John Prescott, respectively) were members by virtue of those offices. With this election, for the first time, the role Opposition Chief Whip was simply another portfolio to be handed out rather than an office separately elected by the PLP. The 19 elected members of the Shadow Cabinet were the ones with the largest number of votes. MPs were required to vote for at least four women, but women were not necessarily guaranteed places in the Shadow Cabinet.

Colour
key
Retained in the Shadow Cabinet
Joined the Shadow Cabinet
Voted out of the Shadow Cabinet

Rank
Candidate
Constituency
Votes

1	Derby South	187
2	Livingston	181
3	Dunfermline East	159
4	Caerphilly	157
5	Glasgow Garscadden	156
6	Redcar	152
7	Islington South and Finsbury	148
8	Holborn and St Pancras	142
9	South Shields	141
10	Dewsbury	138
11	Sheffield Brightside	132
12	Edinburgh East	131
13	Blackburn	128
14	Eccles	122
15	Oldham West	121
16	Birmingham Ladywood	119
17	Hamilton	116
18	Peckham	108
19	Monklands West	107
20	Copeland	100
21	Stretford	99
22	Leeds Central	90
23†	Gateshead East	88
23†	Cunninghame North	88
25	Bristol South	86
26	Newcastle-upon-Tyne North	84
27	Middlesbrough	82
28	North West Durham	80
29	Wrexham	76
30	Cynon Valley	72
31	Paisley North	71
32†	Cardiff West	69
32†	Sunderland South	69
34	Edinburgh Central	67
35	Sheffield Central	65
36	Newcastle-under-Lyme	64
37	Central Fife	50
38	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	47
39	Makerfield	46
40	Newham North West	41
41	Liverpool Walton	40
42	Rother Valley	30

† Multiple candidates tied for position.

References

(17 October 1995). "Out of the Shadow". Herald Scotland.

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