1992 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election

Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet took place in July 1992. Shadow Cabinet elections generally take place at the beginning of a parliamentary session, but the 1992 vote was postponed until a new leader was elected to replace Neil Kinnock. Under the rules then in effect, the Commons members of the Parliamentary Labour Party elected 18 members of the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet, who were then assigned portfolios by the leader. The Commons members of the PLP separately elected the Chief Whip, and 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 (John Smith and Margaret Beckett, respectively) were members by virtue of those offices. The 18 elected members of the Shadow Cabinet were the ones with the largest number of votes, except that the three women with the most votes would be included in the 18, even if they were not among the top 18 based on the number of votes.

Colour
key
Retained in the Shadow Cabinet
Joined the Shadow Cabinet
Voted out of the Shadow Cabinet
Rank
Candidate
Constituency
Votes
1Gordon BrownDunfermline East165
2Tony BlairSedgefield150
3Robin CookLivingston149
4Frank DobsonHolborn and St Pancras140
5John PrescottKingston upon Hull East137
6†Bryan GouldDagenham135
6†Harriet HarmanPeckham135
6†Mo MowlamRedcar135
6†Chris SmithIslington South and Finsbury135
10Ann ClwydCynon Valley133
11Ann TaylorDewsbury129
12Jack CunninghamCopeland124
13Michael MeacherOldham West122
14Donald DewarGlasgow Garscadden121
15David BlunkettSheffield Brightside112
16Jack StrawBlackburn111
17Tom ClarkeMonklands West105
18David ClarkSouth Shields104
19Ron DaviesCaerphilly89
20George RobertsonHamilton82
21Barry JonesAlyn and Deeside80
22Clare ShortBirmingham Ladywood73
23†Dawn PrimaroloBristol South71
23†Joyce QuinGateshead East71
25Hilary ArmstrongNorth West Durham70
26Martin O'NeillClackmannan63
27Jo RichardsonBarking62
28Kevin McNamaraKingston upon Hull North61
29Stuart BellMiddlesbrough60
30Chris MullinSunderland South58
31George FoulkesCarrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley57
32Derek FatchettLeeds Central54
33†Henry McLeishCentral Fife53
33†Clive SoleyHammersmith53
35Llin GoldingNewcastle-under-Lyme51
36†Mildred GordonBow and Poplar47
36†Tony BennChesterfield47
38Jeff RookerBirmingham Perry Barr44
39†Tony BanksNewham North West42
39†Bruce GrocottThe Wrekin42
41Mark FisherStoke-on-Trent Central41
42†Alun MichaelCardiff West39
42†Gavin StrangEdinburgh East39
44John MarekWrexham38
45Alf MorrisManchester Wythenshawe37
46Tony LloydStretford33
47Barry SheermanHuddersfield31
48†Graham AllenNottingham North29
48†Bernie GrantTottenham29
50†Dennis CanavanFalkirk West26
50†John GarrettNorwich South26
52Austin MitchellGreat Grimsby20
53Stuart RandallKingston upon Hull West19

† Multiple candidates tied for position.

References

  • "Shadow Cabinet Elections in the 1992 Parliament". Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
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