Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet took place in October 1994, at the beginning of the 1994/5 session of parliament. 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 (Tony Blair and John Prescott, 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. 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
1Robin CookLivingston187
2Margaret Beckett[1]Derby South170
3Gordon BrownDunfermline East167
4Donald DewarGlasgow Garscadden142
5Harriet HarmanPeckham141
6Frank DobsonHolborn and St Pancras137
7George RobertsonHamilton126
8†Mo MowlamRedcar125
8†Chris SmithIslington South and Finsbury125
10Jack CunninghamCopeland120
11Michael MeacherOldham West114
12Ron DaviesCaerphilly113
13David ClarkSouth Shields109
14Jack StrawBlackburn106
15†David BlunkettSheffield Brightside100
15†Joan LestorEccles100
17†Gavin StrangEdinburgh East97
17†Ann TaylorDewsbury97
19†Ann ClwydCynon Valley94
19†Clare ShortBirmingham Ladywood94
21Hilary ArmstrongNorth West Durham93
22Derek FatchettLeeds Central88
23†Nick BrownNewcastle-upon-Tyne North86
23†Tony LloydStretford86
23†Brian WilsonCunninghame North86
26Tom ClarkeMonklands West83
27Alun MichaelCardiff West81
28Joyce QuinGateshead East78
29Dawn PrimaroloBristol South75
30Kevin McNamaraKingston upon Hull North70
31Stuart BellMiddlesbrough67
32Alistair DarlingEdinburgh Central61
33Chris MullinSunderland South59
34George FoulkesCarrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley58
35†Irene AdamsPaisley North57
35†John MarekWrexham57
37Llin GoldingNewcastle-under-Lyme56
38Mildred GordonBow and Poplar48
39Martin O'NeillClackmannan45
40†Maria FyfeGlasgow Maryhill43
40†Henry McLeishCentral Fife43
42†Tony BanksNewham North West42
42†Joan RuddockLewisham Deptford42
44Kate HoeyVauxhall41
45Ian McCartneyMakerfield40
46John McFallDumbarton38
47Jeff RookerBirmingham Perry Barr35
48Joan WalleyStoke-on-Trent North32
49Jeremy CorbynIslington North31
50Barry SheermanHuddersfield30
51Rhodri MorganCardiff South and Penarth28
52Clive SoleyHammersmith24

† Multiple candidates tied for position.

References

  1. Had served in the previous configuration of the Shadow Cabinet as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.
  • "Shadow Cabinet Elections in the 1992 Parliament". Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
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