1951 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election

Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1951. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader (Clement Attlee), Deputy Leader (Herbert Morrison), Labour Chief Whip (William Whiteley), and Labour Leader in the House of Lords (Christopher Addison) were automatically members.

Uniquely, in 1951, the voting tallies were not released, only the ranks of the successful candidates.[1]

The results of the election are listed below:[2]

Colour
key		 Member of Cabinet when Labour Party lost office following the 1951 election
RankCandidateConstituencyVotes
1Jim GriffithsLlanelli
2Glenvil HallColne Valley
3Hugh GaitskellLeeds South
4Alfred RobensBlyth
5James Chuter EdeSouth Shields
6Richard StokesIpswich
7James CallaghanCardiff South-East
8Hugh DaltonBishop Auckland
9Philip Noel-BakerDerby South
10Edith SummerskillFulham West
11Manny ShinwellEasington
12Arthur GreenwoodWakefield

References
  1. Haseler, Stephen (1969). The Gaitskellites: Revisionism in the British Labour Party 1951–64. p. 37.
  2. Butler, David (1986). British Political Facts 1900–1985. Springer. p. 147. ISBN 1349180831.
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