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. [1]
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. [1]
The 12 winners of the election are listed below: [1]
Colour key |
Retained in the Shadow Cabinet |
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Joined the Shadow Cabinet | |
Voted out of the Shadow Cabinet |