1972 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election


Elections to the Labour Party's [Official Opposition Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)|Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)|Shadow Cabinet] occurred in November 1972. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader, [Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK)|Leader of the Labour Party (UK)|Deputy Leader], Labour Chief Whip, Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party, Labour Leader in the House of Lords, and Labour Chief Whip in the Lords were automatically members. The Labour Lords elected one further member, Baron Champion.
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.
The 12 winners of the election are listed below:
Colour
key		Retained in the Shadow Cabinet
Colour
key		Joined the Shadow Cabinet
Colour
key		Voted out of the Shadow Cabinet

Rank
Prior
rank
Candidate
Constituency
Votes
1=13Reg PrenticeDaventry154
1=3Shirley WilliamsHitchin154
38Anthony CroslandGreat Grimsby148
42Michael FootEbbw Vale146
54Jim CallaghanCardiff South East142
612Denis HealeyLeeds East137
75Willie RossKilmarnock134
86Fred PeartWorkington128
97Harold LeverManchester Cheetham125
1025Merlyn ReesLeeds South107
1110Tony BennBristol South East106
12=11Peter ShoreStepney102
12=14John SilkinDeptford102
1417Cledwyn HughesAnglesey91
1516Eric HefferLiverpool Walton84
1615Barbara CastleBlackburn78
1726George ThomasCardiff West73
18=19Dick MabonGreenock71
18=20Roy MasonBarnsley71
18=18Bill RodgersStockton-on-Tees71
21N/ARoy HattersleyBirmingham Sparkbrook68
2224Stan OrmeSalford West65
2322Willie HamiltonWest Fife57
24N/ANorman AtkinsonTottenham54
25N/ADenis HowellBirmingham Small Heath53
26N/ABrian O'MalleyRotherham46
27N/AJohn MendelsonPenistone45
28N/AAlf MorrisManchester Wythenshawe42
29N/AIvor RichardBarons Court40
30N/AArthur PalmerBristol Central31
31N/AJohn MorrisAberavon18