1995 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] took place in October 1995, at the beginning of the 1995/6 session of parliament. Under the rules then in effect, the Commons members of the Parliamentary Labour Party elected 19 members of the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet, who were then assigned portfolios by the leader. 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 were members by virtue of those offices. With this election, for the first time, the role Opposition Chief Whip was simply another portfolio to be handed out rather than an office separately elected by the PLP. The 19 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
Colour key	Joined the Shadow Cabinet
Colour key	Voted out of the Shadow Cabinet

Rank	Candidate	Constituency	Votes
1		Derby South	187
2		Livingston	181
3		Dunfermline East	159
4		Caerphilly	157
5		Glasgow Garscadden	156
6		Redcar	152
7		Islington South and Finsbury	148
8		Holborn and St Pancras	142
9		South Shields	141
10		Dewsbury	138
11		Sheffield Brightside	132
12		Edinburgh East	131
13		Blackburn	128
14		Eccles	122
15		Oldham West	121
16		Birmingham Ladywood	119
17		Hamilton	116
18		Peckham	108
19		Monklands West	107
20		Copeland	100
21		Stretford	99
22		Leeds Central	90
23†		Gateshead East	88
23†		Cunninghame North	88
25		Bristol South	86
26		Newcastle-upon-Tyne North	84
27		Middlesbrough	82
28		North West Durham	80
29		Wrexham	76
30		Cynon Valley	72
31		Paisley North	71
32†		Cardiff West	69
32†		Sunderland South	69
34		Edinburgh Central	67
35		Sheffield Central	65
36		Newcastle-under-Lyme	64
37		Central Fife	50
38		Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	47
39		Makerfield	46
40		Newham North West	41
41		Liverpool Walton	40
42		Rother Valley	30

† Multiple candidates tied for position.