1996 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 July 1996. 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. 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	251
2		Dewsbury	250
3		Birmingham Ladywood	218
4		Edinburgh East	217
5		Livingston	215
6		Glasgow Garscadden	212
7		Holborn and St Pancras	211
8		Redcar	206
9†		South Shields	205
9†		Oldham West	205
11		Caerphilly	201
12		Copeland	190
13		Blackburn	189
14†		Dunfermline East	188
14†		Islington South and Finsbury	148
16		Hamilton	182
17†		Sheffield Brightside	175
17†		Monklands West	175
19		Peckham	149
20		Cynon Valley	94
21†		Birmingham Selly Oak	66
21†		Sunderland South	66
23	Paul Flynn	Newport West	61
24		Newham North West	47
25		Falkirk West	42
26		Islington North	37

† Multiple candidates tied for position.