Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1962. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader (Hugh Gaitskell), Deputy Leader (George Brown), Labour Chief Whip (Herbert Bowden), Labour Leader in the House of Lords (A. V. Alexander), and Labour Chief Whip in the House of Lords (the Earl of Lucan) were automatically members. The election saw no changes to the Shadow Cabinet.[1]

Colour
key 		Retained in the Shadow Cabinet
Joined the Shadow Cabinet
Voted out of the Shadow Cabinet
Rank
 Candidate
 Constituency
 Votes
1 James Callaghan Cardiff South East 164
2 Frank Soskice Newport 160
3 Harold Wilson Huyton 151
4 Douglas Houghton Sowerby 143
5 Tom Fraser Hamilton 137
6= Patrick Gordon Walker Smethwick 132
6= Dick Mitchison Kettering 132
8 Michael Stewart Fulham 130
9 Denis Healey Leeds East 129
10 Ray Gunter Southwark 126
11 Fred Willey Sunderland North 122
12 Fred Lee Newton 120
13 Douglas Jay Battersea North 88
14= Richard Crossman Coventry East 74
14= Anthony Greenwood Rossendale 74
16 Fred Peart Workington 72
17 Roy Jenkins Birmingham Stechford 68
18= Arthur Bottomley Middlesbrough East 62
18= Fenner Brockway Eton and Slough 62
20= Alice Bacon Leeds South East 55
20= Christopher Mayhew Woolwich East 55
22= Barbara Castle Blackburn 51
22= Bob Edwards Bilston 51
24 Judith Hart Lanark 50
25 George Thomas Cardiff West 49
26 Leslie Plummer Deptford 47
27 Malcolm Macmillan Western Isles 46
28 John Stonehouse Wednesbury 39
29 Fred Mulley Sheffield Park 36
30 John Rankin Glasgow Govan 32
31 Arthur Irvine Liverpool Edge Hill 19

References

  1. ^ Boyd, Francis (23 November 1962). "Mr Callaghan top of poll". The Guardian.
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