Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1973. 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 (Fred Willey), Labour Leader in the House of Lords (Baron Shackleton), and Labour Chief Whip in the Lords (Baroness Llewelyn-Davies) were automatically members. The Labour Lords elected one further member, Baron Champion.[1]

The 12 winners of the election are listed below:[1]

Colour
key 		Retained in the Shadow Cabinet
Joined the Shadow Cabinet
Voted out of the Shadow Cabinet
Rank
 Prior
rank
 Candidate
 Constituency
 Votes
1 5 Jim Callaghan Cardiff South East 150
2 4 Michael Foot Ebbw Vale 147
3 1 Reg Prentice Daventry 146
4 3 Anthony Crosland Great Grimsby 145
5 N/A Roy Jenkins Birmingham Stechford 144
6 2 Shirley Williams Hitchin 138
7 6 Denis Healey Leeds East 129
8= 11 Tony Benn Bristol South East 110
8= 9 Harold Lever Manchester Cheetham 110
10 10 Merlyn Rees Leeds South 108
11 12 Peter Shore Stepney 104
12 7 Willie Ross Kilmarnock 99
13 13 John Silkin Deptford 97
14 8 Fred Peart Workington 90
15 N/A Eric Varley Chesterfield 83
16 14 Cledwyn Hughes Anglesey 76
17 20 Bill Rodgers Stockton-on-Tees 67
18 15 Eric Heffer Liverpool Walton 66
19 22 Stan Orme Salford West 57
20= 18 Dick Mabon Greenock 56
20= 24 Norman Atkinson Tottenham 56
22 26 Brian O'Malley Rotherham 54
23 N/A Frank Allaun Salford East 52
24 21 Roy Hattersley Birmingham Sparkbrook 50
25 N/A Edmund Dell Birkenhead 46
26= 19 Roy Mason Barnsley 37
26= 27 John Mendelson Penistone 37
28 N/A Norman Buchan West Renfrewshire 36
29 25 Denis Howell Birmingham Small Heath 31
30 23 Willie Hamilton West Fife 23
31 29 Ivor Richard Barons Court 25
32 N/A Fred Mulley Sheffield Park 24
33 N/A Robert Sheldon Ashton under Lyne 19

References

  1. ^ a b "Parliamentary Labour Party". The Political Companion (17): 63–64. Winter 1973.
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