1994 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election

Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet took place in October 1994, at the beginning of the 1994/5 session of parliament. Under the rules then in effect, the Commons members of the Parliamentary Labour Party elected 18 members of the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet, who were then assigned portfolios by the leader. The Commons members of the PLP separately elected the Chief Whip, and 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 (Tony Blair and John Prescott, respectively) were members by virtue of those offices. The 18 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
	Joined the Shadow Cabinet
	Voted out of the Shadow Cabinet

Rank	Candidate	Constituency	Votes
1	Robin Cook	Livingston	187
2	Margaret Beckett	Derby South	170
3	Gordon Brown	Dunfermline East	167
4	Donald Dewar	Glasgow Garscadden	142
5	Harriet Harman	Peckham	141
6	Frank Dobson	Holborn and St Pancras	137
7	George Robertson	Hamilton	126
8†	Mo Mowlam	Redcar	125
8†	Chris Smith	Islington South and Finsbury	125
10	Jack Cunningham	Copeland	120
11	Michael Meacher	Oldham West	114
12	Ron Davies	Caerphilly	113
13	David Clark	South Shields	109
14	Jack Straw	Blackburn	106
15†	David Blunkett	Sheffield Brightside	100
15†	Joan Lestor	Eccles	100
17†	Gavin Strang	Edinburgh East	97
17†	Ann Taylor	Dewsbury	97
19†	Ann Clwyd	Cynon Valley	94
19†	Clare Short	Birmingham Ladywood	94
21	Hilary Armstrong	North West Durham	93
22	Derek Fatchett	Leeds Central	88
23†	Nick Brown	Newcastle-upon-Tyne North	86
23†	Tony Lloyd	Stretford	86
23†	Brian Wilson	Cunninghame North	86
26	Tom Clarke	Monklands West	83
27	Alun Michael	Cardiff West	81
28	Joyce Quin	Gateshead East	78
29	Dawn Primarolo	Bristol South	75
30	Kevin McNamara	Kingston upon Hull North	70
31	Stuart Bell	Middlesbrough	67
32	Alistair Darling	Edinburgh Central	61
33	Chris Mullin	Sunderland South	59
34	George Foulkes	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	58
35†	Irene Adams	Paisley North	57
35†	John Marek	Wrexham	57
37	Llin Golding	Newcastle-under-Lyme	56
38	Mildred Gordon	Bow and Poplar	48
39	Martin O'Neill	Clackmannan	45
40†	Maria Fyfe	Glasgow Maryhill	43
40†	Henry McLeish	Central Fife	43
42†	Tony Banks	Newham North West	42
42†	Joan Ruddock	Lewisham Deptford	42
44	Kate Hoey	Vauxhall	41
45	Ian McCartney	Makerfield	40
46	John McFall	Dumbarton	38
47	Jeff Rooker	Birmingham Perry Barr	35
48	Joan Walley	Stoke-on-Trent North	32
49	Jeremy Corbyn	Islington North	31
50	Barry Sheerman	Huddersfield	30
51	Rhodri Morgan	Cardiff South and Penarth	28
52	Clive Soley	Hammersmith	24

† Multiple candidates tied for position.

References

Had served in the previous configuration of the Shadow Cabinet as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.

"Shadow Cabinet Elections in the 1992 Parliament". Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2010.

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