Labour Party Shadow Cabinet Elections

	Labour Party Shadow Cabinet Elections Until they were abolished in 2011 it had been the tradition for the British Labour Party to hold elections to the Shadow Cabinet whenever the Party was in Opposition. Cabinet members would be elected by the MPs within the Parliamentary Labour Party, usually at the beginning of a Parliamentary session. The PLP voted to abolish Shadow Cabinet elections at a meeting on 5 July 2011. The decision was later approved by Labour's National Executive Committee at the end of July, then at their annual conference in Liverpool in September. See also 1951 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election 1952 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election 1953 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election 1954 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election 1955 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election 1956 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election 1957 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election 1958 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election 1959 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election 1960 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election 1961 Labour Party Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a List of political parties in the United Kingdom, political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of Social democracy, social democrats, Democratic socialism, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The Labour Party sits on the Centre-left politics, centre-left of the political spectrum. In all general elections since 1922 United Kingdom general election, 1922, Labour has been either the governing party or the Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition (United Kingdom), Official Opposition. There have been six Labour List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom, prime ministers and thirteen Labour Cabinet of the United Kingdom, ministries. The party holds the annual Labour Party Conference, at which party policy is formulated. The party was founded in 1900, having grown out of the Labour movement, trade union movement and History of the socialist movement in the United Kingdom, socialist List of political parties in the United Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1963 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet Election Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1963. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader (Harold Wilson), 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. All existing members of the Shadow Cabinet were re-elected. However, as Wilson had succeeded to the leadership of the party, he did not need to stand in the election, and Douglas Jay won the newly available seat. References {{UK Labour Party 1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ... Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election Labour Party Shadow Cabinet electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1987 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet Election The annual election to the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party's Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom), Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") was conducted in 1987.''The Times Guide to the House of Commons, June 1987'', p.21 In addition to the 16 members elected, the Leader (Neil Kinnock), Deputy Leader (Roy Hattersley), Labour Chief Whip (Derek Foster, Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland, Derek Foster), Labour Leader in the House of Lords (Cledwyn Hughes), and Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (Stan Orme) were automatically members. Following the 1987 United Kingdom general election, 1987 general election, there were significant changes to the cabinet. Barry Jones, Baron Jones, Barry Jones, Peter Shore, Peter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell, Peter Archer and Giles Radice lost their seats, and other familiar faces such as Denis Healey did not stand. Michael Meacher, Robert Hughes, Baron Hughes of Woodside, Robert Hughes, Robin Cook, Frank Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1986 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet Election The annual election to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") was conducted in October 1986.''Keesing's Contemporary Archives, Volume 33'', p.xxxiii In addition to the 16 members elected, the Leader ( Neil Kinnock), Deputy Leader ( Roy Hattersley), Labour Chief Whip ( Derek Foster), Labour Leader in the House of Lords ( Cledwyn Hughes), and Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (Jack Dormand) were automatically members. As a result of the election, David Clark and Bryan Gould joined the cabinet, while Robin Cook and Robert Hughes lost their places. Top 19 candidates are listed. Footnotes ;Notes ;References {{John Smith 1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. Spain and Portugal ente ... 1986 elections in the United Kingdom October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1985 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet Election The results of elections to the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party's Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom), Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") were announced on 30 October 1985.''Keesing's Contemporary Archives, Volume 32'' In addition to the 15 members elected, the Leader (Neil Kinnock), Deputy Leader (Roy Hattersley), Labour Chief Whip (Derek Foster, Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland, Derek Foster), Labour Leader in the House of Lords (Cledwyn Hughes), and Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (Jack Dormand) were automatically members. As a result of the election, Gwyneth Dunwoody lost her place in the cabinet. Hughes and Dobson tied for 15th place, so a run-off election was conducted, in which Hughes beat Dobson by 102 votes to 75. Footnotes ;Notes ;References {{John Smith Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet elections, 1985 1985 elections in the United Kingdom, Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election October 1985 events in Europe, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1984 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet Election The results of elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") were announced on 26 October 1984.''Keesing's Contemporary Archives, Volume 30'', p.xxviii In addition to the 15 members elected, the Leader ( Neil Kinnock), Deputy Leader ( Roy Hattersley), Labour Chief Whip ( Michael Cocks), Labour Leader in the House of Lords ( Cledwyn Hughes), and Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (Jack Dormand) were automatically members. Footnotes ;Notes ;References {{John Smith 1984 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election Until they were abolished in 2011 it had been the tradition for the British Labour Party to hold elections to the Shadow Cabinet whenever the Party was in Opposition. Cabinet members would be elected by the MPs within the Parliamentary Labour Par ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1983 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet Election Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") were announced on 28 October 1983.''Keesing's Contemporary Archives'', vol.XXIX In addition to the 15 members elected, the Leader (Neil Kinnock), Deputy Leader (Roy Hattersley), Labour Chief Whip (Michael Cocks), Labour Leader in the House of Lords ( Lord Cledwyn of Penrhos), and Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (Jack Dormand) were automatically members. Denis Healey, who had previously been automatically a shadow cabinet member as Deputy Leader, topped the poll. Robin Cook, Michael Meacher and Giles Radice joined the cabinet; Jones and Meacher had not stood in 1982. Footnotes ;Notes ;References {{John Smith 1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ... 1983 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1982 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet Election Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") took place on 18 November 1982. In addition to the 15 members elected, the Leader (Michael Foot), Deputy Leader (Denis Healey), Labour Chief Whip (Michael Cocks), Labour Leader in the House of Lords ( Lord Cledwyn of Penrhos), and Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (Jack Dormand) were automatically members. All 15 members elected the previous year were retained. The value of being the top loser dropped as by-elections would be held for future vacancies under a change in the Parliamentary Labour Party's rules. The results for 20 of the 40 candidates are listed below: Footnotes ;Notes ;References {{John Smith 1982 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election Until they were abolished in 2011 it had been the tradition for the British Labour Party to hold elections to the Shadow Cabinet whenever the Party was in Opposition. Cabinet member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1981 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet Election Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") took place on 19 November 1981. There were 15 posts, rather than 12 as in previous years. In addition to the 15 members elected, the Leader ( Michael Foot), Deputy Leader (Denis Healey), Labour Chief Whip ( Michael Cocks), Labour Leader in the House of Lords ( Lord Peart), and Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (Jack Dormand) were automatically members. Of the 12 incumbent members, 10 were re-elected. Tony Benn, who was the top loser in 1980 automatically took the Bill Rodgers when the latter left the party to create the Social Democratic Party. He lost again in this election. It is unclear whether Roy Mason lost re-election or did not stand. The results of the election, though incomplete, are below Tony Benn had narrowly failed to defeat Denis Healey for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party a few months earlier. Shortly before the shadow cabinet election, Benn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1980 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet Election Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") took place on 4 December 1980, having been delayed due to the October election of new Party Leader Michael Foot. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader (Foot), Deputy Leader (Denis Healey), Labour Chief Whip (Michael Cocks), Labour Leader in the House of Lords ( Lord Peart), and Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (Fred Willey) were automatically members. Two winners of the 1979 election were not re-elected: Healey was elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, so did not need to run for election to the Shadow Cabinet. David Owen did not return. He informed Michael Foot of his decision not to run in November, after the PLP rejected "one member, one vote" and it became clearer to him that he would be defecting. Not long afterward, he joined Bill Rodgers (who did win a seat in the Shadow Cabinet), Shirley Williams, and Roy Jenkins in founding the Social Democratic Party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1979 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet Election Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred on 14 June 1979, following the Party's fall from power at the May general election that year. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader (James Callaghan), Deputy Leader ( Michael Foot), Labour Chief Whip ( Michael Cocks), Labour Leader in the House of Lords ( Lord Peart), and Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party ( Fred Willey) were automatically members. Tony Benn, who had been Secretary of State for Energy in the outgoing Callaghan ministry did not seek election to the Shadow Cabinet as he opted to return to the back benches "for the time being". The 12 winners of the election are listed below: References {{John Smith 1979 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election Until they were abolished in 2011 it had been the tradition for the British Labour Party to hold elections to the Shadow Cabinet whenever the Party w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1973 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet Election 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. The 12 winners of the election are listed below: References {{UK Labour Party 1979 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election Until they were abolished in 2011 it had been the tradition for the British Labour Party to hold elections to the Shadow Cabinet whenever the Party was in Opposition. Cabinet members would be elected by the MPs within the Parliamentary Labour Par ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]