Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet took place in October 1995, at the beginning of the 1995/6 session of parliament. 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 (Tony Blair and John Prescott, respectively) were members by virtue of those offices. With this election, for the first time, the role Opposition Chief Whip was simply another portfolio to be handed out rather than an office separately elected by the PLP.[1] 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
Joined the Shadow Cabinet
Voted out of the Shadow Cabinet
Rank
Candidate
Constituency
Votes
1
187
2
181
3
159
4
157
5
156
6
152
7
148
8
142
9
141
10
138
11
132
12
131
13
128
14
122
15
121
16
119
17
116
18
108
19
107
20
100
21
99
22
90
23†
88
23†
88
25
86
26
84
27
82
28
80
29
76
30
72
31
71
32†
69
32†
69
34
67
35
65
36
64
37
50
38
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
47
39
46
40
41
41
40
42
30
† Multiple candidates tied for position.
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