Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election, 1992

Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet took place in July 1992. Shadow Cabinet elections generally take place at the beginning of a parliamentary session, but the 1992 vote was postponed until a new leader was elected to replace Neil Kinnock. 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 (John Smith and Margaret Beckett, 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, except that the three women with the most votes would be included in the 18, even if they weren't among the 18 top vote getters.

Rank	Candidate	Constituency	Votes
1	Brown, GordonGordon Brown	Dunfermline East	165
2	Blair, TonyTony Blair	Sedgefield	150
3	Cook, RobinRobin Cook	Livingston	149
4	Dobson, FrankFrank Dobson	Holborn and St Pancras	140
5	Prescott, JohnJohn Prescott	Kingston-upon-Hull East	137
6†	Gould, BryanBryan Gould	Dagenham	135
6†	Harman, HarrietHarriet Harman	Peckham	135
6†	Mowlam, MoMo Mowlam	Redcar	135
6†	Smith, ChrisChris Smith	Islington South and Finsbury	135
10	Clwyd, AnnAnn Clwyd	Cynon Valley	133
11	Taylor, AnnAnn Taylor	Dewsbury	129
12	Cunningham, JackJack Cunningham	Copeland	124
13	Meacher, MichaelMichael Meacher	Oldham West	122
14	Dewar, DonaldDonald Dewar	Glasgow Garscadden	121
15	Blunkett, DavidDavid Blunkett	Sheffield Brightside	112
16	Straw, JackJack Straw	Blackburn	111
17	Clarke, TomTom Clarke	Monklands West	105
18	Clark, DavidDavid Clark	South Shields	104
19	Davies, RonRon Davies	Caerphilly	89
20	Robertson, GeorgeGeorge Robertson	Hamilton	82
21	Jones, BarryBarry Jones	Alyn and Deeside	80
22	Short, ClareClare Short	Birmingham Ladywood	73
23†	Primarolo, DawnDawn Primarolo	Bristol South	71
23†	Quin, JoyceJoyce Quin	Gateshead East	71
25	Armstrong, HilaryHilary Armstrong	North West Durham	70
26	O'Neill, MartinMartin O'Neill	Clackmannan	63
27	Richardson, JoJo Richardson	Barking	62
28	McNamara, KevinKevin McNamara	Kingston-upon-Hull North	61
29	Bell, StuartStuart Bell	Middlesbrough	60
30	Mullin, ChrisChris Mullin	Sunderland South	58
31	Foulkes, GeorgeGeorge Foulkes	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	57
32	Fatchett, DerekDerek Fatchett	Leeds Central	54
33†	McLeish, HenryHenry McLeish	Central Fife	53
33†	Soley, CliveClive Soley	Hammersmith	53
35	Golding, LlinLlin Golding	Newcastle-under-Lyme	51
36†	Gordon, MildredMildred Gordon	Bow and Poplar	47
36†	Benn, TonyTony Benn	Chesterfield	47
38	Rooker, JeffJeff Rooker	Birmingham Perry Barr	44
39†	Banks, TonyTony Banks	Newham North West	42
39†	Grocott, BruceBruce Grocott	The Wrekin	42
41	Fisher, MarkMark Fisher	Stoke-on-Trent Central	41
42†	Michael, AlunAlun Michael	Cardiff West	39
42†	Strang, GavinGavin Strang	Edinburgh East	39
44	Marek, JohnJohn Marek	Wrexham	38
45	Morris, AlfAlf Morris	Manchester Wythenshawe	37
46	Lloyd, TonyTony Lloyd	Stretford	33
47	Sheerman, BarryBarry Sheerman	Huddersfield	31
48†	Allen, GrahamGraham Allen	Nottingham North	29
48†	Grant, BernieBernie Grant	Tottenham	29
50†	Canavan, DennisDennis Canavan	Falkirk West	26
50†	Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett	Norwich South	26
52	Mitchell, AustinAustin Mitchell	Great Grimsby	20
53	Randall, StuartStuart Randall	Kingston-upon-Hull West	19

† Multiple candidates tied for position.

References

• "Shadow Cabinet Elections in the 1992 Parliament".
• "The New Shadow Cabinet". Graham Pointer's Blog. 24 October 2009. External link in |work= (help)