Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election, 1993

Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet took place in October 1993, at the beginning of the 1993/4 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 (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. Beginning with this election, MPs were required to vote for at least four women, but women were no longer guaranteed three 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	Cook, RobinRobin Cook	Livingston	177
2†	Dobson, FrankFrank Dobson	Holborn and St Pancras	163
2†	Prescott, JohnJohn Prescott	Kingston-upon-Hull East	163
4	Brown, GordonGordon Brown	Dunfermline East	160
5	Mowlam, MoMo Mowlam	Redcar	156
6	Blair, TonyTony Blair	Sedgefield	142
7	Clark, DavidDavid Clark	South Shields	133
8	Straw, JackJack Straw	Blackburn	130
9	Smith, ChrisChris Smith	Islington South and Finsbury	124
10	Meacher, MichaelMichael Meacher	Oldham West	122
11†	Davies, RonRon Davies	Caerphilly	121
11†	Dewar, DonaldDonald Dewar	Glasgow Garscadden	121
13	Clarke, TomTom Clarke	Monklands West	120
14	Taylor, AnnAnn Taylor	Dewsbury	116
15†	Lestor, JoanJoan Lestor	Eccles	110
15†	Robertson, GeorgeGeorge Robertson	Hamilton	110
17†	Blunkett, DavidDavid Blunkett	Sheffield Brightside	107
17†	Cunningham, JackJack Cunningham	Copeland	107
19†	Clwyd, AnnAnn Clwyd	Cynon Valley	104
19†	Quin, JoyceJoyce Quin	Gateshead East	104
21	Short, ClareClare Short	Birmingham Ladywood	101
22	Harman, HarrietHarriet Harman	Peckham	99
23	Lloyd, TonyTony Lloyd	Stretford	95
24	Strang, GavinGavin Strang	Edinburgh East	90
25	Adams, IreneIrene Adams	Paisley North	88
26	McNamara, KevinKevin McNamara	Kingston-upon-Hull North	87
26	Primarolo, DawnDawn Primarolo	Bristol South	87
28	Dunwoody, GwynethGwyneth Dunwoody	Crewe and Nantwich	82
39	Gordon, MildredMildred Gordon	Bow and Poplar	81
30	Fatchett, DerekDerek Fatchett	Leeds Central	78
31	Bell, StuartStuart Bell	Middlesbrough	75
32	Fyfe, MariaMaria Fyfe	Glasgow Maryhill	70
33	Mullin, ChrisChris Mullin	Sunderland South	69
34	Michael, AlunAlun Michael	Cardiff West	63
35	Golding, LlinLlin Golding	Newcastle-under-Lyme	62
36	Darling, AlistairAlistair Darling	Edinburgh Central	60
37	McLeish, HenryHenry McLeish	Central Fife	56
38	Marek, JohnJohn Marek	Wrexham	48
39	Ruddock, JoanJoan Ruddock	Lewisham Deptford	47
40	Banks, TonyTony Banks	Newham North West	46
41†	Hoey, KateKate Hoey	Vauxhall	40
41†	Morgan, RhodriRhodri Morgan	Cardiff South and Penarth	40
43	Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett	Norwich South	43
44	Allen, GrahamGraham Allen	Nottingham North	29

† Multiple candidates tied for position.

References

• "Shadow Cabinet Elections in the 1992 Parliament".