1988 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election

Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1988. In addition to the 15 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 (Stanley Orme) were automatically members.[1]

The 15 winners of the election are listed below:[1]

Colour key	Retained in the Shadow Cabinet
	Joined the Shadow Cabinet
	Voted out of the Shadow Cabinet

Rank	Candidate	Constituency	Votes
1	Gordon Brown	Dunfermline East	155
2	John Smith	Monklands East	144
3	Gerald Kaufman	Manchester Gorton	129
4	David Clark	South Shields	128
5†	Robin Cook	Livingston	119
5†	Donald Dewar	Glasgow Garscadden	119
7†	Frank Dobson	Holborn and St Pancras	116
7†	Bryan Gould	Dagenham	116
9	Tony Blair	Sedgefield	111
10	Michael Meacher	Oldham West	109
11	Jack Straw	Blackburn	100
12	Barry Jones	Alyn and Deeside	96
13	John Prescott	Kingston upon Hull East	94
14	Jack Cunningham	Copeland	88
15	Jo Richardson	Barking	86

† Multiple candidates tied for position.

References

1. Webster, Philip (3 November 1988). "Kinnock gathers his allies around him". The Times. p. 24.