1992 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election explained

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 were not among the top 18 based on the number of votes.

Colour key	bgcolor=ffdd88	Retained in the Shadow Cabinet
	Joined the Shadow Cabinet
	Voted out of the Shadow Cabinet

Rank	Candidate	Constituency	Votes
1			165
2			150
3			149
4			140
5			137
6†			135
6†			135
6†			135
6†			135
10			133
11			129
12			124
13			122
14			121
15			112
16			111
17			105
18			104
19			89
20			82
21			80
22			73
23†			71
23†			71
25			70
26			63
27			62
28			61
29			60
30			58
31			57
32			54
33†			53
33†			53
35			51
36†			47
36†			47
38			44
39†			42
39†			42
41			41
42†			39
42†			39
44			38
45			37
46			33
47			31
48†			29
48†			29
50†			26
50†			26
52			20
53			19

† Multiple candidates tied for position.

References

• Web site: Shadow Cabinet Elections in the 1992 Parliament . 2010-05-24 . 2010-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100714134916/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/shadow.html . dead .