Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election, 1985

The results of elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") were announced on 30 October 1985.^[1] 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 (Jack Dormand) were automatically members.

As a result of the election, Gwyneth Dunwoody lost her place in the cabinet. Hughes and Dobson tied for 15th place, so a run-off election was conducted, in which Hughes beat Dobson by 102 votes to 75.^[1]

Rank	Prior rank	Candidate	Constituency	Votes
1	1	Gerald Kaufman	Manchester Gorton	122
2	3=	Stanley Orme	Salford East	115
3=	2	Denis Healey	Leeds East	112
3=	8=	John Prescott	Hull East	112
5	15	Robin Cook	Livingston	106
6	6	Peter Shore	Bethnal Green and Stepney	100
7	5	John Smith	Monklands East	99
8	12=	Giles Radice	North Durham	98
9	3=	Jack Cunningham	Copeland	95
10=	7	Peter Archer	Warley West	94
10=	8=	Barry Jones	Alyn and Deeside	94
12	11	Michael Meacher	Oldham West	93
13	12=	Denzil Davies	Llanelli	90
14	14	Donald Dewar	Glasgow Garscadden	88
15=		Robert Hughes	Aberdeen North	87
15=		Frank Dobson	Holborn and St Pancras	87
17		David Clark	South Shields	80
18		Brynmor John	Pontypridd	76
19		Jo Richardson	Barking	71
20=		Tam Dalyell	Linlithgow	70
20=	10	Gwyneth Dunwoody	Crewe and Nantwich	70
20=		Gavin Strang	Edinburgh East	70
23		Tony Benn	Chesterfield	63

Footnotes

Notes

References

1 2 Keesing's Contemporary Archives, Volume 32

Labour Party

Leadership

Leaders	Hardie Henderson Barnes MacDonald Henderson Adamson Clynes MacDonald Henderson Lansbury Attlee Gaitskell Wilson Callaghan Foot Kinnock Smith Blair Brown Miliband Corbyn

Deputy Leaders	Clynes Graham Attlee Greenwood Morrison Griffiths Bevan Brown Jenkins Short Foot Healey Hattersley Beckett Prescott Harman Watson

General Secretaries	MacDonald Henderson Middleton Phillips Williams Nicholas Hayward Mortimer Whitty Sawyer McDonagh Triesman Carter Watt Collins McNicol

Treasurers	Henderson MacDonald Henderson Lathan Greenwood Gaitskell Bevan Nicholas Davies Callaghan Atkinson Varley Booth McCluskie Burlison Prosser Elsby Dromey Holland

Leaders in the Lords	Haldane Cripps Ponsonby Snell Addison Jowitt Alexander Pakenham Shackleton Shepherd Peart Hughes Richard Jay Williams Amos Ashton Royall Smith

PLP Chairs	Hardie Henderson Barnes MacDonald Henderson Hodge* Wardle* Adamson Clynes MacDonald Henderson Lansbury Attlee Lees-Smith* Pethick-Lawrence* Greenwood* Gaitskell Wilson Houghton Mikardo Hughes Willey Dormand Orme Hoyle Soley Corston Clwyd Lloyd Watts Cryer

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History and related topics	History of the Labour Party (UK) General election manifestos History of the socialist movement in the United Kingdom Lib–Lab pact New Labour Tony's Cronies Blue Labour One Nation Labour

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Neil Kinnock

Born (1942-03-28) 28 March 1942

Political career	Leader of the Labour Party (1983–1992) Shadow Cabinet Member of Parliament for Bedwellty (1970–1983) Member of Parliament for Islwyn (1983–1995)

Shadow Cabinet elections	1980 1981 1982

Party elections	1983 1988

General elections	1987 1992

Family	Glenys Kinnock (wife) Stephen Kinnock (son) Helle Thorning-Schmidt (daughter-in-law)

Related topics	Sheffield Rally

John Smith

Politics	Labour Party North Lanarkshire Monklands East Shadow Cabinet of John Smith

Shadow Cabinet elections	1979 1980 1981 1982

Party elections	1992

Family	Elizabeth Smith Sarah Smith

Related topics	John Smith House

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