Elections to the
Labour Party's
Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1952. In addition to the 12 members elected, the
Leader (
Clement Attlee
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, (3 January 18838 October 1967) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955. He was Deputy Prime Mini ...
),
Deputy Leader (
Herbert Morrison),
Labour Chief Whip (
William Whiteley), Labour Leader in the House of Lords (
William Jowitt
William Allen Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt, (15 April 1885 – 16 August 1957) was a British Liberal Party, National Labour and then Labour Party politician and lawyer who served as Lord Chancellor under Clement Attlee from 1945 to 1951.
Backg ...
) were automatically members.
The results of the election are listed below:
References
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1952
Events January–February
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Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election
Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election