Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1972. In addition to the 12 members elected, the

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( Harold Wilson), Deputy Leader ( Edward Short),

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( Bob Mellish), Chairman of the

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(

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), Labour Leader in the House of Lords ( Baron Shackleton), and Labour Chief Whip in the Lords ( Baron Beswick) were automatically members. The Labour Lords elected one further member, Baron Champion. There was a tie for twelfth place, which required a run-off election between

Peter Shore Peter David Shore, Baron Shore of Stepney, (20 May 1924 – 24 September 2001) was a British Labour Party politician and former Cabinet Minister, noted in part for his opposition to the United Kingdom's entry into the European Economic Commun ...

and

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. However, Silkin withdrew, leaving Shore to take the final place in the cabinet, without an election. The 12 winners of the election are listed below:

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