Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1973. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader (

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), Deputy Leader ( Edward Short), Labour Chief Whip (

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), Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (

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), Labour Leader in the House of Lords ( Baron Shackleton), and Labour Chief Whip in the Lords ( Baroness Llewelyn-Davies) were automatically members. The Labour Lords elected one further member, Baron Champion. The 12 winners of the election are listed below:

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Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election

Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election Until they were abolished in 2011 it had been the tradition for the British Labour Party to hold elections to the Shadow Cabinet whenever the Party was in Opposition. Cabinet members would be elected by the MPs within the Parliamentary Labour Par ...