The annual election to the
Labour Party's
Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") was conducted in October 1986.
[''Keesing's Contemporary Archives, Volume 33'', p.xxxiii] In addition to the 16 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
John Donkin Dormand, Baron Dormand of Easington (27 August 1919 – 18 December 2003) was a British educationist and Labour Party politician from the coal mining area of Easington in County Durham, in the north-east of England. He was Memb ...
) were automatically members.
As a result of the election,
David Clark and
Bryan Gould joined the cabinet, while
Robin Cook and
Robert Hughes lost their places.
Top 19 candidates are listed.
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1986 elections in the United Kingdom
October 1986 events in the United Kingdom