Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1958. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader (

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), Deputy Leader ( Jim Griffiths), Labour Chief Whip ( Herbert Bowden), Labour Leader in the House of Lords (

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), and Labour Chief Whip in the House of Lords (Lord Lucan) were automatically members. Labour peers held a separate vote for one further member of the cabinet, won by Lord Faringdon. In the elections, Edith Summerskill regained her place in the cabinet after a year's absence, at the expense of

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. Full results are listed below:

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1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

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