1960 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election

Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1960. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader (Hugh Gaitskell), Deputy Leader (George Brown), Labour Chief Whip (Herbert Bowden), Labour Leader in the House of Lords (A. V. Alexander), and Labour Chief Whip in the House of Lords (Lord Faringdon) were automatically members.

Full results are listed below:

Colour key	Retained in the Shadow Cabinet
	Joined the Shadow Cabinet
	Voted out of the Shadow Cabinet

Rank	Candidate	Constituency	Votes
1	James Callaghan	Cardiff South East	159
2	Frank Soskice	Newport	148
3	Dick Mitchison	Kettering	143
4	Michael Stewart	Fulham	141
5	Denis Healey	Leeds East	136
6	Tom Fraser	Hamilton	134
7	Ray Gunter	Southwark	130
8	Patrick Gordon Walker	Smethwick	128
9	Harold Wilson	Huyton	124
10	Douglas Houghton	Sowerby	117
11	Fred Willey	Sunderland North	112
12	Fred Lee	Newton	95
13	Tony Benn	Bristol South East	79
14	Lynn Ungoed-Thomas	Leicester North East	73
15	Christopher Mayhew	Woolwich East	70
16	Alice Bacon	Leeds South East	69
17	Billy Blyton	Houghton-le-Spring	65
18	Leslie Plummer	Deptford	57
19†	Bob Edwards	Bilston	55
19†	John Rankin	Glasgow Govan	55
21†	Hilary Marquand	Middlesbrough East	50
21†	Victor Yates	Birmingham Ladywood	50
23†	Joyce Butler	Wood Green	49
23†	John Stonehouse	Wednesbury	49
25	Willie Ross	Kilmarnock	46
26	George Thomas	Cardiff West	45
27	George Craddock	Bradford South	43
28	Fred Peart	Workington	39
29†	Bob Mellish	Bermondsey	37
29†	Edward Short	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	37
31	George Strauss	Vauxhall	36
32	Reg Prentice	East Ham North	34
33†	Frederick Mulley	Sheffield Park	33
33†	John Strachey	Dundee West	33
35	Arthur Skeffington	Hayes and Harlington	26
36	Harold Neal	Bolsover	20
37	Gerry Reynolds	Islington North	16
38	William A. Wilkins	Bristol South	14
39	Albert Roberts	Normanton	13
40	Roy Mason	Barnsley	12

† Multiple candidates tied for position.