# 1992 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election

Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet took place in July 1992. Shadow Cabinet elections generally take place at the beginning of a parliamentary session, but the 1992 vote was postponed until a new leader was elected to replace Neil Kinnock. Under the rules then in effect, the Commons members of the Parliamentary Labour Party elected 18 members of the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet, who were then assigned portfolios by the leader. The Commons members of the PLP separately elected the Chief Whip, and the Labour peers elected the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords. In addition, the Leader of the Labour Party and Deputy Leader (John Smith and Margaret Beckett, respectively) were members by virtue of those offices. The 18 elected members of the Shadow Cabinet were the ones with the largest number of votes, except that the three women with the most votes would be included in the 18, even if they were not among the top 18 based on the number of votes.
| Colour key | Retained in the Shadow Cabinet |
| Colour key | Joined the Shadow Cabinet |
| Colour key | Voted out of the Shadow Cabinet |
| Rank | Candidate | Constituency | Votes |
| 1 | Gordon Brown | Dunfermline East | 165 |
| 2 | Tony Blair | Sedgefield | 150 |
| 3 | Robin Cook | Livingston | 149 |
| 4 | Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | 140 |
| 5 | John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | 137 |
| 6† | Bryan Gould | Dagenham | 135 |
| 6† | Harriet Harman | Peckham | 135 |
| 6† | Mo Mowlam | Redcar | 135 |
| 6† | Chris Smith | Islington South and Finsbury | 135 |
| 10 | Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | 133 |
| 11 | Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | 129 |
| 12 | Jack Cunningham | Copeland | 124 |
| 13 | Michael Meacher | Oldham West | 122 |
| 14 | Donald Dewar | Glasgow Garscadden | 121 |
| 15 | David Blunkett | Sheffield Brightside | 112 |
| 16 | Jack Straw | Blackburn | 111 |
| 17 | Tom Clarke | Monklands West | 105 |
| 18 | David Clark | South Shields | 104 |
| 19 | Ron Davies | Caerphilly | 89 |
| 20 | George Robertson | Hamilton | 82 |
| 21 | Barry Jones | Alyn and Deeside | 80 |
| 22 | Clare Short | Birmingham Ladywood | 73 |
| 23† | Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | 71 |
| 23† | Joyce Quin | Gateshead East | 71 |
| 25 | Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | 70 |
| 26 | Martin O'Neill | Clackmannan | 63 |
| 27 | Jo Richardson | Barking | 62 |
| 28 | Kevin McNamara | Kingston upon Hull North | 61 |
| 29 | Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | 60 |
| 30 | Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | 58 |
| 31 | George Foulkes | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | 57 |
| 32 | Derek Fatchett | Leeds Central | 54 |
| 33† | Henry McLeish | Central Fife | 53 |
| 33† | Clive Soley | Hammersmith | 53 |
| 35 | Llin Golding | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 51 |
| 36† | Mildred Gordon | Bow and Poplar | 47 |
| 36† | Tony Benn | Chesterfield | 47 |
| 38 | Jeff Rooker | Birmingham Perry Barr | 44 |
| 39† | Tony Banks | Newham North West | 42 |
| 39† | Bruce Grocott | The Wrekin | 42 |
| 41 | Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | 41 |
| 42† | Alun Michael | Cardiff West | 39 |
| 42† | Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East | 39 |
| 44 | John Marek | Wrexham | 38 |
| 45 | Alf Morris | Manchester Wythenshawe | 37 |
| 46 | Tony Lloyd | Stretford | 33 |
| 47 | Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | 31 |
| 48† | Graham Allen | Nottingham North | 29 |
| 48† | Bernie Grant | Tottenham | 29 |
| 50† | Dennis Canavan | Falkirk West | 26 |
| 50† | John Garrett | Norwich South | 26 |
| 52 | Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | 20 |
| 53 | Stuart Randall | Kingston upon Hull West | 19 |
† Multiple candidates tied for position.