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.

Colourkey Retained in the Shadow Cabinet Joined the Shadow Cabinet Voted out of the Shadow Cabinet

Rank Candidate Constituency Votes 1 Dunfermline East 165 2 Sedgefield 150 3 Livingston 149 4 Holborn and St Pancras 140 5 Kingston upon Hull East 137 6† Dagenham 135 6† Peckham 135 6† Redcar 135 6† Islington South and Finsbury 135 10 Cynon Valley 133 11 Dewsbury 129 12 Copeland 124 13 Oldham West 122 14 Glasgow Garscadden 121 15 Sheffield Brightside 112 16 Blackburn 111 17 Monklands West 105 18 South Shields 104 19 Caerphilly 89 20 Hamilton 82 21 Alyn and Deeside 80 22 Birmingham Ladywood 73 23† Bristol South 71 23† Gateshead East 71 25 North West Durham 70 26 Clackmannan 63 27 Barking 62 28 Kingston upon Hull North 61 29 Middlesbrough 60 30 Sunderland South 58 31 Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 57 32 Leeds Central 54 33† Central Fife 53 33† Hammersmith 53 35 Newcastle-under-Lyme 51 36† Bow and Poplar 47 36† Chesterfield 47 38 Birmingham Perry Barr 44 39† Newham North West 42 39† The Wrekin 42 41 Stoke-on-Trent Central 41 42† Cardiff West 39 42† Edinburgh East 39 44 Wrexham 38 45 Manchester Wythenshawe 37 46 Stretford 33 47 Huddersfield 31 48† Nottingham North 29 48† Tottenham 29 50† Falkirk West 26 50† Norwich South 26 52 Great Grimsby 20 53 Kingston upon Hull West 19 † Multiple candidates tied for position.

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