Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet took place in October 1994, at the beginning of the 1994/5 session of parliament. 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 (Tony Blair and John Prescott, 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. MPs were required to vote for at least four women, but women were not necessarily guaranteed places in the Shadow Cabinet.

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

Rank Candidate Constituency Votes 1 Livingston 187 2 Had served in the previous configuration of the Shadow Cabinet as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. Derby South 170 3 Dunfermline East 167 4 Glasgow Garscadden 142 5 Peckham 141 6 Holborn and St Pancras 137 7 Hamilton 126 8† Redcar 125 8† Islington South and Finsbury 125 10 Copeland 120 11 Oldham West 114 12 Caerphilly 113 13 South Shields 109 14 Blackburn 106 15† Sheffield Brightside 100 15† Eccles 100 17† Edinburgh East 97 17† Dewsbury 97 19† Cynon Valley 94 19† Birmingham Ladywood 94 21 North West Durham 93 22 Leeds Central 88 23† Newcastle-upon-Tyne North 86 23† Stretford 86 23† Cunninghame North 86 26 Monklands West 83 27 Cardiff West 81 28 Gateshead East 78 29 Bristol South 75 30 Kingston upon Hull North 70 31 Middlesbrough 67 32 Edinburgh Central 61 33 Sunderland South 59 34 Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 58 35† Paisley North 57 35† Wrexham 57 37 Newcastle-under-Lyme 56 38 Bow and Poplar 48 39 Clackmannan 45 40† Glasgow Maryhill 43 40† Central Fife 43 42† Newham North West 42 42† Lewisham Deptford 42 44 Vauxhall 41 45 Makerfield 40 46 Dumbarton 38 47 Birmingham Perry Barr 35 48 Stoke-on-Trent North 32 49 Islington North 31 50 Huddersfield 30 51 Cardiff South and Penarth 28 52 Hammersmith 24 † Multiple candidates tied for position.

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