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Shadow Cabinet of Hugh Gaitskell
Labour Shadow Cabinet of 1955 to 1963 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Shadow Cabinet of Hugh Gaitskell was created on following the election of Hugh Gaitskell as Labour leader on 14 December 1955.[1][2]
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Shadow Cabinet list
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Initial Shadow Cabinet
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Gaitskell announced his Shadow Cabinet on 15 February 1956 following the election of Jim Griffiths as deputy leader. Before that members of Attlee's Shadow Cabinet remained in place.[5]
- Hugh Gaitskell – Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party
- Jim Griffiths – Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
- Harold Wilson – Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Alfred Robens – Shadow Foreign Secretary
- Kenneth Younger – Shadow Home Secretary
- Aneurin Bevan – Shadow Secretary of State for the Colonies
- Richard Stokes – Shadow Minister of Defence
- George Brown – Shadow Minister for Labour and National Service and Shadow Minister of Aviation
- Philip Noel-Baker – Shadow Minister for Power
- Tony Greenwood – Shadow Minister of Public Buildings and Works
- James Callaghan – Shadow First Lord of the Admiralty
- Dick Mitchison – Shadow Minister of Housing and Local Government
- Edith Summerskill – Shadow Minister for Health
- Tom Fraser – Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
- Earl Alexander – Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords
- Herbert Bowden – Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons
- Earl of Lucan – Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords
Junior Shadow Ministers
- Tom Williams - Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- Lynn Ungoed-Thomas – Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales
- Douglas Jay – Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
- Arthur Creech Jones – Shadow Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
- Michael Stewart – Shadow Minister of Education
- Patrick Gordon Walker – Shadow President of the Board of Trade
- Hilary Marquand – Shadow Minister of Pensions and National Insurance
- Arthur Bottomley – Shadow Minister for Trade
- George Strauss – Shadow Minister of Transport
- Ernest Popplewell – Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons
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November 1956 reshuffle
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Following the 1956 shadow cabinet election, Gaitskell reshuffled the front bench on 27 November.[6] Richard Stokes was dropped from the frontbench and was replaced by Frank Soskice.
- Hugh Gaitskell – Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party
- Jim Griffiths – Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
- Harold Wilson – Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Aneurin Bevan – Shadow Foreign Secretary
- Kenneth Younger – Shadow Home Secretary
- James Callaghan – Shadow Secretary of State for the Colonies
- George Brown – Shadow Minister of Defence and Shadow Minister of Aviation
- Alfred Robens – Shadow Minister for Labour and National Service
- Tony Greenwood – Shadow Minister of Public Buildings and Works
- Dick Mitchison – Shadow Minister of Housing and Local Government
- Edith Summerskill – Shadow Minister for Health
- Frank Soskice – Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales
- Tom Fraser – Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
- Philip Noel-Baker – Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Earl Alexander – Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords
- Herbert Bowden – Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons
- Earl of Lucan – Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords
Junior Shadow Ministers
- Tom Williams - Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- Douglas Jay – Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
- Arthur Creech Jones – Shadow Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
- Michael Stewart – Shadow Minister of Education
- Patrick Gordon Walker – Shadow President of the Board of Trade
- Hilary Marquand – Shadow Minister of Pensions and National Insurance
- Harold Neal – Shadow Minister for Power
- Lynn Ungoed-Thomas – Shadow Solicitor General
- Arthur Bottomley – Shadow Minister for Trade
- George Strauss – Shadow Minister of Transport
- Ernest Popplewell – Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons
January 1958 reshuffle
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Following the 1957 shadow cabinet election, Gaitskell reshuffled the front bench on 24 January 1958.[7]
- Hugh Gaitskell – Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party
- Jim Griffiths – Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
- Harold Wilson – Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Aneurin Bevan – Shadow Foreign Secretary
- Patrick Gordon-Walker – Shadow Home Secretary and Shadow President of the Board of Trade
- James Callaghan – Shadow Secretary of State for the Colonies
- George Brown – Shadow Minister of Defence
- Arthur Bottomley – Shadow Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
- Alfred Robens – Shadow Minister for Labour and National Service
- Tony Greenwood – Shadow Minister of Public Buildings and Works
- Dick Mitchison – Shadow Minister of Housing and Local Government
- Frank Soskice – Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales
- Tom Fraser – Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
- Philip Noel-Baker – Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Earl Alexander – Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords
- Herbert Bowden – Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons
- Earl of Lucan – Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords
Junior Shadow Ministers
- Tom Williams - Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- Frank Beswick – Shadow Minister of Aviation
- Douglas Jay – Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
- Michael Stewart – Shadow Minister of Education
- Kenneth Younger – Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Edith Summerskill – Shadow Minister for Health
- Hilary Marquand – Shadow Minister of Pensions and National Insurance
- Harold Neal – Shadow Minister for Power
- Lynn Ungoed-Thomas – Shadow Solicitor General
- John Edwards – Shadow Minister for Trade
- George Strauss – Shadow Minister of Transport
- Ernest Popplewell – Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons
- Changes
- November 1958 - George Brown is voted out of the shadow cabinet and is replaced by Summerskill. He remains Shadow Minister of Defence.[8] Lord Faringdon joins as a representative of the Lords.
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1959 reshuffle
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Following that year's general, deputy leadership and shadow cabinet elections, Gaitskell performed a major reshuffle on 16 November 1959.[9]
- Hugh Gaitskell – Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party
- Aneurin Bevan – Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Shadow Foreign Secretary
- Harold Wilson – Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Patrick Gordon-Walker – Shadow Home Secretary
- Alfred Robens – Shadow Minister for Labour and National Service
- George Brown – Shadow Minister of Defence
- James Callaghan – Shadow Secretary of State for the Colonies
- Dick Mitchison – Shadow President of the Board of Trade
- Tony Greenwood – Shadow Minister of Education
- Fred Willey – Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- Frederick Lee – Shadow Minister for Power
- Frank Soskice – Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales
- Tom Fraser – Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
- Earl Alexander – Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords
- Herbert Bowden – Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons
- Earl of Lucan – Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords
- Denis Healey – Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs
Junior Shadow Ministers
- George Strauss – Shadow Minister of Aviation
- Douglas Jay – Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
- Hilary Marquand – Shadow Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
- Edith Summerskill – Shadow Minister for Health
- Michael Stewart – Shadow Minister of Housing and Local Government
- Richard Crossman – Shadow Minister of Pensions and National Insurance
- Douglas Houghton – Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry for Pensions and National Insurance
- Barbara Castle – Shadow Minister of Public Buildings and Works
- Eirene White – Shadow Minister of State for Education
- Philip Noel-Baker – Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Roy Jenkins – Shadow Minister for Trade
- Tony Benn – Shadow Minister of Transport
- Lynn Ungoed-Thomas – Shadow Solicitor General
- Jim Griffiths – Frontbench spokesmen for Wales
- John Taylor – Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons
- Changes
- 6 July 1960 – Bevan dies. Healey becomes Shadow Foreign Secretary. The deputy leadership is left vacant until the regular election in November.[10]
- 14 October 1960 – Greenwood resigns following Gaitskell defying the party conference position on nuclear weapons.[11]
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1960 reshuffle
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Following the leadership, deputy leadership and shadow cabinet elections, Gaitskell performed another reshuffle on 28 November 1960.
- Hugh Gaitskell – Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party
- George Brown – Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Shadow Minister of Defence
- Harold Wilson – Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Patrick Gordon-Walker – Shadow Home Secretary
- Denis Healey – Shadow Foreign Secretary
- James Callaghan – Shadow Secretary of State for the Colonies
- Frank Soskice – Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales
- Dick Mitchison – Shadow President of the Board of Trade
- Michael Stewart – Shadow Minister of Housing and Local Government
- Tom Fraser – Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
- Ray Gunter – Shadow Minister for Power
- Douglas Houghton – Shadow Minister of Pensions and National Insurance
- Fred Willey – Shadow Minister of Education
- Frederick Lee – Shadow Minister for Labour and National Service
- Earl Alexander – Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords
- Herbert Bowden – Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons
- Earl of Lucan – Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords
Junior Shadow Ministers
- Geoffrey de Freitas – Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- John Strachey – Shadow Minister of Aviation
- Douglas Jay – Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
- Hilary Marquand – Shadow Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
- Eirene White – Shadow Minister of State for Education
- Edith Summerskill – Shadow Minister for Health
- Lynn Ungoed-Thomas – Shadow Solicitor General
- George Strauss – Shadow Minister of Transport
- Jim Griffiths – Frontbench spokesmen for Wales
- John Taylor – Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons
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1961 reshuffle
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Following the leadership, deputy leadership and shadow cabinet elections, Gaitskell performed another reshuffle on 30 November 1961.[12]
- Hugh Gaitskell – Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party
- George Brown – Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Shadow Home Secretary
- James Callaghan – Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Harold Wilson – Shadow Foreign Secretary
- Frank Soskice – Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales
- Douglas Houghton – Shadow Minister of Pensions and National Insurance
- Denis Healey – Shadow Secretary of State for the Colonies
- Michael Stewart – Shadow Minister of Housing and Local Government
- Ray Gunter – Shadow Minister for Labour and National Service
- Dick Mitchison – Shadow President of the Board of Trade and Shadow Minister of Public Buildings and Works
- Fred Willey – Shadow Minister of Education
- Tom Fraser – Shadow Minister for Power
- Patrick Gordon-Walker – Shadow Minister of Defence
- Frederick Lee – Shadow Minister of Aviation
- Earl Alexander – Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords
- Herbert Bowden – Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons
- Earl of Lucan – Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords
Junior Shadow Ministers
- Fred Peart – Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- John Strachey – Shadow Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
- Kenneth Robinson – Shadow Minister for Health
- Willie Ross – Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
- Lynn Ungoed-Thomas – Shadow Solicitor General
- George Strauss – Shadow Minister of Transport
- Jim Griffiths – Frontbench spokesmen for Wales
- John Taylor – Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons
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