Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1958. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader (Hugh Gaitskell), Deputy Leader (Jim Griffiths), 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 Lucan) were automatically members.
Labour peers held a separate vote for one further member of the cabinet, won by Lord Faringdon.
In the elections, Edith Summerskill regained her place in the cabinet after a year's absence, at the expense of George Brown. Full results are listed below:
Colourkey Retained in the Shadow Cabinet Joined the Shadow Cabinet Voted out of the Shadow Cabinet
Rank Candidate Constituency Votes 1 Ebbw Vale 206 2 Huyton 191 3 Kettering 183 4 Newport 151 5 Cardiff South East 150 6 Smethwick 149 7 Blyth 148 8 Rossendale 133 9 Rochester and Chatham 127 10 Derby South 126 11 Warrington 119 12 Hamilton 118 13 Newton 111 14 Sunderland North 108 15 Belper 90 16 Coventry East 87 17 Western Isles 81 18 Oldham West 80 19 Fulham 76 20 Leeds East 71 21 Uxbridge 70 22 Bristol South East 69 23 Grimsby 67 24 Battersea North 60 25 Workington 53 26 Houghton-le-Spring 47 27 Sheffield Park 45 28 Oldbury and Halesowen 44 29 Liverpool Edge Hill 40 30 West Bromwich 36
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