1993 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election
# 1993 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election

Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet took place in October 1993, at the beginning of the 1993/1994 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 (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. Beginning with this election, MPs were required to vote for at least four women, but women were no longer guaranteed three places in the Shadow Cabinet.

| 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 | Robin Cook | Livingston | 177 |
| 2† | Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | 163 |
| 2† | John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | 163 |
| 4 | Gordon Brown | Dunfermline East | 160 |
| 5 | Mo Mowlam | Redcar | 156 |
| 6 | Tony Blair | Sedgefield | 142 |
| 7 | David Clark | South Shields | 133 |
| 8 | Jack Straw | Blackburn | 130 |
| 9 | Chris Smith | Islington South and Finsbury | 124 |
| 10 | Michael Meacher | Oldham West | 122 |
| 11† | Ron Davies | Caerphilly | 121 |
| 11† | Donald Dewar | Glasgow Garscadden | 121 |
| 13 | Tom Clarke | Monklands West | 120 |
| 14 | Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | 116 |
| 15† | Joan Lestor | Eccles | 110 |
| 15† | George Robertson | Hamilton | 110 |
| 17† | David Blunkett | Sheffield Brightside | 107 |
| 17† | Jack Cunningham | Copeland | 107 |
| 19† | Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | 104 |
| 19† | Joyce Quin | Gateshead East | 104 |
| 21 | Clare Short | Birmingham Ladywood | 101 |
| 22 | Harriet Harman | Peckham | 99 |
| 23 | Tony Lloyd | Stretford | 95 |
| 24 | Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East | 90 |
| 25 | Irene Adams | Paisley North | 88 |
| 26 | Kevin McNamara | Kingston upon Hull North | 87 |
| 26 | Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | 87 |
| 28 | Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | 82 |
| 39 | Mildred Gordon | Bow and Poplar | 81 |
| 30 | Derek Fatchett | Leeds Central | 78 |
| 31 | Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | 75 |
| 32 | Maria Fyfe | Glasgow Maryhill | 70 |
| 33 | Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | 69 |
| 34 | Alun Michael | Cardiff West | 63 |
| 35 | Llin Golding | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 62 |
| 36 | Alistair Darling | Edinburgh Central | 60 |
| 37 | Henry McLeish | Central Fife | 56 |
| 38 | John Marek | Wrexham | 48 |
| 39 | Joan Ruddock | Lewisham Deptford | 47 |
| 40 | Tony Banks | Newham North West | 46 |
| 41† | Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | 40 |
| 41† | Rhodri Morgan | Cardiff South and Penarth | 40 |
| 43 | John Garrett | Norwich South | 43 |
| 44 | Graham Allen | Nottingham North | 29 |

† Multiple candidates tied for position.

