First Shadow Cabinet of Harold Wilson

The First Shadow Cabinet of Harold Wilson was created on 14 February 1963 following the death of Hugh Gaitskell on 18 January 1963.^[1]

Shadow Cabinet list

Portfolio	Shadow Minister	Term
Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition Leader of the Labour Party	The Rt Hon. Harold Wilson	1963 – 1964
Deputy Leader of the Opposition	George Brown	1963 – 1964
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer	James Callaghan^[2]	1963 – 1964
Shadow Foreign Secretary	Patrick Gordon Walker	1963 – 1964
Shadow Home Secretary	Frank Soskice	1963 – 1964
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons	Unknown	1963 – 1964
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence	Denis Healey	1964
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland	William Ross	1963 – 1964
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords	The Rt Hon.The Earl Alexander of Hillsborough	1963 – 1964
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons	Edward Short	1963 – 1964

References

^ Timothy Heppell, "The Labour Party leadership election of 1963: Explaining the unexpected election of Harold Wilson." Contemporary British History 24.2 (2010): 151-171.
^ "Obituary: Lord Callaghan". the Guardian. 28 March 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

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