For Immediate Release – Thursday 7 October 2010
Attn: NEWS DESKS
POLITICAL CORRESPONDENTS
SNP COMMENT ON SHADOW CABINET ELECTION
Commenting on the announcement of the 19 Labour MPs who will form the
shadow cabinet, SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson MP said Labour
had lost its Scottish heart.
Mr Robertson said:
“Labour has clearly lost its Scottish heart, indeed, there hasn’t been
this few Scots MPs in a Labour cabinet for at least twenty years.
“So much for a ‘new generation for change’, this is more like a class
reunion with the same old faces from the last discredited Brown
administration back together again. With only five members of the
shadow cabinet having actually backed Ed Miliband for the leadership,
it is no wonder Jack Straw described Labour’s system as barking mad.”
ENDS
Note:
1. Details of how members of the Shadow Cabinet voted in the
leadership election can be found here:
Ed Balls (EB)
Yvette Cooper (EB)
Andy Burnham (AB)
Jim Murphy (DM)
Mary Creagh (DM)
Tessa Jowell (DM)
Alan Johnson (DM)
Sadiq Khan (EM)
Douglas Alexander (DM)
Hilary Benn (EM)
Angela Eagle (DM)
Maria Eagle (EM)
Caroline Flint (DM)
John Healey (EB)
Meg Hillier (DM)
John Denham (EM)
Ivan Lewis (DM)
Ann McKechin (EM)
Liam Byrne (DM)
2. Details of Labour’s last Shadow Cabinet can be found here:
** 1992 **
53 overall candidates for 18 places
10 Scottish candidates (19% of the total running) - 5 elected *:
Dennis Canavan (Falkirk W)
Gavin Strang (Edinburgh E)
Henry McLeish (C Fife)
George Foulkes (Carrick,C,DV)
Martin O'Neill (Clackmannan)
* Tom Clarke (Monklands W) - 105 votes - Ranked 17
* Donald Dewar (Gl. Garscadden) - 121 votes - Ranked 14
* Robin Cook (Livingston) - 149 votes - Ranked 3
* Tony Blair (Sedgefield) - 150 votes - Ranked 2
* Gordon Brown (Dunfermeline E) - 165 votes - Ranked 1
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** 1993 **
44 overall candidates for 18 places
10 Scottish candidates (23% of the total running) - 5 elected *:
Henry McLeish (C Fife)
Alistair Darling (E'burgh C)
Maria Fyfe (Glasgow Maryhill)
Irene Adams (Paisley N)
Gavin Strang (Edinburgh E)
* George Robertson (Hamilton) - 110 votes - Ranked 15=
* Tom Clarke (Monklands W) - 120 votes - Ranked 13
* Donald Dewar (Gl. Garscadden) - 121 votes - Ranked 11=
* Gordon Brown (Dunfermeline E) - 160 votes - Ranked 4
* Robin Cook (Livingston) - 177 votes - Ranked 1
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** 1994 **
52 overall candidates for 18 places
14 Scottish candidates (27% of the total running) - 5 elected *:
John McFall (Dumbarton)
Maria Fyfe (Glasgow Maryhill)
Henry McLeish (C Fife)
Martin O'Neill (Clackmannan)
Irene Adams (Paisley N)
George Foulkes (Carrick,C,DV)
Alistair Darling (E'burgh C)
Tom Clarke (Monklands W)
Brian Wilson (Cunninghame N)
* Gavin Strang (Edinburgh E) - 97 votes - Ranked 17=
* George Robertson (Hamilton) - 126 votes - Ranked 7
* Donald Dewar (Gl. Garscadden) - 142 votes - Ranked 4
* Gordon Brown (Dunfermeline E) - 167 votes - Ranked 3
* Robin Cook (Livingston) - 187 votes - Ranked 1
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** 1995 **
42 overall candidates for 19 places
11 Scottish candidates (26% of the total running) - 6 elected *:
George Foulkes (Carrick,C,DV)
Henry McLeish (C Fife)
Alistair Darling (E'burgh C)
Irene Adams (Paisley N)
Brian Wilson (Cunninghame N)
* Tom Clarke (Monklands W) - 107 votes - Ranked 19
* George Robertson (Hamilton) - 116 votes - Ranked 17
* Gavin Strang (Edinburgh E) - 131 votes - Ranked 12
* Donald Dewar (Gl. Garscadden) - 156 votes - Ranked 5
* Gordon Brown (Dunfermeline E) - 159 votes - Ranked 3
* Robin Cook (Livingston) - 181 votes - Ranked 2
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** 1996 **
26 overall candidates for 19 places
7 Scottish candidates (27% of the total running) - 6 elected *:
Dennis Canavan (Falkirk W)
* Tom Clarke (Monklands W) - 175 votes - Ranked 18
* George Robertson (Hamilton) - 182 votes - Ranked 16
* Gordon Brown (Dunfermeline E) - 188 votes - Ranked 14
* Donald Dewar (Gl. Garscadden) - 212 votes - Ranked 6
* Robin Cook (Livingston) - 214 votes - Ranked 5
* Gavin Strang (Edinburgh E) - 217 votes - Ranked 4
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