1987 Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election stand. Michael Meacher, Robert Hughest, Robin Cook, Frank Dobson, Gordon Brown, Jo Richardson and Jack Straw gained seats. 1987 Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election The annual election to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") was conducted in 1987. In addition to the 16 members elected, the Leader (Neil Kinnock), Deputy Leader (Roy Hattersley), Labour Chief Whip (Derek Foster), Labour Leader in the House of Lords (Cledwyn Hughes), and Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (Stanley Orme) were automatically members. Following the 1987 general election, there were significant changes to the cabinet. Barry Jones, Peter Shore,
Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party was the only leader to solely appoint his own cabinet following the election victories in 1935 and 1938. The following is a complete list of Labour Party leaders (including Acting Leaders): Key:<br> <br> "PM": Prime Minister<br> "LO": Leader of the Opposition<br> †: Died in office "note 1": Deputy leaders who assumed the role of party leader temporarily because of the death or resignation of the incumbent, serving until the election of a new leader. Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party The Leader of the Labour Party is the highest ranked politician within the Labour Party in New Zealand. The