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Initial Shadow Cabinet

• Harold Wilson – Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party (with responsibility for Northern Ireland affairs)
• Roy Jenkins – Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Denis Healey — Shadow Foreign Secretary
• James Callaghan — Shadow Home Secretary (with responsibility for Northern Ireland affairs)
• Michael Foot — Shadow Minister for Power and Steel
• Fred Peart — Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
• Barbara Castle — Shadow Secretary of State for Employment
• Edward Short — Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Science
• Tony Benn — Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
• Harold Lever — Shadow Minister for European affairs
• Anthony Crosland — Shadow Secretary of State for Environment and Local Government
• George Thomson — Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
• Shirley Williams — Shadow Secretary of State for Social Security
• The Lord Shackleton — Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords
• Bob Mellish — Opposition Chief Whip
• The Lord Beswick — Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords
• Douglas Houghton — Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party
• Cledwyn Huhges — Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

1971 reshuffle

December 16, 1971

• Harold Wilson – Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party (with responsibility for Northern Ireland affairs)
• Roy Jenkins – Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Denis Healey — Shadow Foreign Secretary
• Shirley Williams — Shadow Home Secretary
• James Callaghan — Shadow Secretary of State for Employment
• Michael Foot — Shadow Leader of the House of Commons (with principal responsibility for Common Market legislation)
• Edward Short — Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Science
• William Ross — Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
• Fred Peart — Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
• Tony Benn — Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
• Harold Lever — Shadow Minister for Fuel and Power
• Anthony Crosland — Shadow Secretary of State for Environment and Local Government
• Peter Shore — Shadow Minister for European affairs
• George Thomson — Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
• The Lord Shackleton — Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords
• Bob Mellish — Opposition Chief Whip
• The Lord Beswick — Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords
• Douglas Houghton — Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party
• Barbara Castle — Secretary of State for Social Security (attending Shadow Cabinet)

Changes

• On 10 April 1972, Jenkins, Thomson, and Lever resigned from the Shadow Cabinet in protest over Wilson's opposition to joining the Common Market and management of the Labour Party. The following day, Healey replaced Jenkins as Shadow Chancellor and Callaghan replaced Jenkins as Shadow Foreign Secretary. Reg Prentice, a runner-up at the 1971 Shadow Cabinet election, succeeded Callaghan at the Employment portfolio. John Silkin, another runner-up, joined the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Housing, Local Government and Construction. Roy Hattersley took Defence, and Eric Varley took Fuel and Power; both men took the posts as attending Shadow Cabinet.
• Short on 25 April 1972 defeated Foot on the second ballot of the deputy leadership election triggered by Jenkins' resignation.
• As the deputy leader is an ex officio member of the Shadow Cabinet, Short's seat became vacant. Castle and Eric Heffer had tied for 15th place at the 1971 Shadow Cabinet election, so a by-election between the two was required. Castle won on 3 May 1972, restoring her as a full Shadow Cabinet member.