Until they were abolished in 2011 it had been the tradition for the british labour party to hold elections to the shadow cabinet whenever the party was in opposition. cabinet members would be elected by the mps within the parliamentary labour party, usually at the beginning of a parliamentary session.the plp voted to abolish shadow cabinet elections at a meeting on 5 july 2011.. Labour mps have backed a proposal to allow them to elect members of the party's shadow cabinet. the proposed rule change will now go to the party's executive for approval. it was suggested by mp. Labour mps have backed ed miliband's plans to abolish elections to the shadow cabinet, leaving the party leader free to appoint his own senior team.. the reform, ending a decades-long labour.
A proposal to reduce the number of shadow cabinet posts to 16, or even 12, was also thrown out but mps did decide to limit elections to every two years. before labour came to power in 1997. Until 2011, labour mps held annual shadow cabinet elections when the party was in opposition. the practice was ended by ed miliband, who replaced the system with one of direct appointments (a move endorsed by 196 of labour's 257 mps).. Labour mps will vote tomorrow on whether to re-introduce elections for the shadow cabinet. elections for the party's front bench team were abolished in 2011..
