ABSTRACT
The administrative arrangements of the Labour Party, on the other hand, are geared to a system of elections for all the major offices. The Labour Shadow Cabinet, known originally as the Parliamentary Executive Committee and changed in 1951 to the Parliamentary Committee to avoid confusion with the National Executive Committee. As the date of the 1964 Election drew nearer, so the amount of press, television and radio coverage grew in intensity. It was announced in mid-September that there would be thirteen party political broadcasts before the Election. Thirteen consecutive years on the Opposition Benches had finally ended, with victory at the polls and the formation of only the fourth Labour Government in the twentieth century. Once victory was assured for the Labour Party, speculation as to the composition of the Government became widespread once again. Reference has already been made to the reversal of duties in the cabinet, as compared with opposition between Stewart and Crossman.
