Official opposition frontbench (UK)
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The frontbench of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
consists of the Shadow Cabinet and other official shadow ministers of the political party currently serving as the Official Opposition. Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition is currently the Labour Party
, and the Leader of the Opposition is Ed Miliband
. Ed Miliband reshuffled the Shadow Cabinet on 7 October 2011, and announced most of the junior shadow ministers the following weekend.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
consists of the Shadow Cabinet and other official shadow ministers of the political party currently serving as the Official Opposition. Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition is currently the Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
, and the Leader of the Opposition is Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband
Edward Samuel Miliband is a British Labour Party politician, currently the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition...
. Ed Miliband reshuffled the Shadow Cabinet on 7 October 2011, and announced most of the junior shadow ministers the following weekend.
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Leader and Shadow Cabinet Office
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The Rt Hon. Ed Miliband Ed Miliband Edward Samuel Miliband is a British Labour Party politician, currently the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition... |
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The Rt Hon. Harriet Harman Harriet Harman Harriet Ruth Harman QC is a British Labour Party politician, who is the Member of Parliament for Camberwell and Peckham, and was MP for the predecessorPeckham constituency from 1982 to 1997... |
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| Campaign Coordinator Elections in the United Kingdom There are five types of elections in the United Kingdom: United Kingdom general elections, elections to devolved parliaments and assemblies, elections to the European Parliament, local elections and mayoral elections. Elections are held on Election Day, which is conventionally a Thursday... Deputy Chair of the Labour Party |
Tom Watson Tom Watson (politician) Thomas Anthony Watson is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for West Bromwich East since 2001. Watson was a Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office from 2008 to 2009... |
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| Parliamentary Private Secretary Parliamentary Private Secretary A Parliamentary Private Secretary is a role given to a United Kingdom Member of Parliament by a senior minister in government or shadow minister to act as their contact for the House of Commons; this role is junior to that of Parliamentary Under-Secretary, which is a ministerial post, salaried by... to the Leader of the Opposition |
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| Jonathan Reynolds Jonathan Reynolds Jonathan Neil Reynolds is a British Labour Co-operative politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde since 2010.... |
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| Cabinet Office Cabinet Office The Cabinet Office is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for supporting the Prime Minister and Cabinet of the United Kingdom.... |
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| Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office | Jon Trickett Jon Trickett Jon Hedley Trickett is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Hemsworth in West Yorkshire since a 1996 by-election... |
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| Shadow Minister without Portfolio Minister without Portfolio A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister that does not head a particular ministry... |
Michael Dugher Michael Dugher Michael Vincent Dugher is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Barnsley East since 2010.... (attends Shadow Cabinet) |
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| Shadow Minister without Portfolio Minister without Portfolio A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister that does not head a particular ministry... (with responsibility for Opposition Strategy) |
Lord Wood of Anfield Stewart Wood, Baron Wood of Anfield Stewart Martin Wood, Baron Wood of Anfield Stewart Martin Wood, Baron Wood of Anfield Stewart Martin Wood, Baron Wood of Anfield (born 25 March 1968 is a British academic and Labour life peer in the House of Lords.A politics tutor at Magdalen College, Oxford University and a member of the... (attends Shadow Cabinet) |
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| Shadow Ministers | The Rt Hon. Baroness Royall of Blaisdon Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon Janet Anne Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, PC is a British Labour politician. She is the current Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords.-Education and early political career:... PC |
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| The Rt Hon. Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath OBE, PC is a former health administrator and a Labour member of the House of Lords.-Early life and career:... PC |
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Foreign relations
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Defence | The Rt Hon. Jim Murphy Jim Murphy James Francis "Jim" Murphy is a British Labour Party politician and is the Member of Parliament for East Renfrewshire.... |
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| Shadow Ministers | Kevan Jones Kevan Jones Kevan David Jones is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for North Durham since 2001.-Early life:... |
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| Russell Brown Russell Brown Russell Leslie Brown is a Scottish Labour Party politician. He is Member of Parliament for Dumfries and Galloway.-Early years :Russell Brown was born in Annan, Scotland, and attended the local Annan Academy... |
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| Alison Seabeck Alison Seabeck Alison Jane Seabeck is an English Labour Party politician and shadow Minister in the Ministry of Defence. She was previously the shadow Housing Minister... |
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| Shadow Minister | Lord Rosser Richard Rosser, Baron Rosser Richard Andrew Rosser, Baron Rosser is a British former trade union leader and politician.Initially employed by London Transport he joined the staff of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association early in his working career, representing London Transport's white-collar staff in negotiations with... |
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| Foreign and Commonwealth Office Foreign and Commonwealth Office The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO is a British government department responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom overseas, created in 1968 by merging the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office.The head of the FCO is the... |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Shadow Foreign Secretary In British politics, the shadow foreign secretary is a position within the opposition's shadow cabinet that deals mainly with issues surrounding the Foreign Office; such things are relations with other nations, if elected, the designated person may be slated to become the new Foreign... |
The Rt Hon. Douglas Alexander Douglas Alexander Douglas Garven Alexander is a British Labour Party politician, who is currently the Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in the shadow cabinet of Ed Miliband. He has held cabinet posts under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, including Secretary of State for Scotland and... |
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| Shadow Minister for Europe | Emma Reynolds Emma Reynolds Emma Elizabeth Reynolds is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton North East since 2010.-Early life:... |
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| Shadow Ministers | The Rt Hon. John Spellar John Spellar John Francis Spellar is a British Labour Party politician, and the Member of Parliament for Warley. He served as a Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office, before returning to the backbenches in 2005... |
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| Ian Lucas Ian Lucas Ian Colin Lucas is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Wrexham since 2001... |
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| Kerry McCarthy Kerry McCarthy Kerry Gillian McCarthy is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Bristol East since 2005.-Early life:... |
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| Shadow Minister | Lord Triesman David Triesman, Baron Triesman David Maxim Triesman, Baron Triesman is a former Chairman of the Football Association, a British politician, a Labour member of the House of Lords and previously a minister at the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills.... |
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| International Development Department for International Development The Department For International Development is a United Kingdom government department with a Cabinet Minister in charge. It was separated from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1997. The goal of the department is "to promote sustainable development and eliminate world poverty". The current... |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for International Development | Ivan Lewis Ivan Lewis Ivan Lewis is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Bury South since 1997. Lewis served in a variety of junior ministerial positions, including as Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.-Personal life:Lewis was born to a British Jewish... |
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| Shadow Ministers | Tony Cunningham Tony Cunningham Thomas Anthony 'Tony' Cunningham is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Workington since 2001... |
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| Rushanara Ali Rushanara Ali Rushanara Ali is a British Labour Party politician and Associate Director of the Young Foundation, who has been the Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow since 2010... |
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Law and order
| Home Office Home Office The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for immigration control, security, and order. As such it is responsible for the police, UK Border Agency, and the Security Service . It is also in charge of government policy on security-related issues such as drugs,... |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department Shadow Home Secretary In British politics, the Shadow Home Secretary is the person within the shadow cabinet who 'shadows' the Home Secretary; this effectively means scrutinising government policy on home affairs including policing, national security, immigration, the criminal justice system, the prison service, and... |
The Rt Hon. Yvette Cooper Yvette Cooper Yvette Cooper is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford since 2010, having previously been MP for Pontefract and Castleford since 1997. She served in the Cabinet between 2008 and 2010. She is the Shadow Home Secretary... |
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| Shadow Ministers | The Rt Hon. David Hanson David Hanson (politician) David George Hanson is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Delyn since 1992. He was the Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing from 2009 to 2010... |
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| Chris Bryant Chris Bryant Christopher John Bryant is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Rhondda since 2001... |
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| Diana Johnson Diana Johnson Diana Ruth Johnson is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Hull North since 2005; she was the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State with responsibility for Schools in the Department for Children, Schools and Families until the resignation of Gordon Brown as... |
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| Gloria De Piero Gloria De Piero Gloria De Piero is a British Labour Party politician, journalist and presenter best known for her work with GMTV. In 2010, she was elected as the Member of Parliament for Ashfield.-Early life:... |
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| Stella Creasy Stella Creasy Dr Stella Judith Creasy is a British Labour Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Walthamstow since 2010.-Education:... |
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| Shadow Ministers | The Rt Hon. Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath OBE, PC is a former health administrator and a Labour member of the House of Lords.-Early life and career:... PC |
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| Lord Rosser Richard Rosser, Baron Rosser Richard Andrew Rosser, Baron Rosser is a British former trade union leader and politician.Initially employed by London Transport he joined the staff of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association early in his working career, representing London Transport's white-collar staff in negotiations with... |
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| Shadow Lord Chancellor Shadow Lord Chancellor In British politics the Shadow Lord Chancellor is the member of the Shadow Cabinet who shadows the Lord Chancellor, an office which has existed since the Norman Conquest. From 2003 until 2007, the office-holder was also the Shadow Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs... Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Shadow Secretary of State for Justice In British politics the Shadow Secretary of State for Justice is the member of the Shadow Cabinet who shadows the Secretary of State for Justice, an office which has existed since 2007. Prior to 2007, the office was known as Shadow Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs... |
The Rt Hon. Sadiq Khan Sadiq Khan Sadiq Aman Khan is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Tooting since 2005, succeeding Tom Cox as the Labour MP for the seat... |
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| Shadow Ministers | Wayne David Wayne David Wayne David is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Caerphilly since 2001. He was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Wales Office from 2008 to 2010... |
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| Robert Flello Robert Flello Robert Charles Douglas Flello is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent South since 2005.-Early life:... |
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| Jenny Chapman Jenny Chapman Jennifer Chapman is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Darlington since the 2010 general election.-Personal life:... |
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| Shadow Minister | Lord Bach William Bach, Baron Bach William "Willy" Stephen Goulden Bach, Baron Bach is a British Labour member of the House of Lords and was a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice from 2008 to 2010.... |
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| Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales Shadow Advocate General for Northern Ireland |
Emily Thornberry Emily Thornberry Emily Anne Thornberry is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury since 2005.-Before Parliament:... (attends Shadow Cabinet) |
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| Shadow Advocate General for Scotland | Lord Davidson of Glen Clova Neil Davidson, Baron Davidson of Glen Clova Neil Forbes Davidson, Baron Davidson of Glen Clova, QC is a Scottish lawyer and former Advocate General for Scotland.-Background:... |
Economy
| Treasury HM Treasury HM Treasury, in full Her Majesty's Treasury, informally The Treasury, is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and executing the British government's public finance policy and economic policy... |
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| Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer The Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer in the British Parliamentary system is the member of the Shadow Cabinet who is responsible for shadowing the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The title is in the gift of the Leader of the Opposition but is informal. The Shadow Chancellor has no constitutional... |
The Rt Hon. Ed Balls Ed Balls Edward Michael Balls, known as Ed Balls, is a British Labour politician, who has been a Member of Parliament since 2005, currently for Morley and Outwood, and is the current Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer.... |
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| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | Rachel Reeves Rachel Reeves Rachel Jane Reeves is a British economist and a Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Leeds West since 2010. She served as Shadow Pensions Minister from October 2010 until October 2011, when she was appointed as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury by Ed... (attends Shadow Cabinet) |
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| Shadow Ministers | Chris Leslie | |
| Owen Smith Owen Smith Owen Smith is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Pontypridd since 2010, replacing the previous Labour MP Kim Howells, who decided to step down... |
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| Cathy Jamieson Cathy Jamieson Catherine Mary "Cathy" Jamieson is a UK Labour party politician and the Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock & Loudoun. She has previously been Deputy Leader and Acting Leader of the Scottish Labour Party, former Minister for Justice in the Scottish Executive, and Labour Co-operative Member of the... |
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| Shadow Ministers | Lord Eatwell John Eatwell, Baron Eatwell John Leonard Eatwell, Baron Eatwell is a British economist and the current President of Queens' College, Cambridge, where he was a student .-Education:... |
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| The Rt Hon. Lord Davies of Oldham Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham, PC, is a Labour member of the House of Lords. He served as Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords from 2003 to 2010, and as usual for a holder of that position, also held the position of Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard.He was educated at... PC |
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| Lord Davidson of Glen Clova Neil Davidson, Baron Davidson of Glen Clova Neil Forbes Davidson, Baron Davidson of Glen Clova, QC is a Scottish lawyer and former Advocate General for Scotland.-Background:... |
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| Business, Innovation and Skills Department for Business, Innovation and Skills The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is a ministerial department of the United Kingdom Government created on 5 June 2009 by the merger of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform .-Ministers:The BIS... |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills | Chuka Umunna Chuka Umunna Chuka Harrison Umunna is a British Labour Party politician and employment lawyer. He has been the Member of Parliament for Streatham since 2010. After less than 18 months in Parliament, he was promoted to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Business Secretary by Labour Leader Ed Miliband on 7 October 2011... |
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| Shadow Ministers | Iain Wright Iain Wright Iain David Wright is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Hartlepool since 2004, and was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for apprenticeships and 14-19 reform in the Department for Children, Schools and Families until 11 May... |
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| Shabana Mahmood Shabana Mahmood Shabana Mahmood is a British Labour Party politician and barrister, who has been the Member of Parliament for Birmingham, Ladywood since the May 2010 general election.-Early life:... |
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| Gordon Marsden Gordon Marsden Gordon Marsden is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Blackpool South since 1997.-Early life:... |
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| Chi Onwurah Chi Onwurah Chinyelu Susan "Chi" Onwurah is a British Labour Party politician, who was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne Central, replacing the previous Labour MP Jim Cousins, who decided to step down... |
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| Toby Perkins Toby Perkins Matthew Toby Perkins is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Chesterfield since 2010, winning the seat from Liberal Democrat Paul Holmes. Before taking the seat, he was a councillor in the town.Perkins has one sister, Polly and is son of V.F. and Teresa... |
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| Ian Murray Ian Murray Ian William Murray is a Scottish professional association football player who is captain of his home town club Hibernian. Murray has represented Scotland six times. His versatility has seen him deployed in a variety of roles in his career, including centre back, full back and midfielder... |
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| Shadow Ministers | Lord Stevenson of Balmacara Wilfrid Stevenson, Baron Stevenson of Balmacara Robert Wilfrid Stevenson, Baron Stevenson of Balmacara cr 2010 , of Little Missenden in the County of Buckinghamshire... |
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| Lord Young of Norwood Green Anthony Young, Baron Young of Norwood Green Anthony Ian Young, Baron Young of Norwood Green is a British politician and Labour Party life peer in the House of Lords.... |
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Social services
| Education Department for Education The Department for Education is a department of the UK government responsible for issues affecting people in England up to the age of 19, including child protection and education.... |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Education | Stephen Twigg Stephen Twigg Stephen Twigg is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Labour Co-operative Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby since 2010. He previously served as the Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate from 1997 to 2005, when he lost his seat. He came to national prominence in 1997... |
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| Shadow Ministers | Kevin Brennan Kevin Brennan (politician) Kevin Denis Brennan is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Cardiff West since 2001, and was a Minister of State at both the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Children, Schools and Families before the 2010 general election... |
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| Sharon Hodgson Sharon Hodgson Sharon Hodgson is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Washington and Sunderland West since 2010... |
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| Karen Buck Karen Buck Karen Patricia Buck is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Regent's Park and Kensington North since 1997, and is a former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport.... |
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| Catherine McKinnell Catherine McKinnell Catherine McKinnell is a British Labour Party politician and the Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne North. She stood as a candidate for the 2010 UK general election after the incumbent Labour MP, Doug Henderson, announced in 2009 that he would not stand for re-election... |
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| Shadow Ministers | The Rt Hon. Baroness Hughes of Stretford Beverley Hughes Beverley June Hughes, Baroness Hughes of Stretford is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Stretford and Urmston from 1997 to 2010. In 2004, she was appointed to the Privy Council... PC |
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| Baroness Jones of Whitchurch Maggie Jones, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch Margaret Beryl Jones, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch is a British trade union official and Labour politician. She was Chair of the Labour Party from 2000 to 2001.... |
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| Health Department of Health (United Kingdom) The Department of Health is a department of the United Kingdom government with responsibility for government policy for health and social care matters and for the National Health Service in England along with a few elements of the same matters which are not otherwise devolved to the Scottish,... |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Health Shadow Secretary of State for Health The Shadow Secretary of State for Health is an office within British politics held by a member of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition. The duty of the office holder is to scrutinise the actions of the government's Secretary of State for Health and develop alternative policies. The office holder is a... |
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| Shadow Minister for Care and Older People | Liz Kendall Liz Kendall Elizabeth Louise Kendall is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Leicester West since 2010.... (attends Shadow Cabinet) |
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| Shadow Ministers | Diane Abbott Diane Abbott Diane Julie Abbott is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987, when she became the first black woman to be elected to the House of Commons... |
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| Andrew Gwynne Andrew Gwynne Andrew John Gwynne is a British Labour Party politician and has been the Member of Parliament for Denton and Reddish since 2005, replacing the retiring Andrew Bennett.-Early life:... |
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| Jamie Reed Jamie Reed Jamieson Ronald "Jamie" Reed is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Copeland in Cumbria since 2005, replacing Copeland's long-serving former MP Jack Cunningham.-Early life:... |
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| Shadow Ministers | Lord Beecham | |
| Baroness Thornton Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton Dorothea Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton , known as Glenys Thornton, is a Labour and Co-operative member of the House of Lords... |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | The Rt Hon. Liam Byrne Liam Byrne Liam Dominic Byrne is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Hodge Hill since 2004, and was the Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2009 to 2010 before being appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on 20 January 2011.-Early... |
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| Shadow Ministers | The Rt Hon. Stephen Timms Stephen Timms Stephen Creswell Timms is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for East Ham since 1994. He is a former Cabinet Minister having served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2006 to 2007... |
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| Anne McGuire Anne McGuire Anne Catherine McGuire is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Stirling since 1997.-Early life:... |
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| Gregg McClymont Gregg McClymont Gregg McClymont is a Scottish Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East since 2010.-Background and personal life:... |
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| Shadow Minister | Lord McKenzie of Luton William McKenzie, Baron McKenzie of Luton William David McKenzie, Baron McKenzie of Luton is an English Labour politician and, up to the General Election of 2010, was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department for Communities and Local Government... |
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Environment
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change | The Rt Hon. Caroline Flint Caroline Flint Caroline Louise Flint is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Don Valley since 1997. She served as the Minister of State for Housing and Planning in 2008, and later as the Minister for Europe until her resignation in 2009, citing the leadership of Gordon... |
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| Shadow Ministers | Tom Greatrex Tom Greatrex Thomas James Greatrex is a British Labour Co-operative politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Rutherglen and Hamilton West since 2010. He is presently Shadow Energy Minister.-Early life:Greatrex was born in Kent... |
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| Luciana Berger Luciana Berger Luciana Clare Berger is a British Labour Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Liverpool Wavertree since 2010... |
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| Shadow Minister | The Rt Hon. Baroness Smith of Basildon PC | |
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is the government department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United Kingdom... |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a position with the Opposition's Shadow Cabinet that deals with issues surrounding the environment and food and rural affairs; if elected, the designated person is slated to become the new Secretary of State for Environment, Food... |
Mary Creagh Mary Creagh Mary Helen Creagh is a British Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament for Wakefield since 2005. She was appointed to the shadow cabinet on 7 October 2010.- Background :... |
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| Shadow Ministers | Huw Irranca-Davies Huw Irranca-Davies Ifor Huw Irranca-Davies , born Ifor Huw Davies, is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Ogmore since 2002... |
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| Gavin Shuker Gavin Shuker Gavin Shuker is an English Labour Co-operative politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Luton South since 2010. Shuker successfully defended the seat after his predecessor Margaret Moran stood down following controversy over her expenses.-Education:A Lutonian, Shuker was educated at... |
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| Fiona O'Donnell Fiona O'Donnell Fiona O'Donnell, née Kenny is a Scottish Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for East Lothian since 2010.... |
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| Shadow Ministers | The Rt Hon. Lord Knight of Weymouth Jim Knight James Philip Knight, Baron Knight of Weymouth is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for South Dorset from 2001 until 2010, when he lost his seat. Knight held several ministerial posts during his time as an MP including Minister for the South West and Minister for... PC |
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| The Rt Hon. Baroness Quin Joyce Quin, Baroness Quin Joyce Gwendolen Quin, Baroness Quin, PC is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Quin was educated at Whitley Bay Grammar School, University of Newcastle and the London School of Economics... PC |
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Local and devolved government
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government | The Rt Hon. Hilary Benn Hilary Benn Hilary James Wedgwood Benn is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Leeds Central since 1999. He served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for International Development from 2003 to 2007 and as the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs... |
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| Shadow Ministers | Jack Dromey Jack Dromey Jack Dromey MP is a British Labour Party politician and trade unionist, who has been the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Erdington since 2010... |
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| Helen Jones Helen Jones Helen Mary Jones is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Warrington North since 1997... |
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| Roberta Blackman-Woods Roberta Blackman-Woods Professor Roberta Carol Blackman-Woods is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for the City of Durham since 2005.-Biography:... |
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| Chris Williamson Chris Williamson (politician) Christopher Williamson is a British Labour Party politician, who was elected as the Member of Parliament for Derby North in 2010... |
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| Shadow Ministers | Lord McKenzie of Luton William McKenzie, Baron McKenzie of Luton William David McKenzie, Baron McKenzie of Luton is an English Labour politician and, up to the General Election of 2010, was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department for Communities and Local Government... |
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| Northern Ireland Office Northern Ireland Office The Northern Ireland Office is a United Kingdom government department responsible for Northern Ireland affairs. The NIO is led by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and is based in Northern Ireland at Stormont House.-Role:... |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland The Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is a member of the UK Shadow Cabinet responsible for the scrutiny of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and his department, the Northern Ireland Office. The post is currently held by Shaun Woodward... |
The Rt Hon. Vernon Coaker Vernon Coaker Vernon Rodney Coaker is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Gedling since 1997; Coaker was appointed Minister of State for Schools and Learners in June 2009, a post he held until Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister on 11 May 2010... |
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| Shadow Minister | The Rt Hon. Baroness Smith of Basildon PC | |
| Scotland Office Scotland Office The Scotland Office is a United Kingdom government department headed by the Secretary of State for Scotland and responsible for Scottish affairs... |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland | Margaret Curran Margaret Curran Margaret Patricia Curran is a Scottish Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Glasgow East since 2010, and is currently Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland... |
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| Shadow Minister | Willie Bain Willie Bain William Thomas Bain is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Glasgow North East since 2009.... |
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| Shadow Ministers | Lord Davidson of Glen Clova Neil Davidson, Baron Davidson of Glen Clova Neil Forbes Davidson, Baron Davidson of Glen Clova, QC is a Scottish lawyer and former Advocate General for Scotland.-Background:... |
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| The Rt Hon. Lord Browne of Ladyton Des Browne Desmond Henry Browne, Baron Browne of Ladyton is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock and Loudoun from 1997 to 2010... PC |
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| Wales Office Wales Office The Wales Office / Swyddfa Cymru is a United Kingdom government department. It replaced the former Welsh Office, which had extensive responsibility for governing Wales prior to Welsh devolution in 1999.... |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Wales | The Rt Hon. Peter Hain Peter Hain Peter Gerald Hain is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for the Welsh constituency of Neath since 1991, and has served in the Cabinets of both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, firstly as Leader of the House of Commons under Blair and both Secretary of State for... |
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| Shadow Minister | Nia Griffith Nia Griffith Nia Rhiannon Griffith is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Llanelli since 2005.-Background:... |
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| Shadow Minister | The Rt Hon. Lord Davies of Oldham Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham, PC, is a Labour member of the House of Lords. He served as Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords from 2003 to 2010, and as usual for a holder of that position, also held the position of Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard.He was educated at... PC |
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Others
| Culture, Media and Sport Department for Culture, Media and Sport The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is a department of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for culture and sport in England, and some aspects of the media throughout the whole UK, such as broadcasting and internet.... |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | The Rt Hon. Harriet Harman Harriet Harman Harriet Ruth Harman QC is a British Labour Party politician, who is the Member of Parliament for Camberwell and Peckham, and was MP for the predecessorPeckham constituency from 1982 to 1997... |
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| Shadow Minister for the Olympics | The Rt Hon. Tessa Jowell Tessa Jowell Tessa Jowell is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Dulwich and West Norwood since 1992. Formerly a member of both the Blair and Brown Cabinets, she is currently the Shadow Minister for the Olympics and Shadow Minister for London.-Early life:Tessa Jane... |
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| Shadow Ministers | Clive Efford Clive Efford Clive Stanley Efford is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Eltham since 1997.-Early life:... |
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| Helen Goodman Helen Goodman Helen Catherine Goodman is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Bishop Auckland since 2005, and was the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for in the Department for Work and Pensions until 2010 with responsibility for Child Poverty and childcare.-Early... |
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| Dan Jarvis Dan Jarvis Daniel Owen Woolgar Jarvis MBE is a British Labour Party politician and former British Army officer. After a career in the Parachute Regiment including most of the regiment's major deployments, he went into politics and has been the Member of Parliament for Barnsley Central since a by-election... |
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| Shadow Ministers | Baroness Jones of Whitchurch Maggie Jones, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch Margaret Beryl Jones, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch is a British trade union official and Labour politician. She was Chair of the Labour Party from 2000 to 2001.... |
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| Baroness Billingham Angela Billingham, Baroness Billingham Angela Theodora Billingham, Baroness Billingham JP is a British Labour politician.-Early life:Born Angela Theodora Case in Liverpool, she was educated at Aylesbury Grammar School, the Institute of Education and the Department of Education, Oxford University... |
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| Lord Stevenson of Balmacara Wilfrid Stevenson, Baron Stevenson of Balmacara Robert Wilfrid Stevenson, Baron Stevenson of Balmacara cr 2010 , of Little Missenden in the County of Buckinghamshire... |
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| Government Equalities Office Government Equalities Office The Government Equalities Office is a United Kingdom government department. It was created in October 2007 when the Women and Equality Unit, based within the Department for Communities and Local Government was converted into an independent department.It has lead responsibility for gender equality... |
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| Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities | The Rt Hon. Yvette Cooper Yvette Cooper Yvette Cooper is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford since 2010, having previously been MP for Pontefract and Castleford since 1997. She served in the Cabinet between 2008 and 2010. She is the Shadow Home Secretary... |
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| Shadow Minister | Kate Green Kate Green Katherine Anne 'Kate' Green OBE is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Stretford and Urmston since 2010.-Early life:Green was born in Edinburgh to Maurice and Jessie Craig Green... |
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| Shadow Ministers | The Rt Hon. Baroness Royall of Blaisdon Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon Janet Anne Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, PC is a British Labour politician. She is the current Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords.-Education and early political career:... PC |
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| Baroness Thornton Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton Dorothea Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton , known as Glenys Thornton, is a Labour and Co-operative member of the House of Lords... |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Transport | Maria Eagle Maria Eagle Maria Eagle is a British solicitor and Labour Party politician. She is the Member of Parliament for Garston and Halewood, having been the MP for Liverpool Garston from 1997 to 2010.... |
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| Shadow Ministers | Jim Fitzpatrick Jim Fitzpatrick (politician) James Fitzpatrick is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Poplar and Limehouse since the 2010 General Election. From 1997 to the 2010 election he was the member for Poplar and Canning Town... |
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| Lilian Greenwood Lilian Greenwood Lilian Rachel Greenwood is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Nottingham South since 2010.-Pre-parliamentary career:... |
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| John Woodcock John Woodcock (UK politician) John Zak Woodcock is a British Labour Co-operative politician. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Barrow and Furness in 2010.-Early and personal life:... |
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| Shadow Ministers | The Rt Hon. Lord Davies of Oldham Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham, PC, is a Labour member of the House of Lords. He served as Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords from 2003 to 2010, and as usual for a holder of that position, also held the position of Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard.He was educated at... PC |
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| Lord Rosser Richard Rosser, Baron Rosser Richard Andrew Rosser, Baron Rosser is a British former trade union leader and politician.Initially employed by London Transport he joined the staff of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association early in his working career, representing London Transport's white-collar staff in negotiations with... |
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| Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Shadow Leader of the House of Commons The Shadow Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet responsible for working with the Leader of the House in arranging Commons business and holding the Government to account in its overall management of the House... |
Angela Eagle Angela Eagle Angela Eagle is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Wallasey since 1992. She served as the Minister of State for Pensions and Ageing Society from June 2009 until May 2010. Eagle was elected to the Shadow Cabinet in October 2010 and was appointed by Ed... |
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| Leader of the Opposition in the Lords | The Rt Hon. Baroness Royall of Blaisdon Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon Janet Anne Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, PC is a British Labour politician. She is the current Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords.-Education and early political career:... PC |
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| Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords | The Rt Hon. Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath OBE, PC is a former health administrator and a Labour member of the House of Lords.-Early life and career:... PC |
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| Opposition Chief Whip Chief Whip The Chief Whip is a political office in some legislatures assigned to an elected member whose task is to administer the whipping system that ensures that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires.-The Whips Office:... |
The Rt Hon. Rosie Winterton Rosie Winterton Rosalie "Rosie" Winterton is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Doncaster Central since 1997. Formerly a minister within both the Blair and Brown Governments, she first entered the Shadow Cabinet in May 2010 as the Shadow Leader of the House of Commons... |
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| Deputy Chief Whip | Alan Campbell Alan Campbell (politician) Alan Campbell is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Tynemouth since 1997. He served as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office from 2008 until 2010, when the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats came to power... |
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| Pairing Whip | Mark Tami Mark Tami Mark Richard Tami is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Alyn and Deeside since 2001.-Early life:... |
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| Whips | Lyn Brown Lyn Brown (politician) Lyn Carol Brown is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for West Ham since 2005.- Early life :... |
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| David Hamilton David Hamilton (politician) David Hamilton is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Midlothian since 2001.David Hamilton was born in Dalkeith, Midlothian, and was educated at the local Dalkeith High School... |
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| Assistant Whips | Mark Hendrick Mark Hendrick Mark Phillip Hendrick is a British Labour Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Preston since winning a by-election in 2000.-Biography:Hendrick, who is half Somali, was born in Salford, Lancashire... |
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| Graham Jones Graham Jones (politician) Graham Peter Jones is a British Labour Party politician and the current Member of Parliament for Hyndburn Previously he was the Opposition Leader on Hyndburn Borough Council.-2010 Election campaign:... |
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| Chris Ruane Chris Ruane Christopher Shaun Ruane is a Welsh Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for the Vale of Clwyd since 1997.-Early life:... |
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| Tom Blenkinsop Tom Blenkinsop Thomas Francis Blenkinsop is a British Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland.... |
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| Yvonne Fovargue Yvonne Fovargue Yvonne Helen Fovargue is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for the Makerfield constituency, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester since 2010, replacing the previous Labour MP Ian McCartney, who stepped down due to ill health.Fovargue... |
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| Nic Dakin Nic Dakin Nicholas Dakin is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Scunthorpe since 2010.-Early life:... |
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| Opposition Chief Whip Chief Whip The Chief Whip is a political office in some legislatures assigned to an elected member whose task is to administer the whipping system that ensures that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires.-The Whips Office:... in the Lords |
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| Deputy Chief Whip | Baroness Crawley Christine Crawley, Baroness Crawley Christine Mary Crawley, Baroness Crawley FRSA is a British politician for the Labour Party.-Early life and career:Crawley was educated at the Notre Dame Roman Catholic Girls' School in Birmingham before going to Digby Stuart College to train as a teacher. After graduation she began teaching... |
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| Lord Tunnicliffe Denis Tunnicliffe, Baron Tunnicliffe Denis Tunnicliffe, Baron Tunnicliffe CBE is a British pilot and railwayman.The son of Arthur and Ellen Tunnicliffe, he was educated at Henry Cavendish School in Derby and University College, London, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics in 1965... |
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| Whips | Baroness Jones of Whitchurch Maggie Jones, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch Margaret Beryl Jones, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch is a British trade union official and Labour politician. She was Chair of the Labour Party from 2000 to 2001.... |
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| Baroness Gale Anita Gale, Baroness Gale Anita Gale, Baroness Gale is a Labour Party member of the House of Lords.She has been involved in women’s issues all her working life. She was first involved as a Labour Party member, in the Women’s Section of the Party... |
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| Lord Rosser Richard Rosser, Baron Rosser Richard Andrew Rosser, Baron Rosser is a British former trade union leader and politician.Initially employed by London Transport he joined the staff of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association early in his working career, representing London Transport's white-collar staff in negotiations with... |
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| Lord Grantchester Christopher Suenson-Taylor, 3rd Baron Grantchester Christopher John Suenson-Taylor, 3rd Baron Grantchester is a British peer and Labour politician.He is the son of the 2nd Baron Grantchester and Lady Grantchester and was educated at Winchester College, where he was in the school football team, and at the London School of Economics, where he... |
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| Baroness Wheeler Margaret Wheeler, Baroness Wheeler Margaret Wheeler, Baroness Wheeler is a Labour member of the House of Lords who is currently an Opposition Whip. She was created a life peer as Baroness Wheeler, of Blackfriars in the City of London, on 20 June 2010, and was introduced in the Lords on 14 July 2010.-References:... |
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| Lord Kennedy of Southwark Roy Kennedy, Baron Kennedy of Southwark Roy Kennedy, Baron Kennedy of Southwark, is a British Labour Party politician and life peer. Appointed a full time official in 1990, he took up the post of organiser for the party in Coventry in 1991. He was instrumental in the defeat of the Militant MP Dave Nellist, who had been deselected as a... |
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| Lord Stevenson of Balmacara Wilfrid Stevenson, Baron Stevenson of Balmacara Robert Wilfrid Stevenson, Baron Stevenson of Balmacara cr 2010 , of Little Missenden in the County of Buckinghamshire... |
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| Lord McAvoy Tommy McAvoy Thomas McLaughlin McAvoy, Baron McAvoy PC is a British Labour Co-operative politician who was the Member of Parliament for Rutherglen and Hamilton West from 2005 to 2010, having previously been MP for Rutherglen from 1987 to 2005... |
See also
- Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)
- Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet
- Opposition (parliamentary)Opposition (parliamentary)Parliamentary opposition is a form of political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster-based parliamentary system. Note that this article uses the term government as it is used in Parliamentary systems, i.e. meaning the administration or the cabinet rather than the state...
- Cabinet of the United KingdomCabinet of the United KingdomThe Cabinet of the United Kingdom is the collective decision-making body of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, composed of the Prime Minister and some 22 Cabinet Ministers, the most senior of the government ministers....
- Her Majesty's Government frontbenchHer Majesty's Government frontbenchThe frontbench of Her Majesty's Government in the Parliament of the United Kingdom consists of the Cabinet and all other ministers.-Key:-Prime Minister and Cabinet Office:-Foreign relations:-Law and order:-Economy:-Social services:...