Official Opposition frontbench
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 Keir Starmer.[1]
The latest Labour frontbench was announced on 9 April 2020.[2]
Key
| Sits in the House of Commons | |
| Sits in the House of Lords | |
| Privy Counsellor | |
| Shadow Cabinet full members in bold | |
| Shadow Cabinet attendees in bold italics | |
Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Cabinet Office
| Cabinet Office | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Rachel Reeves | April 2020 – present | |
| Shadow Minister for Voter Engagement and Young People | Cat Smith | June 2016 – present | |
| Shadow Minister for Brexit and EU Negotiations | Paul Blomfield (joint with International Trade) | April 2020 – present | |
| Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office | Helen Hayes | April 2020 - December 2020 | |
| Fleur Anderson | January 2021 - present | ||
| Jack Dromey | |||
| Shadow Spokesperson | The Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | April 2020 – present | |
| Shadow Spokesperson for Constitutional Affairs and Devolved Issues | Baroness Smith of Basildon | ||
Foreign relations
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth | Lisa Nandy[3] | April 2020 – present | |
| Shadow Minister for Europe and Americas | Catherine West | ||
| Shadow Minister for Africa | Stephen Doughty (joint with International Development) | ||
| Shadow Minister for Middle East and North Africa | Wayne David | ||
| Shadow Minister for Asia and Pacific | Stephen Kinnock | ||
| Shadow Minister for Peace and Disarmament | Fabian Hamilton | ||
| Shadow Spokesperson | The Lord Collins of Highbury (also with DFID, also a whip) | September 2015 – present | |
| Defence | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Defence | John Healey | April 2020 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister for Armed Forces | Stephen Morgan | |||
| Shadow Minister for Defence Procurement | Khalid Mahmood | |||
| Shadow Minister for Veterans | Sharon Hodgson | |||
| Shadow Spokesperson | The Lord Tunnicliffe (also whips, transport and treasury) | October 2016 – present | ||
| Shadow Spokesperson | Lord Touhig | April 2020 – present | ||
| International Development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for International Development | Preet Kaur Gill | April 2020 – present | |
| Shadow Ministers | Stephen Doughty (joint with Foreign Office) | ||
| Anna McMorrin | |||
| Yasmin Qureshi | |||
| Shadow Spokesperson | The Lord Collins of Highbury (also with Foreign Office and Women and Equalities, also a whip) | ||
| Department for International Trade | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade | Emily Thornberry | April 2020 – present | ||
| Shadow Ministers | Bill Esterson | October 2016 – present | ||
| Paul Blomfield (joint with Cabinet Office) | April 2020 – present | |||
| Gareth Thomas | ||||
| Shadow Spokesperson | Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (also a whip) | |||
Home affairs
| Home Office | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department | Nick Thomas-Symonds | April 2020 – present | |
| Shadow Minister for Policing and the Fire Service | Sarah Jones | ||
| Shadow Immigration Minister | Holly Lynch | ||
| Shadow Minister for Crime reduction and Courts | Bambos Charalambous | ||
| Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding | Jess Phillips | ||
| Shadow Security Minister | Conor McGinn | ||
| Shadow Spokespersons | The Lord Rosser (also with Transport) | October 2010 – present | |
| The Lord Kennedy of Southwark (also CLG, housing and whips) | |||
| Ministry of Justice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Lord Chancellor Shadow Secretary of State for Justice |
David Lammy | April 2020 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister for Prisons and Probation | Lyn Brown | |||
| Shadow Minister for Victims and Youth Justice | Peter Kyle | |||
| Shadow Minister for Legal Aid | Karl Turner | |||
| Shadow Minister for Courts and Sentencing | Alex Cunningham | |||
| Shadow Spokesperson | The Lord Falconer of Thoroton | |||
| Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede | ||||
| Attorney General's Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales Shadow Advocate General for Northern Ireland |
The Lord Falconer of Thoroton | April 2020 – present | ||
| Shadow Solicitor General | Ellie Reeves | |||
| Shadow Advocate General for Scotland | The Lord Davidson of Glen Clova QC | October 2010 – present | ||
Economy
| Treasury | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer | Anneliese Dodds | April 2020 – present | ||
| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | Bridget Phillipson | |||
| Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury | Dan Carden | April 2020 - October 2020 | ||
| James Murray | October 2020 - present | |||
| Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury | Pat McFadden | April 2020 - present | ||
| Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury | Wes Streeting | April 2020 - October 2020 | ||
| Abena Oppong-Asare | October 2020 - present | |||
| Shadow Spokespersons | The Lord Tunnicliffe | September 2015 – present | ||
| Lord Davidson of Glen Clova | October 2010 – present | |||
| Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | Ed Miliband | April 2020 – present | ||
| Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights and Protections | Andy McDonald | |||
| Shadow Minister for Employment Rights | Imran Hussain | |||
| Shadow Minister for Green New Deal and Energy | Alan Whitehead | October 2016 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister for Science, Research and Digital | Chi Onwurah (joint with DCMS) | April 2020 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister for Climate Change | Matthew Pennycook | |||
| Shadow Minister for Business and Consumers | Lucy Powell | |||
| Shadow Spokespersons | Baron Bassam of Brighton | |||
| The Lord Grantchester | September 2015 – present | |||
| The Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | September 2019 – present | |||
Social services
| Education | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Education | Rebecca Long-Bailey | April 2020 – June 2020 | |
| Kate Green | June 2020 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister for Apprenticeships & life-long learning | Toby Perkins | April 2020 – present | |
| Shadow Minister for FE & Universities | Emma Hardy | January 2020 – present | |
| Shadow Minister for Schools | Margaret Greenwood | April 2020 - October 2020 | |
| Wes Streeting | October 2020 - present | ||
| Shadow Minister for Children & Early Years | Tulip Siddiq | January 2020 – present | |
| Shadow Spokespersons | The Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Education) | September 2015 – present | |
| Lord Bassam of Brighton (Further and Higher Education, also with business, energy and industrial strategy) | March 2019 – present | ||
| Health and Social Care | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | Jon Ashworth | October 2016 – present | |
| Shadow Minister for Mental Health | Rosena Allin-Khan | April 2020 – present | |
| Shadow Minister for Social Care | Liz Kendall | ||
| Shadow Minister for Secondary Care, Workforce and Patient Health | Justin Madders | ||
| Shadow Minister for Public Health and Patient Safety | Alex Norris | ||
| Shadow Spokespersons | The Baroness Thornton | November 2017 – present | |
| The Baroness Wheeler (also deputy chief whip) | June 2018 – present | ||
| Work and Pensions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | Jonathan Reynolds | April 2020 – present | |
| Shadow Minister for Pensions | Jack Dromey | January 2018 – January 2021 | |
| Matt Rodda | January 2021 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister for Child Poverty Strategy | Kate Green | April 2020 – June 2020 | |
| Karen Buck | July 2020 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister for Disability | Vicky Foxcroft | April 2020 – present | |
| Shadow Minister for Employment | Seema Malhotra | ||
| Shadow Spokesperson | The Baroness Sherlock | October 2013 – present | |
Environment
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Luke Pollard | April 2020 – present | |
| Shadow Minister for Food, Farming and Fisheries | Daniel Zeichner | ||
| Shadow Minister for Flooding | Stephanie Peacock | ||
| Shadow Minister for Natural Environment and Air Quality | Lloyd Russell-Moyle | April 2020 – July 2020 | |
| Ruth Jones | August 2020 - present | ||
| Shadow Minister | The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | September 2015 – present | |
| The Lord Grantchester (also with business, energy and industrial strategy) | July 2014 – present | ||
| The Baroness Hayman of Ullock | October 2020 - present | ||
Communities and Local Government
| Communities and Local Government | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government | Steve Reed | April 2020 – present | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Housing | Thangam Debbonaire | ||
| Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning | Mike Amesbury | ||
| Shadow Minister for Faiths, Women and Equalities | Janet Daby | April 2020 - December 2020 | |
| Shadow Minister for Local Government | Kate Hollern | April 2020 – present | |
| Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion | Naz Shah | ||
| Shadow Spokesperson | The Lord Kennedy of Southwark | September 2015 – present | |
Northern Ireland
| Northern Ireland Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | Louise Haigh | April 2020 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister | Karin Smyth | |||
| Shadow Spokesperson | The Baroness Smith of Basildon (also Shadow Leader of the House of Lords) | January 2018 – present | ||
Scotland
| Scotland Office | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland | Ian Murray | April 2020 – present | |
| Shadow Minister | Chris Elmore (joint with Whips Office) | ||
| Shadow Spokesperson | The Lord Davidson of Glen Clova | June 2018 – present | |
Wales
| Wales Office | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Wales | Nia Griffith | April 2020 – present | |
| Shadow Minister | Gerald Jones | ||
| Shadow Spokesperson | Lord Griffiths of Burry Port (also a whip and DCMS) | September 2017 – May 2020 | |
| Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | April 2020 – present | ||
Culture
| Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | Jo Stevens | April 2020 – present | |
| Shadow Minister for Cultural Industries | Tracy Brabin | ||
| Shadow Minister for Voluntary Sector & Charities | Rachael Maskell | ||
| Shadow Minister for Tourism and Heritage | Alex Sobel | ||
| Shadow Minister for Digital | Chi Onwurah (joint with BEIS) | ||
| Shadow Minister for Sport | Alison McGovern | ||
| Shadow Minister for Media | Chris Matheson | ||
| Shadow Spokesperson | Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (also various other positions) | ||
| Lord Griffiths of Burry Port (also spokesperson for Wales and a whip) | September 2017 - May 2020 | ||
Women and Equalities
| Equalities Office | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities | Marsha De Cordova | April 2020 – present | |
| Shadow Minister | Gill Furniss | April 2020 – July 2020 | |
| Janet Daby (joint with communities and local government) | July 2020 – December 2020 | ||
| Charlotte Nichols | November 2020 - present | ||
| Shadow Spokesperson | Ray Collins, Lord Collins of Highbury | April 2020 – present | |
Transport
| Transport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Transport | Jim McMahon | April 2020 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister for Green Transport | Kerry McCarthy | |||
| Shadow Minister for Railways | Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi | |||
| Shadow Minister for Aviation & Maritime | Mike Kane | |||
| Shadow Minister for Buses & Local Transport | Matt Rodda | April 2020 - January 2021 | ||
| Sam Tarry | January 2021 - present | |||
| Shadow Minister | The Lord Tunnicliffe (joint with whips, defence and treasury) |
February 2018 – present | ||
| Shadow Spokesperson | The Lord Rosser (also with Home Office) | October 2011 – present | ||
Parliament
| House Leaders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Leader of the House of Commons | Valerie Vaz | October 2016 – present | ||
| Shadow Deputy Leader of the Commons | Afzal Khan | April 2020 – present | ||
| Shadow Leader of the House of Lords | The Baroness Smith of Basildon (joint with constitutional affairs and Northern Ireland) | May 2015 – present | ||
| Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords | Dianne Hayter, Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
(joint with constitutional affairs and business, energy and industrial strategy, appointed spokesperson for digital, culture, media, Wales and sport and women and equalities) |
June 2017 – present | ||
| House of Commons Whips | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Chief Whip | Nick Brown | October 2016 – present | ||
| Opposition Deputy Chief Whip | Sir Alan Campbell | October 2010 – present | ||
| Opposition Pairing Whip | Mark Tami | |||
| Shadow Vice Chamberlain of HM Household | Jessica Morden | April 2020 – present | ||
| Shadow Lord Commissioner of HM Household | Chris Elmore (joint with Scotland Office) | October 2016 – present | ||
| Colleen Fletcher | June 2017 – present | |||
| Jeff Smith | September 2015 – present | |||
| Liz Twist | February 2020 – present | |||
| Opposition Whip | Bambos Charalambous (joint with Home Office) | |||
| Matt Western | ||||
| Florence Eshalomi | April 2020 – December 2020 | |||
| Rosie Duffield | April 2020 – May 2020 | |||
| Mary Glindon | April 2020 – present | |||
| James Murray | ||||
| Marie Rimmer | ||||
| Gill Furniss | July 2020 – present | |||
| House of Lords Whips | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Chief Whip in the Lords | The Lord McAvoy | January 2018 - present | ||
| Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in House of Lords | The Lord Tunnicliffe (joint with transport, treasury and defence) | October 2010 - present | ||
| Baroness Wheeler | January 2018 - present | |||
| Opposition Senior Whips in the Lords | April 2014 - present | |||
| The Baroness Sherlock | May 2015 - present | |||
| Opposition Whips in the Lords | Chris Lennie, Lord Lennie | |||
| Ray Collins, Lord Collins of Highbury | ||||
| Wilf Stevenson, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | ||||
| Roy Kennedy, Lord Kennedy of Southwark | ||||
| Iain McNicol, Lord McNicol of West Kilbride | ||||
| Leslie Griffiths, Lord Griffiths of Burry Port | June 2017 - May 2020 | |||
Iain McNicol, Lord McNicol of West Kilbride, former General Secretary of the Labour Party, was originally appointed as an Opposition Whip in the Lords, but stood down pending the results of the independent investigation commissioned by Sir Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner due to allegations that in various WhatsApp message group transcripts set out in a leaked report from the Labour Party that he was engaged in conduct seeking to undermine the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader .[4][5]
Parliamentary private secretaries
Parliamentary Private Secretaries are attached to Shadow Secretaries of State to assist them with secretarial work.[6] These are usually MPs with less experience, with the most recently appointed PPSs overwhelmingly first elected in the 2019 general election.[7]
| Parliamentary Private Secretaries | ||
|---|---|---|
| PPS to the Leader of the Opposition | Carolyn Harris | April 2020 - Present |
| PPS to Shadow Secretary of State for International Development | Fleur Anderson | |
| PPS to Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | Tonia Antoniazzi | April 2020 - December 2020 |
| PPS to Shadow Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | Olivia Blake | April 2020 - September 2020 |
| PPS to Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland | ||
| PPS to Shadow Housing Secretary | Feryal Clark | April 2020 - Present |
| PPS to Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary | ||
| PPS to Shadow Secretary of State for Transport | Alex Davies-Jones | |
| PPS to Shadow Secretary of State for Wales | ||
| PPS to Shadow Secretary of State for Defence | Chris Evans | |
| PPS to Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights and Protections | Mary Kelly Foy | April 2020 - October 2020 |
| PPS to Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities | Rachel Hopkins | |
| PPS to Shadow First Secretary of State | Kim Johnson | |
| Navendu Mishra | ||
| PPS to Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Ruth Jones | April 2020 - Present |
| PPS to Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary | April 2020 - August 2020 | |
| Charlotte Nichols | August 2020 - Present | |
| PPS to Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade | April 2020 - Present | |
| PPS to Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer | Abena Oppong-Asare | |
| PPS to the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | ||
| PPS to Shadow Home Secretary | Taiwo Owatemi | |
| PPS to Shadow Foreign Secretary | Sarah Owen | April 2020 - October 2020 |
| PPS to Shadow Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Secretary | Sam Tarry | April 2020 - Present |
| PPS to Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | Nadia Whittome | April 2020 - September 2020 |
| PPS to Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Beth Winter | |
See also
References
- Rodgers, Sienna (9 April 2020). "Shadow ministers appointed as Starmer completes frontbench". LabourList. Archived from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- "Keir Starmer appoints Labour frontbench". labour.org.uk. Archived from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- "People of Labour (Shadow Cabinet)". The Labour Party. Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- "Labour's Iain McNicol steps down from Lords role after report leak". the Guardian. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- "Former Labour general secretary Iain McNicol quits frontbench in the Lords over leaked anti-semitism report". Politics Home. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- "Parliamentary private secretaries". instituteforgovernment.org.uk. institute for government. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
What is a parliamentary private secretary?
- Chappell, Elliot (14 May 2020). "Full list: Labour's New Parliamentary Private Secretaries". Labour List. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.