2023 British shadow cabinet reshuffle

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On 4 September 2023, Keir Starmer, Leader of the UK Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition, carried out a reshuffle of his shadow cabinet. [1] [2] [3] [4] This was his third major reshuffle and was described as promoting his loyalists to senior roles. [5]

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Starmer's deputy Angela Rayner received the shadow levelling up post, replacing Lisa Nandy who was demoted to the shadow minister for international development. [6] The most senior members of the shadow cabinet remained in their positions. [6] Rosena Allin-Khan, who was the shadow minister for mental health before the reshuffle, resigned from the Shadow Cabinet, criticising shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting's advocacy for outsourcing the NHS to the private sector. [7] She also said that Starmer did "not see a space for a mental health portfolio in a Labour cabinet". [8] [9] [10] The reshuffle coincided with the start of the tenure of Sue Gray as Starmer's new chief of staff. [11]

Writers from The Guardian and Politico said that the Blairite wing of the party had prospered in the reshuffle to the detriment of the soft left of the party. [12] [13] One shadow minister, said of the reshuffle, "It's all the Blairites" and called it "an entirely factional takeover". [14] Starmer said that he was putting his "strongest possible players on the pitch" ahead of the upcoming general election. [6] Tom Belger writing for LabourList described the reshuffle as a continuing of "Labour’s right-ward march". [15]

Background

The last shadow cabinet reshuffle was carried out in November 2021. [16] Since then the Labour Party has performed strongly in opinion polls in the lead up to the 2024 general election. [17] Labour gains in the by-elections in Wakefield and Selby and Ainsty consolidated their electoral performance as did the 2022 local elections. [18] In August 2023, it was speculated in the media that Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Angela Rayner could have her responsibilities changed. [19] It was reported that most "big guns" were considered to be safe. [20] The reshuffle coincided with the appointment of Sue Gray as Chief of Staff to Keir Starmer. [21]

Changes

Sue Gray took a leading role in the reshuffle. [22] It included the promotion of Blairites Hilary Benn and Pat McFadden who served under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. [23] Lisa Nandy lost her role as Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to become a shadow foreign office minister, the Shadow Overseas Development Minister, which was described by Sam Coates as "unambiguously a demotion". [24] Labour have stated their intention to reinstate the Department for International Development if they win office. Fellow Greater Manchester MP Angela Rayner became the new shadow levelling up secretary [22] and was also given the new role of Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. [25] This consolidated her role in any future Labour government. [26] Gray was involved in negotiations with Rayner over her position. [22]

Hilary Benn returned to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for the first time since he resigned as Shadow Foreign Secretary in 2016 under Jeremy Corbyn. [27] Gray is believed to have been involved in this appointment as well. [28] Jim McMahon resigned as Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, citing ill health, and returned to the backbenches. [29]

Rosena Allin-Khan resigned from the Shadow Cabinet, criticising Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting's advocacy for outsourcing the National Health Service (NHS) to the private sector. [30] She also said that Starmer did "not see a space for a mental health portfolio in a Labour cabinet". [31] [32] [33]

Reaction

John Rentoul wrote in The Independent that Starmer delaying the reshuffle was to avoid a revolt from the left wing of the party. [34] The promotion of Andrew Gwynne, a former ally of Jeremy Corbyn from the left of the party, was seen as Starmer extending an olive branch to the party's left wing. [35]

Both Momentum and Compass accused Starmer of promoting a “narrow band of Blairites”. [36] Starmer was described as demoting figures from the soft left of the party and promoting in their place his loyalists as well as Blairites. [37] [38] [39] While there were leading figures on the soft left who remained in the shadow cabinet, such as Ed Miliband, Louise Haigh and Angela Rayner, the faction was thought to have lost most of its influence. [40] Owen Jones criticised the amount of Blairites in the new shadow cabinet. [41] Andrew Fisher who was Director of Policy of the Labour Party, under leader Jeremy Corbyn described Starmer as a "weak leader" surrounded by yes men. [42] A shadow minister described the reshuffle as a factional takeover and described it as "all the Blairites" and a "shoring up of the right of the party". [43] Likewise, editor at LabourList, Tom Belger, wrote of the reshuffle, "More Blairites than Blair" and quoted an MP that stated "even Blair didn’t have this many Blairites in his cabinet". Belger also stated that the reshuffle signified that "Labour’s right-ward march continues". [44]

Cabinet-level changes

Colour key
  •      Joined the Shadow Cabinet
  •      Left the Shadow Cabinet
  •      Portfolio created/renamed
MinisterPosition(s) before reshufflePosition(s) after reshuffle
Official portrait of Jim McMahon crop 2.jpg Jim McMahon MP Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Backbench MP – Resigned for health reasons
Official portrait of Lisa Nandy MP crop 2.jpg Lisa Nandy MP Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development
Official portrait of Angela Rayner MP crop 2.jpg Angela Rayner MP Shadow First Secretary of State
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Shadow Secretary of State for the Future of Work		 Shadow Deputy Prime Minister
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party [note 1]
Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Strategic Lead for Labour's New Deal [45]
Official portrait of Shabana Mahmood MP crop 2.jpg Shabana Mahmood MP Labour Party National Campaign Coordinator Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
Official portrait of Mr Steve Reed crop 2.jpg Steve Reed MP Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
Shadow Lord Chancellor 		Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Official portrait of Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP crop 2.jpg Pat McFadden MP Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Labour Party National Campaign Coordinator
Official portrait of Liz Kendall crop 2.jpg Liz Kendall MP Shadow Minister for Social Care Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Official portrait of Jonathan Ashworth MP crop 2.jpg Jonathan Ashworth MP Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Shadow Paymaster General
Official portrait of Thangam Debbonaire MP crop 2.jpg Thangam Debbonaire MP Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Official portrait of Peter Kyle MP crop 2.jpg Peter Kyle MP Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
Official portrait of Darren Jones crop 2.jpg Darren Jones MPChair of the Business and Trade Select Committee Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Official portrait of Nick Thomas-Symonds MP (cropped).jpg Nick Thomas-Symonds MPShadow President of the Board of Trade
Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade 		Shadow Minister without Portfolio in the Cabinet Office
Official portrait of Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP crop 2.jpg Hilary Benn MPBackbench MP Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Official portrait of Lucy Powell MP crop 2.jpg Lucy Powell MP Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Official portrait of Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP crop 2.jpg Rosena Allin-Khan MP Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health Backbench MP – Resigned over policy differences
Official portrait of Preet Kaur Gill MP crop 2.jpg Preet Gill MPShadow Cabinet Minister for International DevelopmentShadow Minister for Primary Care and Public Health
Official portrait of Ellie Reeves crop 2.jpg Ellie Reeves MP Shadow Minister for Prisons and Probation Labour Party Deputy National Campaign Coordinator

Junior changes

These roles were left vacant following the cabinet-level changes:

On 5 and 6 September, a number of junior changes were announced: [46] [47]

MinisterPosition(s) before reshufflePosition(s) after reshuffle
Close official portrait of Stephen Morgan MP.jpg Stephen Morgan MP Shadow Schools Minister Shadow Minister for Rail
Official portrait of Catherine McKinnell crop 2.jpg Catherine McKinnell MPChair of the Petitions Committee Shadow Schools Minister
Official portrait of Abena Oppong-Asare MP crop 2.jpg Abena Oppong-Asare MP Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Shadow Minister Women's Health and Mental Health
Official portrait of Alex Norris MP crop 2.jpg Alex Norris MP Shadow Minister for Levelling Up Shadow Minister for Policing
Sarah Jones MP- official photo 2017.jpg Sarah Jones MP Shadow Minister for Policing and the Fire Service Shadow Minister for Industry and Decarbonisation (new role)
Official portrait of Dan Jarvis MP crop 2.jpg Dan Jarvis MPBackbench MP Shadow Minister for Security
Official portrait of Holly Lynch MP crop 2.jpg Holly Lynch MP Shadow Minister for Security Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons (Legislation)
Official portrait of Seema Malhotra crop 2.jpg Seema Malhotra MP Shadow Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets Shadow Minister for Skills
Official portrait of Chris Bryant crop 2.jpg Chris Bryant MPChair of the Commons Committee on Standards Shadow Minister for Creative Industries and Digital
Official portrait of Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP crop 2.jpg Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MPShadow Minister for Rail Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
Official portrait of Andrew Gwynne MP crop 2.jpg Andrew Gwynne MPShadow Minister for Public HealthShadow Minister for Social Care
Jessica Morden Official Portrait.jpg Jessica Morden MP Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of CommonsShadow Minister for Wales and Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition
Official portrait of Rushanara Ali MP crop 2.jpg Rushanara Ali MPBackbench MP Shadow Minister for Investment and Small Business
Official portrait of Karin Smyth MP crop 2.jpg Karin Smyth MPBackbench MP Shadow Minister for Health
Official portrait of Fleur Anderson MP crop 2.jpg Fleur Anderson MPShadow Paymaster GeneralShadow Minister for Northern Ireland
Official portrait of Justin Madders MP crop 2.jpg Justin Madders MPShadow Minister for Employment Rights and ProtectionShadow Minister for Business, Employment Rights and Levelling Up
Official portrait of Gareth Thomas crop 2.jpg Gareth Thomas MPShadow Minister for International TradeShadow Minister for Trade
Official portrait of Afzal Khan MP crop 2.jpg Afzal Khan MPShadow Minister for Legal AidShadow Minister for Exports
Official portrait of Dr Alan Whitehead crop 2.jpg Alan Whitehead MPShadow Minister for Green New Deal and EnergyShadow Minister for Energy Security
Official portrait of Jeff Smith MP crop 2.jpg Jeff Smith MPShadow Minister for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and MusicShadow Minister for Clean Power and Consumers
Official portrait of Stephanie Peacock MP crop 2.jpg Stephanie Peacock MPShadow Minister for Media, Data and Digital InfrastructureShadow Minister for Sport, Gambling and Media
Official portrait of Lilian Greenwood MP crop 2.jpg Lilian Greenwood MPOpposition Deputy Chief Whip in the House of CommonsShadow Minister for Arts, Heritage and Civil Society
Official portrait of Barbara Keeley MP 2020 crop 2.jpg Barbara Keeley MPShadow Minister for Arts and Civil SocietyShadow Minister for Music and Tourism
Toby Perkins.jpg Toby Perkins MP Shadow Minister for Apprenticeships and Lifelong Learning Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs
Official portrait of Emma Hardy MP crop 2.jpg Emma Hardy MPBackbench MPShadow Minister for Environmental Quality and Resilience
Official portrait of Anna McMorrin MP crop 2.jpg Anna McMorrin MPShadow Minister for Victims and Youth JusticeShadow Minister for Latin America and the Caribbean
Official portrait of Feryal Clark MP crop 2.jpg Feryal Clark MPShadow Minister for Primary Care and Patient SafetyShadow Minister for Health
Official portrait of Nick Smith crop 2.jpg Nick Smith MPBackbench MPShadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
Official portrait of Florence Eshalomi MP crop 2.jpg Florence Eshalomi MPShadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet OfficeShadow Minister for Democracy
Official portrait of Paula Barker MP crop 2.jpg Paula Barker MPShadow Minister for Homelessness and Rough SleepingShadow Minister for Devolution and the English Regions
Official portrait of Mike Amesbury MP crop 2.jpg Mike Amesbury MPBackbench MPShadow Minister for Building Safety and Homelessness
Imran Hussain MPShadow Minister for WorkShadow Minister for the New Deal for Working People
Official portrait of Maria Eagle MP crop 2.jpg Maria Eagle MPBackbench MPShadow Minister for Procurement
Official portrait of Janet Daby MP crop 2.jpg Janet Daby MPBackbench MPShadow Minister for Youth Justice
Official portrait of Kevin Brennan MP crop 2.jpg Kevin Brennan MPBackbench MPShadow Minister for Victims and Sentencing
Official portrait of Ruth Cadbury crop 2.jpg Ruth Cadbury MPShadow Minister for International TradeShadow Minister for Prisons, Parole and Probation
Alex Davies-Jones.jpg Alex Davies-Jones MPShadow Minister for Tech, Gambling and Digital EconomyShadow Minister for Tech and Digital Economy
Official portrait of Matt Rodda MP crop 2.jpg Matt Rodda MPShadow Minister for PensionsShadow Minister for AI and Intellectual Property
Official portrait of Gerald Jones MP crop 2.jpg Gerald Jones MPShadow Minister for WalesShadow Minister for Scotland
Official portrait of Bill Esterson MP crop 2.jpg Bill Esterson MPShadow Minister for Business and IndustryShadow Minister for Roads
Official portrait of Simon Lightwood, 2022 (cropped).jpg Simon Lightwood MPShadow Minister for Buses and TaxisShadow Minister for Local Transport
Official portrait of Chris Evans crop 2.jpg Chris Evans MPShadow Minister for Defence ProcurementShadow Minister for Social Security
Official portrait of Gill Furniss MP.jpg Gill Furniss MPShadow Minister for RoadsShadow Minister for Pensions
Official portrait of Rt Hon Mark Tami MP crop 2.jpg Mark Tami MPOpposition Pairing WhipOpposition Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons (Accommodation and Pairing)
Official portrait of Alex Sobel MP crop 2.jpg Alex Sobel MP Shadow Minister for Nature Recovery and the Domestic Environment Backbench MP
Official portrait of Nia Griffith MP crop 2.jpg Nia Griffith MP Shadow Minister for Exports Shadow Minister in the Cabinet Office
Official portrait of Fabian Hamilton MP crop 2.jpg Fabian Hamilton MP Shadow Minister for Peace and Disarmament, Latin America and the Caribbean Backbench MP
Official portrait of Liz Twist crop 2.jpg Liz Twist MPShadow Minister for ScotlandBackbench MP

These roles were vacant on 6 September:

Notes

  1. ↑ Elected office so role cannot be removed

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