Ann Clwyd Roberts was a Welsh Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cynon Valley for 35 years,from 1984 until 2019. Although she had intended to stand down in 2015,she was re-elected in that year's general election and in 2017 before standing down in 2019. Clwyd is the longest-serving female MP for a Welsh constituency.
Julie Morgan is a Welsh Labour Party politician,who has been a Member of the Senedd for Cardiff North seat in the Senedd since the 2011 election. She was previously Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff North from 1997 until 2010.
Paul Philip Flynn was a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Newport West from the 1987 general election until his death in 2019. He briefly served as Shadow Secretary of State for Wales and Shadow Leader of the House of Commons in 2016,becoming the oldest MP to hold a Shadow Cabinet position,aged 81.
Owen Smith is a British lobbyist and former Labour Party politician. Smith was Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontypridd from 2010 to 2019.
Susan Elan Jones is a British former Labour Party politician. She was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Clwyd South,replacing the previous Labour MP Martyn Jones after his retirement. She returned to the voluntary sector after leaving Parliament.
Antoinette Geraldine Mackeson-Sandbach,known as Antoinette Sandbach,is a barrister,farm manager and politician who was elected as a North Wales region Member of the Welsh Assembly at the May 2011 election,and subsequently elected Member of Parliament for Eddisbury in Cheshire at the 2015 general election.
Rachael Helen Maskell is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for York Central since 2015. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties,she was Shadow Environment Secretary from 2016 to 2017 and Shadow Employment Secretary in 2020.
Matthew Thomas Pennycook is a British politician who been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Greenwich and Woolwich since 2015. A member of the Labour party,Pennycook has served as Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing,Communities and Local Government since July 2024.
Joanna Meriel Stevens is a Welsh politician serving as Secretary of State for Wales since 2024. A member of the Labour Party,she has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2015,representing Cardiff East since 2024,having previously represented Cardiff Central.
Carolyn Harris is a Welsh politician serving as Deputy Leader of Welsh Labour since 2018. She has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Swansea East since 2015.
Christina Rees is a Welsh politician who served as Member of Parliament for Neath from 2015 to 2024. She is a member of the Labour and Co-operative parties.
Alun Craig Williams is a British politician who was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister from October 2022 until June 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff North from 2015 to 2017,when he was defeated for reelection by the Labour Party's Anna McMorrin. In 2019,Williams was elected as the MP for Montgomeryshire,but lost the seat in the 2024 general election.
Christopher Philip James Elmore is a Welsh Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bridgend,previously Ogmore,since 2016. He has been Comptroller of the Household since 10 July 2024.
Eleanor Claire Reeves is a British politician and barrister who has served as Chair of the Labour Party and Minister without Portfolio since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party,she has been the Member of Parliament for Lewisham West and East Dulwich,formerly Lewisham West and Penge,since 2017. She previously served as Shadow Solicitor General from April 2020 to December 2021 and Shadow Minister for Prisons and Probation from 2021 to 2023.
Mary Elizabeth Twist is a British Labour Party politician. She served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blaydon from the 2017 general election until the seat's abolition in 2024. She then stood for reelection during the 2024 general election in the newly formed constituency of Blaydon and Consett which she won. Before her parliamentary career,she was the head of health in the North-East for the trade union,UNISON,and a local councillor.
Stephanie Louise Peacock is a British Labour politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnsley South since 2024,and for Barnsley East from 2017 until then. She has served Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport,Media,Civil Society and Youth since July 2024.
Lloyd Cameron Russell-Moyle is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Kemptown from 2017 to 2024. He sat as a Labour and Co-operative MP throughout his time in office. He was a member of the left-wing Socialist Campaign Group parliamentary caucus.
Antonia Louise Antoniazzi is a Welsh Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gower since 2017.
Ruth Lorraine Jones is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newport West and Islwyn since 2024. Before the 2024 constituency boundary change,she had been the MP for Newport West since winning the seat at a by-election in April 2019.
The frontbench of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the Parliament of the United Kingdom consists of the Shadow Cabinet and other shadow ministers of the political party currently serving as the Official Opposition. From 2015 to 2020,Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition was the Labour Party,and the Leader of the Opposition was Jeremy Corbyn.
