Angela Frances Browning,Baroness Browning is a British Conservative Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tiverton and Honiton from 1997 to 2010,having previously been MP for Tiverton from 1992 to 1997.
James Donnelly Touhig,Baron Touhig,known as Don Touhig,is a British politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Islwyn from 1995 to 2010. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties,he served in government as an Assistant Whip from 1999 to 2001 and a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State from 2001 to 2006.
George Foulkes,Baron Foulkes of CumnockPC is a British politician and life peer who served as Minister of State for Scotland from 2001 to 2002. A member of Scottish Labour and the Co-operative Party,he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Carrick,Cumnock and Doon Valley,formerly South Ayrshire,from 1979 to 2005. He was later a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP),as one of the additional members for the Lothians region,from 2007 to 2011.
Angela Evans Smith,Baroness Smith of Basildon,,is a British politician and life peer serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal since 2024. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Parties,she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Basildon from 1997 to 2010.
David Maxim Triesman,Baron Triesman is a British politician,merchant banker and former trade union leader.
Bruce Joseph Grocott,Baron Grocott is a British politician who has been a Member of the House of Lords since 2001. A member of the Labour Party,he served as a Member of Parliament for four terms between 1974 and 2001,representing constituencies in Staffordshire and Shropshire.
Nicol Ross Stephen,Baron Stephen is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy First Minister of Scotland and Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning from 2005 to 2007. A member of the Scottish Liberal Democrats,he was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Aberdeen South from 1999 to 2011,and was leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats from 2005 to 2008.
Patrick Bosco McFadden is a British politician who has served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party,he has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton South East since 2005. McFadden has previously held various junior ministerial positions and shadow portfolios in his parliamentary career between 2005 and 2024.
Annabel MacNicoll Goldie,Baroness Goldie is a Scottish politician and life peer who served as Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2005 to 2011 and Minister of State for Defence from 2019 to 2023. She was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP),as one of the additional members for the West Scotland region,from 1999 to 2016.
The Commons members of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) elected 19 members of the Shadow Cabinet from among their number in 2010. This follows the Labour Party's defeat at the 2010 general election,after which the party formed the Official Opposition in the United Kingdom.
Roy Francis Kennedy,Baron Kennedy of Southwark,is a British politician and life peer serving as Chief Whip of the House of Lords since 2024. He is a member of the Labour and Co-operative Parties.
Ed Miliband became Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition upon being elected to the former post on 25 September 2010. The election was triggered by Gordon Brown's resignation following the party's fall from power at the 2010 general election,which yielded a Conservative–Liberal Democrat Coalition. Miliband appointed his first Shadow Cabinet in October 2010,following the Labour Party Shadow Cabinet elections. These elections were the last such elections before they were abolished in 2011.
John Smith was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Official Opposition from 18 July 1992 until his death on 12 May 1994. Smith became leader upon succeeding Neil Kinnock,who had resigned following the 1992 general election—for the fourth successive time,the Conservatives had won and Labour lost.
Iain Mackenzie McNicol,Baron McNicol of West Kilbride is a British politician,trade unionist and life peer who served as General Secretary of the Labour Party from 2011 to 2018. He was National Political Officer of the GMB trade union from 2004 to 2011.
Tony Blair was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from his election as Leader on 21 July 1994 until he became Prime Minister on 2 May 1997. Blair became leader upon the death of John Smith.
Susan Frances Maria Williams,Baroness Williams of Trafford is a Conservative life peer who served as the Chief Whip of the House of Lords and Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms between 2022 and 2024. In March 2022 she was made a member of the Privy Council. She has been Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords since July 2024.
Adrian Paki Rurawhe is a New Zealand Labour Party politician. He has been an MP since 2014,and the speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 2022 to 2023.
Susan Mary Hayman,Baroness Hayman of Ullock is a British politician and life peer who has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party,she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Workington from 2015 to 2019. Hayman served as an Opposition Whip from 2015 to 2016 and Shadow Minister for Flooding and Coastal Communities from 2016 to 2017,then as Shadow Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs from 2017 to 2019 and was appointed to the House of Lords in 2020.
Jeremy Corbyn assumed the position of Leader of the Opposition after being elected as leader of the Labour Party on 12 September 2015;the election was triggered by Ed Miliband's resignation following the Labour Party's electoral defeat at the 2015 general election when David Cameron formed a majority Conservative government. The usual number of junior shadow ministers were also appointed.
The frontbench of His 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 2020 to 2024,His Majesty's Loyal Opposition was the Labour Party,and the Leader of the Opposition was Keir Starmer.
