Yvette Cooper is a British politician serving as Shadow Home Secretary under Keir Starmer since 2021,having also served in the position under Ed Miliband from 2011 to 2015. She previously served in Gordon Brown's Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2008 to 2009 and Work and Pensions Secretary from 2009 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party,she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Normanton,Pontefract and Castleford,previously Pontefract and Castleford,since 1997.
Jon Hedley Trickett is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hemsworth in West Yorkshire since a 1996 by-election. He was Shadow Lord President of the Council from 2016 to 2020 and served as Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office from 2011 to 2013 and 2017 to 2020. He was the Labour Party National Campaign Coordinator under Jeremy Corbyn from 2015 to 2017.
Lisa Eva Nandy is a British Labour Party politician serving as Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development in 2023. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wigan since 2010. Nandy previously served as Shadow Foreign Secretary,Shadow Levelling Up Secretary and Shadow Energy Secretary.
Shabana Mahmood is a British politician and barrister who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Ladywood since 2010. A member of the Labour Party,she has served in the Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer as Shadow Secretary of State for Justice from September 2023. She previously served as Campaign Co-ordinator from 2021 to 2023,and briefly as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury in 2015.
Katherine Anne Green OBE JP is a British politician serving as Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester for Policing and Crime since 2023. She previously served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stretford and Urmston between 2010 and 2022. A member of the Labour Party,she served as Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities from 2015 to 2016,Chair of the Committees on Privileges and Standards from 2018 to 2020,and Shadow Secretary of State for Education from 2020 to 2021.
Lilian Rachel Greenwood is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham South since 2010,and the Shadow Minister for Arts,Heritage and Civil Society since 2023.
Chinyelu Susan "Chi" Onwurah is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne Central since 2010. She is a member of the Labour Party.
The shadow cabinet minister for international development is the lead spokesperson for the United Kingdom's Official Opposition on issues related to international aid,most notably to the Third World. The shadow cabinet minister holds the Minister of State for Development and Africa to account in Parliament. The role previously had no counterpart in the Government between 2020 and 2022 after the Department for International Development (DFID) and the role of international development secretary was abolished by the second Johnson government in 2020. The position was renamed from Shadow Secretary of State for International Development in November 2021 and placed under the Shadow Foreign Secretary.
Jonathan Michael Graham Ashworth is a British politician who has served as Shadow Paymaster General since September 2023. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties,he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester South since 2011.
The Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is a position in the British Shadow Cabinet,appointed by the Leader of the Opposition. The post involves holding the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to account,who has control over the estates and rents of the Duchy of Lancaster. The position was re-established by Keir Starmer in April 2020,replacing the position of Shadow Lord President of the Council last held by Jon Trickett,which was split from Shadow Leader of the House of Commons by former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Seema Malhotra is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Feltham and Heston since 2011. A member of Labour and Co-operative,she has served as Shadow Minister for Business and Consumers since 2021 and previously sat on the opposition front bench as the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury,Shadow Minister for Employment and a shadow Home Office minister.
Lucy Maria Powell is a British politician serving as Shadow Leader of the House of Commons since 2023. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties,she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Central since 2012.
Stephen John Doughty is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff South and Penarth since 2012. He has been the Shadow Minister for Europe,North America and the Overseas Territories since November 2021.
Andrew Joseph McDonald is a British politician and solicitor serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough since 2012. A member of the Labour Party,he sat as an independent MP from October 2023 to March 2024 after being placed under "precautionary suspension" for a period of three months,pending an investigation from the Party whip. McDonald had the Labour whip reinstated on 11 March 2024.
Catherine Jane Smith is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lancaster and Fleetwood since 2015. A member of the Labour Party,she was a member of the shadow cabinets led by Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer from 2016 to 2021 as Shadow Secretary of State,previously Shadow Minister,for Young People and Democracy.
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.
Keir Starmer became Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom after being elected as Leader of the Labour Party on 4 April 2020. He appointed his Shadow Cabinet on 5 and 6 April. Starmer has reshuffled his Shadow Cabinet five times:in June 2020,May 2021,June 2021,November 2021 and September 2023.
Keir Starmer,Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom,carried out a reshuffle of his shadow cabinet on 9 May 2021. This followed disappointing results for the Labour Party,including historic defeat in the Hartlepool by-election and the loss of hundreds of councillors in local elections across England.
On 29 November 2021,Keir Starmer,Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom,carried out a reshuffle of his shadow cabinet. The slimmed down shadow cabinet,was seen to be Starmer creating a top team in his own image.
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. This was his third major reshuffle and was described as promoting his loyalists to senior roles.
