Stephen Twigg is a British Labour Co-op politician who has served as the 8th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association since August 2020. He served as Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate from 1997 to 2005,and for Liverpool West Derby from 2010 to 2019.
John Yorke Denham is an English politician who served as Secretary of State for Innovation,Universities and Skills from 2007 to 2009 and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from 2009 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party,he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Southampton Itchen from 1992 to 2015.
Ian Colin Lucas is a British Labour Party politician,who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wrexham,Wales from 2001 to 2019. He was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business and Regulatory Reform in the Department for Business,Innovation and Skills from 2009 until Labour's defeat at the 2010 General Election.
John Healey is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wentworth and Dearne,formerly Wentworth,since 1997. A member of the Labour Party,he has been Shadow Secretary of State for Defence since 2020.
Jonathan Rowland Shaw is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Chatham and Aylesford from 1997 to 2010. He also served in the Government as the Minister for Disabled People from 2008 to 2010. He was the CEO of Policy Connect and currently serves on the board. He chairs the Blackthorn Trust.
Gerard Sutcliffe is a British Labour Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford South from 1994 to 2015. He was the Minister for Sport and Tourism in the Brown Government.
Sir David Anthony Evennett is a Conservative politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bexleyheath and Crayford at the 2005 general election. Previously he was the MP for Erith and Crayford between the 1983 and 1997 general elections. He served as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from September to October 2022.
Sir James Philip Duddridge,is a British politician and former banker. A member of the Conservative Party,he has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochford and Southend East since 2005. Duddridge previously held several ministerial positions under prime ministers David Cameron,Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.
Patrick Bosco McFadden is a British politician serving as Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Labour National Campaign Coordinator since September 2023. He served as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury between 2021 and 2023. A member of the Labour Party,he has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton South East since 2005.
Kevin Denis Brennan is a Welsh Labour politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff West since 2001. He served as a Minister of State at both the Department for Business,Innovation and Skills and the Department for Children,Schools and Families from 2009 to 2010. Brennan held several junior ministerial offices from 2006 to 2009 at the Treasury,Cabinet Office and Department for Children,Schools and Families. In opposition,he served in various shadow ministerial positions from 2010 to 2020 as a Shadow Minister for BIS,Education,and Digital,Culture,Media and Sport (DCMS). He has been Shadow Minister for Victims and Sentencing since September 2023.
The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury is a junior ministerial post in His Majesty's Treasury,ranked below the First Lord of the Treasury,the Chancellor of the Exchequer,the Chief Secretary to the Treasury,the Paymaster General and the Financial Secretary to the Treasury,and alongside the Economic Secretary to the Treasury. It ranks at Parliamentary Secretary level and is not a Cabinet office. Unlike the other posts of Secretary to the Treasury,it is only used occasionally,normally when the post of Paymaster General is allocated to a minister outside the Treasury.
Chloe Rebecca Smith is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich North since 2009. A member of the Conservative Party,she previously served as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from September to October 2022 and Secretary of State for Science,Innovation and Technology from April to July 2023.
Nigel Adams is a British former politician who served as Minister of State without Portfolio at the Cabinet Office from 2021 to 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Selby and Ainsty from 2010 until his resignation in 2023.
Stephen Paul Barclay is a British politician who has been the Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs since November 2023,having previously served in various cabinet positions under prime ministers Theresa May,Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak between 2018 and 2023. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Cambridgeshire since 2010.
David Henry Rutley is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Macclesfield since 2010. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Americas and Caribbean since October 2022.
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.
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.
Amanda Jane Solloway is a British politician serving as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury since September 2022 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Affordability and Skills since February 2023. A member of the Conservative Party,she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby North since 2019,having previously served from 2015 to 2017.
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 third Blair ministry lasted from May 2005 to June 2007. The election on 5 May 2005 saw Labour win a historic third successive term in power,though their majority now stood at 66 seats –compared to 167 four years earlier –and they failed to gain any new seats. Blair had already declared that the new term in parliament would be his last.
