{"id":3201,"date":"2021-09-22T17:22:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T17:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsphere.com\/?p=3201"},"modified":"2021-09-22T19:43:44","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T19:43:44","slug":"who-is-part-of-the-labour-front-bench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsphere.com\/who-is-part-of-the-labour-front-bench\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Part of the Labour Front Bench?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Labour Party made significant changes to its structure in a reshuffling exercise that took place. Keir Starmer, Labour leader, announced his appointments in the party’s hierarchy after a stern shadow cabinet reshuffle, and some politicians were dropped entirely from the frontbench.<\/span><\/p>\n

Replacements Made<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Notable replacements made include Angela Rayner, who was replaced by Anneliese Dodds for her party chair, and Shabana Mahmood for the national campaign coordinator. Dodds was replaced by Rachel Reeves as Shadow Chancellor and will chair the Labour policy review. Lucy Powell assumed the role of Shadow Housing Secretary from Thangam Debbonaire. Debbonaire is now the shadow leader of the House of Commons after replacing Vaz.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bambos Charalambous and Holly Lynch exchanged roles, and Charalambous is now the immigration minister with Lynch handling crime reduction and courts. Stephanie Peacock is the new shadow veterans minister, replacing Sharon Hodgson, who is Starmer\u2019s new parliamentary private secretary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nick Brown, Paul Blomfield, and Valerie Vaz left the frontbench with Khalid Mahmood, who was replaced by Chris Evans as shadow procurement minister. Seema Malhotra moved to Powell\u2019s position of shadow minister and consumer minister. Anna McMorrin moved from the international development team and assumed responsibility for victims and youth justice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Peter Kyle was appointed as the new shadow minister while Olivia Blake took control of nature, Water and Flooding Brief. Social security was given to Karen Buck, and Andy McDonald retained his role as Shadow Secretary of State with more duties in employment and pensions. Jeff Smith was appointed in place of Kate Hollern, who quit office due to harassment issues [<\/span>Source 1<\/span><\/a>]. Mike Amesbury took control of housing, and Ruth Cadbury was given planning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Promotions<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wes Streeting was elevated from junior shadow minister level to shadow cabinet member.<\/span><\/p>\n

Labour Party\u2019s Frontbench New Structure<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Leader:<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Keir Starmer\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Parliamentary Private Secretary<\/strong>: Sharon Hodgson<\/span><\/p>\n

Deputy Leader, Shadow First Secretary of State, Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Shadow Secretary of State for the Future of Work:<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Angela Rayner<\/span><\/p>\n

Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights and Protections: Andy McDonald<\/span><\/p>\n

Imran Hussain<\/span><\/p>\n

PPS: Flo Eshalomi<\/span><\/p>\n

Party chair and chair of Labour policy review:<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Anneliese Dodds<\/span><\/p>\n

National campaign coordinator:<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Shabana Mahmood<\/span><\/p>\n

Treasury<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shadow Chancellor: Rachel Reeves<\/span><\/p>\n

Shadow Chief Secretary: Bridget Phillipson<\/span><\/p>\n

James Murray (Financial Secretary)<\/span><\/p>\n

Pat McFadden (Economic Secretary)<\/span><\/p>\n

Abena Oppong-Asare (Exchequer Secretary)<\/span><\/p>\n

Foreign & Commonwealth Office<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shadow Foreign Secretary: Lisa Nandy<\/span><\/p>\n

Wayne David (Middle East and North Africa)<\/span><\/p>\n

Stephen Doughty (Africa \u2013 joint with DFID)<\/span><\/p>\n

Stephen Kinnock (Asia and Pacific)<\/span><\/p>\n

Catherine West (Europe and Americas)<\/span><\/p>\n

Fabian Hamilton (Peace and Disarmament)<\/span><\/p>\n

Home Office\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shadow Home Secretary: Nick Thomas-Symonds<\/span><\/p>\n

Holly Lynch (Crime reduction and courts \u2013 joint with Justice)<\/span><\/p>\n

Sarah Jones (Policing and the Fire Service)<\/span><\/p>\n

Bambos Charalambous (Immigration)<\/span><\/p>\n

Conor McGinn (Security)<\/span><\/p>\n

Jess Phillips (Domestic Violence and Safeguarding)<\/span><\/p>\n

Cabinet Office\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: Angela Rayner<\/span><\/p>\n

Democracy and Young People: Cat Smith<\/span><\/p>\n

Jack Dromey (Shadow Paymaster General)<\/span><\/p>\n

Fleur Anderson (Shadow Parliamentary Secretary)<\/span><\/p>\n

Ministry of Justice<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shadow Justice Secretary: David Lammy<\/span><\/p>\n

Lyn Brown (Prisons and Probation)<\/span><\/p>\n

Alex Cunningham (Courts and sentencing)<\/span><\/p>\n

Anna McMorrin (Victims and Youth Justice)<\/span><\/p>\n

Karl Turner (Legal Aid)<\/span><\/p>\n

Ministry of Defence<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shadow Secretary of State for Defence: John Healey<\/span><\/p>\n

Steph Peacock (Veterans)<\/span><\/p>\n

Stephen Morgan (Armed Forces)<\/span><\/p>\n

Chris Evans (Procurement)<\/span><\/p>\n

Health and Social Care<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care: Jonathan Ashworth<\/span><\/p>\n

Mental Health: Rosena Allin-Khan<\/span><\/p>\n

Liz Kendall (Social Care)<\/span><\/p>\n

Justin Madders (Secondary Care, Workforce and Patient Health)<\/span><\/p>\n

Alex Norris (Public Health)<\/span><\/p>\n

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shadow Secretary of State for BEIS: Ed Miliband<\/span><\/p>\n

Chi Onwurah (Science, Research & Digital \u2013 joint with DCMS)<\/span><\/p>\n

Matthew Pennycook (Climate change)<\/span><\/p>\n

Seema Malhotra (Business and Consumers)<\/span><\/p>\n

Alan Whitehead (Green New Deal and Energy)<\/span><\/p>\n

Work and Pensions<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shadow Secretary of State for Work & Pensions: Jonathan Reynolds<\/span><\/p>\n

Matt Rodda (Pensions)<\/span><\/p>\n

Vicky Foxcroft (Disability)<\/span><\/p>\n

Karen Buck (Social Security)<\/span><\/p>\n

Andy McDonald (Employment \u2013 joint with Future of Work)<\/span><\/p>\n

International Trade<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade: Emily Thornberry<\/span><\/p>\n

Bill Esterson<\/span><\/p>\n

Gareth Thomas<\/span><\/p>\n

Education<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shadow Education Secretary: Kate Green<\/span><\/p>\n

Peter Kyle (Schools)<\/span><\/p>\n

Matt Western (Universities)<\/span><\/p>\n

Toby Perkins (Apprenticeships and life-long learning)<\/span><\/p>\n

Tulip Siddiq (Children & Early Years)<\/span><\/p>\n

Child Poverty Strategy:<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Wes Streeting<\/span><\/p>\n

Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS)<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shadow Secretary of State for DCMS: Jo Stevens<\/span><\/p>\n

Rachael Maskell (Voluntary sector and charities)<\/span><\/p>\n

Chris Matheson (Media)<\/span><\/p>\n

Alison McGovern (Cultural industries and sport)<\/span><\/p>\n

Chi Onwurah (Digital \u2013 joint with BEIS)<\/span><\/p>\n

Alex Sobel (Tourism and heritage)<\/span><\/p>\n

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shadow DEFRA Secretary: Luke Pollard<\/span><\/p>\n

Luke Pollard (Fisheries)<\/span><\/p>\n

Ruth Jones (Natural environment and air quality)<\/span><\/p>\n

Olivia Blake (Nature, water and flooding)<\/span><\/p>\n

Daniel Zeichner (Farming, food and rural affairs)<\/span><\/p>\n

Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG)<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shadow CLG Secretary: Steve Reed<\/span><\/p>\n

Shadow Housing Secretary: Lucy Powell<\/span><\/p>\n

Mike Amesbury (Housing)<\/span><\/p>\n

Ruth Cadbury (Planning)<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeff Smith (Local Government)<\/span><\/p>\n

Naz Shah (Community Cohesion)<\/span><\/p>\n

Transport<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shadow Transport Secretary: Jim McMahon<\/span><\/p>\n

Tan Dhesi (Railways)<\/span><\/p>\n

Mike Kane (Aviation and maritime)<\/span><\/p>\n

Kerry McCarthy (Green transport)<\/span><\/p>\n

Sam Tarry (Buses and local transport)<\/span><\/p>\n

International Development<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shadow DfID Secretary: Preet Gill<\/span><\/p>\n

Stephen Doughty (Joint with FCO)<\/span><\/p>\n

Yasmin Qureshi<\/span><\/p>\n

Northern Ireland<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary: Louise Haigh<\/span><\/p>\n

Alex Davies-Jones<\/span><\/p>\n

Wales\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shadow Wales Secretary: Nia Griffith<\/span><\/p>\n

Gerald Jones<\/span><\/p>\n

Scotland<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shadow Scotland Secretary: Ian Murray<\/span><\/p>\n

Chris Elmore (Joint with Whips Office)<\/span><\/p>\n

Women & Equalities\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shadow Women and Equalities Secretary: Marsha de Cordova<\/span><\/p>\n

Charlotte Nichols<\/span><\/p>\n

Leader of the House of Commons<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shadow Leader of the House of Commons: Thangam Debbonaire<\/span><\/p>\n

Deputy Leader of the House of Commons: Afzal Khan<\/span><\/p>\n

House of Lords Leadership<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shadow Leader of the House of Lords: Rt Hon Baroness (Angela) Smith of Basildon<\/span><\/p>\n

Chief Whip Rt Hon Lord: (Tommy) McAvoy<\/span><\/p>\n

Deputy Shadow Leader of the House of Lords: Baroness (Dianne) Hayter of Kentish Town<\/span><\/p>\n

Attorney General:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Rt Hon Lord (Charlie) Falconer of Thoroton<\/span><\/p>\n

Solicitor General: Ellie Reeves<\/span><\/p>\n

Whips Office<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chief Whip: Alan Campbell<\/span><\/p>\n

Deputy Chief Whip (Legislation): Lilian Greenwood<\/span><\/p>\n

Deputy Chief Whip (Accommodation and Pairing): Mark Tami<\/span><\/p>\n

Shadow Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household: Jessica Morden<\/span><\/p>\n

Shadow Lord Commissioner of HM Household (Senior Whip):<\/span><\/em>\u00a0Chris Elmore (joint with Scotland)<\/span><\/p>\n

Colleen Fletcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Liz Twist<\/span><\/p>\n

Whips:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Mary Glindon<\/span><\/p>\n

Marie Rimmer<\/span><\/p>\n

Gill Furniss<\/span><\/p>\n

Feryal Clark<\/span><\/p>\n

Sarah Owen<\/span><\/p>\n

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