Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer became Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom after being elected as Leader of the Labour Party on 4 April 2020.^[1] Starmer appointed his Shadow Cabinet on 5 and 6 April.

Background

Following the Labour Party's defeat in the 2019 general election, its leader Jeremy Corbyn stepped down and triggered a leadership election that would elect a new party leader and a new Leader of the Opposition.^[2] Six candidates declared for the election, with three receiving sufficient nominations to advance to the ballot. Keir Starmer, MP for Holborn and St Pancras and Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, was elected over Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy.

Shadow Cabinet

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Shadow Ministers by department

Other Shadow Ministers were appointed on 9 April 2020.^[3] For a list of the current postholders see Official Opposition frontbench.

Shadow C-19 Committee

Seven Shadow Cabinet members are also part of a new Shadow COVID-19 committee, tasked with responding to the current coronavirus outbreak. Chaired by party leader Keir Starmer, the committee includes:^[4]

June 2020

On 25 June 2020, Rebecca Long-Bailey was sacked as Shadow Secretary of State for Education after sharing an article on Twitter that "contained an antisemitic conspiracy theory".^[5] She was replaced by Kate Green^[6], who in turn was replaced by Karen Buck in her previous role of Shadow Minister for Social Security, renamed from Shadow Minister for Child Poverty Strategy. ^[7]

Notes

References

^ "Keir Starmer elected as new Labour leader". BBC News. 4 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
^ Watson, Iain (13 December 2019). "General election 2019: Does Labour need a new direction after Corbyn?". BBC News. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
^ Cite error: The named reference Front bench was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Keir Starmer announces senior Shadow Cabinet appointments". The Labour Party. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
^ Walker, Peter (25 June 2020). "Keir Starmer sacks Rebecca Long-Bailey from shadow cabinet". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
^ "Labour party: Kate Green appointed as shadow education secretary". BBC News. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ @jreynoldsMP (5 July 2020). "Absolutely delighted to announce @KarenPBuckMP will be joining the @LabourDWP team as Shadow Social Security Minister, following @KateGreenSU's promotion last week. Karen is widely recognised as one of the most authoritative voices in Parliament on social security" (Tweet) – via Twitter. {{Cite tweet}}: |date= / |number= mismatch (help)

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Liberal Democrats	Ashdown (1997–1999) Kennedy (1999–2006) Campbell (2006–2007) Cable I (2007) Clegg (2007–2010) Farron (2015–2017) Cable II (2017–2019) Swinson (2019) Davey (2020–present)
Scottish National Party	Robertson (2015–2017) Blackford (2017–2022) Flynn (2022–present)
1964 to Present

v t e Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet
Leadership	Keir Starmer (Leader) Angela Rayner (Deputy Leader)
Shadow Cabinet members	Allin-Khan Ashworth Campbell Cooper Debbonaire Gill Haigh Healey Kennedy Kyle Lammy Mahmood McMahon Miliband Murray Nandy Phillipson Powell Reed Reeves Reynolds Smith Stevens Streeting Thomas-Symonds Thornberry

Labour Party

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Leadership

Leaders	Hardie Henderson Barnes MacDonald Henderson Adamson Clynes MacDonald Henderson Lansbury Attlee Morrison^ Gaitskell Brown^ Wilson Callaghan Foot Kinnock Smith Beckett^ Blair Brown Harman^ Miliband Harman^ Corbyn Starmer
Deputy Leaders	Clynes Graham Attlee Greenwood Morrison Griffiths Bevan Brown Jenkins Short Foot Healey Hattersley Beckett Prescott Harman Watson Rayner
General Secretaries	MacDonald Henderson Middleton Phillips Williams Barker^ Nicholas Hayward Mortimer Whitty Sawyer McDonagh Triesman Carter Watt Collins McNicol Formby Evans
Treasurers	Henderson MacDonald Henderson Lathan Greenwood Gaitskell Bevan Nicholas Davies Callaghan Atkinson Varley Booth McCluskie Burlison Prosser Elsby Dromey Holland
Leaders in the Lords	Haldane Cripps Ponsonby Snell Addison Jowitt Alexander Pakenham Shackleton Shepherd Peart Hughes Richard Jay Williams Amos Ashton Royall Smith of Basildon
Scottish Labour Leaders	Dewar McLeish Jamieson^ McConnell Jamieson^ Alexander Jamieson^ Gray Lamont Sarwar^ Murphy Gray^ Dugdale Rowley^ Baillie^ Leonard Sarwar
PLP Chairs	Hardie Henderson Barnes MacDonald Henderson Hodge* Wardle* Adamson Clynes MacDonald Henderson Lansbury Attlee Lees-Smith* Pethick-Lawrence* Greenwood* Gaitskell Wilson Houghton Mikardo Hughes Willey Dormand Orme Hoyle Soley Corston Clwyd Lloyd Watts Cryer
EPLP Leaders	Stewart Prescott Castle Lomas Martin Seal Ford Green David Donnelly Murphy Titley Willmott Corbett
* = wartime, in opposition ^ Interim/Acting

Internal elections and selections

Leadership elections	1922 Ramsay MacDonald 1931 Arthur Henderson 1932 George Lansbury 1935 Clement Attlee 1955 Hugh Gaitskell 1960 1961 1963 Harold Wilson 1976 James Callaghan 1980 Michael Foot 1983 Neil Kinnock 1988 1992 John Smith 1994 Tony Blair 2007 Gordon Brown 2010 Ed Miliband 2015 Jeremy Corbyn 2016 2020 Keir Starmer
Deputy Leadership elections	1952 Herbert Morrison 1953 1956 Jim Griffiths 1959 Aneurin Bevan 1960 George Brown 1961 1962 1970 Roy Jenkins 1971 1972 Edward Short 1976 Michael Foot 1980 Denis Healey 1981 1983 Roy Hattersley 1988 1992 Margaret Beckett 1994 John Prescott 2007 Harriet Harman 2015 Tom Watson 2020 Angela Rayner
Shadow Cabinet elections and reshuffles	Sep 1931 (Henderson) Nov 1931 1932 (Lansbury) 1933 1934 1935 (Attlee) 1936 1937 1938 1939 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 (Gaitskell) 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 (Wilson) 1970 1971 1972 1973 1979 (Callaghan) 1980 (Foot) 1981 1982 1983 (Kinnock) 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 (Smith) 1993 1994 (Blair) 1995 1996 2010 (Miliband) June 2016 (Corbyn) May 2021 (Starmer) November 2021 2023

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