Sir Keir Starmer reshuffled Labour’s shadow cabinet today following the end of the House of Commons summer recess.
MPs returned to sit in Parliament’s lower house after summer recess concluded, with proceedings now back in full swing.
Both the Conservatives and Labour have jumped at the opportunity that comes after the break, with the latter party having reshuffled its entire frontbench.
Sir Keir has reorganised Labour’s 30 Shadow Cabinet positions this morning, promoting several figures on the party’s right wing – while looking ahead to next year’s general election.
At the same time, he has slightly slimmed the party’s senior ranks, leaving one position – the role of Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health – unoccupied, leaving MP Dr Rosena Allin-Khan without a brief.
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The current state of Labour’s Shadow Cabinet is as follows:
Leader of the Opposition: Keir Starmer
1. Deputy Leader, Shadow Deputy Prime Minister and Shadow Secretary of State
for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Angela Rayner
2. Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer: Rachel Reeves
3. Shadow Secretary of State for Education: Bridget Phillipson
4. Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department: Yvette Cooper
5. Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care: Wes Streeting
6. Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero: Ed Miliband
7. Shadow Foreign Secretary: David Lammy
8. Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and National Campaign
Coordinator: Pat McFadden
9. Shadow Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office): Nick Thomas-Symonds
10. Shadow Paymaster General (Cabinet Office): Jonathan Ashworth
11. Shadow Secretary of State for Justice: Shabana Mahmood
12. Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade: Jonathan Reynolds
13. Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Liz Kendall
14. Shadow Secretary of State for Defence: John Healey
15. Shadow Secretary of State for Transport: Louise Haigh
16. Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport: Thangam
Debbonaire
17. Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities and Chair of the Labour Party:
Anneliese Dodds
18. Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Steve
Reed
19. Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology: Peter Kyle
20. Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Hilary Benn
21. Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland: Ian Murray
22. Shadow Secretary of State for Wales: Jo Stevens
23. Shadow Attorney General: Emily Thornberry
24. Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development: Lisa Nandy
25. Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury: Darren Jones
26. Deputy National Campaign Coordinator: Ellie Reeves
27. Shadow Leader of the House of Commons: Lucy Powell
28. Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons: Alan Campbell
29. Shadow Leader of the House of Lords: Angela Smith
30. Opposition Chief in the House of Lords: Roy Kennedy
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Sir Keir’s reshuffle has so far gone down well with political pundits, many of whom have noted the Labour leader has continued to move his party towards the centre.
If it is similarly well-received by the general public, it could give Labour an even further lead in the polls, which the party is currently dominating.
As of September 1, poll aggregators show Labour holds 45 percent of the prospective vote, far ahead of the Conservatives, with Rishi Sunak in second place nationally at 27 percent.
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He has recently organised a reshuffle of his own but on a much smaller scale to the Opposition.
In late August, Ben Wallace was dropped as Secretary of State for Defence, with Grant Shapps, Minister for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, promoted to his position.
Claire Coutinho, the Tory MP for East Surrey, has entered the Cabinet for the first time in Grant Shapps’ former role.
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