• Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet took place in October 1993, at the beginning of the 1993/1994 session of parliament. Under the rules then...
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  • tradition for the British Labour Party to hold elections to the Shadow Cabinet whenever the Party was in Opposition. Cabinet members would be elected by...
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    (1978–1979). During Labour's time in Opposition to Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government, he rose through the Shadow Cabinet, serving as Shadow Secretary...
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    The 1994 Labour Party leadership election was held on 21 July 1994 following the death of the incumbent leader, John Smith, on 12 May. Tony Blair won the...
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  • The 2016 Labour Party leadership election was called when a challenge to Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Labour Party arose following criticism of his...
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    election 1992 Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election 1993 Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election Privy Counsellor from 1993. Timmins, Nicholas (25 July...
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  • Labour Party leadership election was triggered by the resignation of Ed Miliband as Leader of the Labour Party on 8 May 2015, following the party's defeat...
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  • systems where cabinet heads must be confirmed by a separate legislative body, and occur frequently in autocratic systems. A shadow cabinet reshuffle may...
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    1992 was promoted to the role of Shadow Home Secretary on the election of John Smith as Leader of the Labour Party. Gordon Brown, who went on to hold...
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    Pat McFadden (category Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies)
    is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton South East since 2005. He has been Shadow Chancellor of...
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    referendum and a string of Shadow Cabinet resignations. A poll by Election Data in February 2017 found that 50% of Labour voters wanted Corbyn to stand...
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  • The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP; Jamaican Patois: Jumieka Lieba Paati) is one of the two major political parties in Jamaica, the other being the People's...
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    representatives for the Labour Party. Other newcomers included future Cabinet members David Blunkett and John Redwood, future Shadow Cabinet minister Ann Widdecombe...
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    Liz Kendall (category Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies)
    Shadow Cabinet, although she was not technically a Shadow Cabinet member in this position. Kendall stood in the Labour Party leadership election in September...
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    and Dearne, formerly Wentworth, since 1997. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Shadow Secretary of State for Defence since 2020. Healey was Minister...
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    Jon Trickett (category Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies)
    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...
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  • He adopted the "One Nation Labour" branding in 2012. The Parliamentary Labour Party voted to abolish Shadow Cabinet elections in 2011, ratified by the National...
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    Maria Eagle (category Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies)
    Gordon Brown. She later served in the Shadow cabinets of Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn. A member of the Labour Party, she has been Member of Parliament (MP)...
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    Parliamentary Labour Party voted to abolish Shadow Cabinet elections at a meeting on 5 July 2011, ratified by the National Executive Committee and Party Conference...
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    to the Shadow Cabinet rank of Shadow Secretary of State following the snap general election of 2017, with Jeremy Corbyn indicating that if Labour win office...
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    The shadow cabinet minister for international development is the lead spokesperson for the United Kingdom's Official Opposition on issues related to international...
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    The Progressive Labour Party (PLP) is one of the two political parties in Bermuda. At the 18 July 2017 general election, the party won 24 of the 36 seats...
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    Emily Thornberry (category Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies)
    Islington South and Finsbury since 2005. A member of the Labour Party, she has served as Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales since 2021, and previously...
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    Lilian Greenwood (category Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies)
    Following the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Labour Party, on 14 September 2015 she was promoted to the Shadow cabinet as the Shadow Secretary...
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    Ed Miliband (category Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies)
    the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition between 2010 and 2015. Alongside his brother, Foreign Secretary David Miliband, he served in the Cabinet from...
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    reactionary. Heath's Conservative Party won the general election of 1970 with 330 seats to Labour's 287. The new cabinet included the future prime minister...
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    Keir Starmer (category Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies)
    Following Corbyn's win in the 2016 Labour Party leadership election in September, Starmer accepted an appointment as Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting...
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  • later at a general election by the Labour Party in 1957. Holyoake returned to office for a second period from 1960 to 1972. The party's platform shifted...
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    chairs a Shadow Cabinet. Likewise, when the party is in Government, the leader typically becomes the prime minister. Unique to Labour, the party's caucus...
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    Hilary Benn (category Labour Party (UK) councillors)
    a British Labour Party politician who has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland since 2023. A member of the Labour Party, he has been...
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