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    portfolios (Shadow Minister for Europe became a Shadow Cabinet post for the rest of Foot's tenure as leader). Foot announced his first Shadow Cabinet on 8 December...
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    Michael Mackintosh Foot FRSL (23 July 1913 – 3 March 2010) was a British politician who served as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition...
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    years of the Major premiership. Kinnock resigned in 1992 after losing his second election as Leader. Kinnock announced his first Shadow Cabinet on 31...
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  • Leader of the Labour Party, so did not need to run for election to the Shadow Cabinet. David Owen did not return. He informed Michael Foot of his decision...
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    Harold Wilson of the Labour Party would form his Second Shadow Cabinet, as Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition, after losing the 1970 general...
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  • months earlier. Shortly before the shadow cabinet election, Benn had broken with Michael Foot and the shadow cabinet by committing a future Labour Government...
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    Callaghan named his Shadow Cabinet in June 1979, with Foot (the Deputy Leader) and the 12 elected members of the Shadow Cabinet assigned portfolios on...
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    The Shadow Secretary of State for Education, also called the Shadow Education Secretary, is an office in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet responsible...
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    Secretary of State for Transport. During this period, Michael Howard had a small Shadow Cabinet, with members heading "super" Shadow Departments. The Shadow Transport...
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    politics, the Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs is a position within the opposition's shadow cabinet that deals...
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    The Shadow Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet responsible for working with the Leader of the House in...
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  • for the 15 Shadow Cabinet posts. This is a record figure and compares with 40 last year. Geoffrey Parkhouse (19 November 1982). "Foot's "Shadow" team will...
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  • Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred on 14 June 1979, following the Party's fall from...
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    The Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury is the most junior member of the Shadow Cabinet, and is the deputy to the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer...
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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 Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer in the British Parliamentary system is the member of the Shadow Cabinet who is responsible for shadowing the Chancellor...
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  • This is a list of the shadow cabinets of the United Kingdom, including unofficial frontbench teams of spokespeople from other parties from 1964 to the...
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    John Smith (Labour Party leader) (category Shadow Chancellors of the Exchequer)
    the Shadow Cabinet, serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Trade (1979–1982), Shadow Secretary of State for Energy (1982–1983), Shadow Secretary of State...
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    actions of the Attorney General for England and Wales and develop alternative policies. The Shadow Attorney General is not a member of the Shadow Cabinet, but...
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    A member of the Labour Party, she has served in various Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet positions. Born in London to a doctor and a barrister, Harman was privately...
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  • Thumbnail for Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
    Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a position with the UK Opposition's Shadow Cabinet that deals with issues surrounding...
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    Luke Pollard (category Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Devon)
    Keir Starmer's Shadow Cabinet. On 30 August 2021, Keir Starmer announced that Daniel Zeichner would become acting Shadow Secretary of State for Environment...
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    and Trade and develop alternative policies. The office holder is a member of the Shadow Cabinet. The position is currently held by Jonathan Reynolds....
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    Margaret Thatcher to inform her that he was going to sack Powell from the Shadow cabinet; she recalled that she "really thought that it was better to let things...
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    Conservatives. He helped write speeches for Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet ministers, including Peter Lilley and Michael Howard. During his first year, he met future...
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  • Thumbnail for Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
    The Shadow Secretary of State for Defence is a member of the UK Shadow Cabinet responsible for the scrutiny of the Secretary of State for Defence and...
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    Roy Hattersley (category Shadow Chancellors of the Exchequer)
    adoption of a referendum on the EEC as shadow cabinet policy that caused Jenkins to resign.) For 'standing by' the party Hattersley was appointed Shadow Defence...
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  • A memorial to Michael Foot is situated in Freedom Fields Park in Plymouth, Devon. Foot was born in Plymouth, and served as Member of Parliament for Plymouth...
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    the Shadow Cabinet until 1987, and entered the House of Lords soon after his retirement from Parliament in 1992. Healey died in 2015 at the age of 98,...
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    was a member of the shadow cabinet from the age of 41, but did not manage to become Party Leader or Prime Minister. His biographers Michael Crick and Julian...
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