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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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    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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    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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    Harold Wilson of the Labour Party formed his Second Shadow Cabinet as Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition after losing the 1970 general election...
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    Michael Mackintosh Foot FRSL (23 July 1913 – 3 March 2010) was a British politician who was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    shadow home secretary (formally known as the shadow secretary of state for the home department) is the person within the shadow cabinet who shadows the...
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    official opposition shadow cabinet that deals mainly with issues surrounding the Foreign Office. If elected, the person serving as shadow foreign secretary...
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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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    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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    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 Alumni of the University of Hull)
    and later Shadow Secretary of State for Education. In the Wilson government of 1974, Hattersley was appointed the (non-cabinet) Minister of State for...
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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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    John Smith (Labour Party leader) (category Alumni of the University of Glasgow)
    Thatcher's Conservative government, he rose through the Shadow Cabinet, as Shadow Secretary of State for Trade (1979–1982), Energy (1982–1983), Employment...
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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 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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    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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    Business and Trade and develop alternative policies. The office holder is a member of the Shadow Cabinet. The position is currently held by Andrew Griffith....
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  • Fred Peart, Baron Peart (category Leaders of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom)
    Douglas-Home at that year's election. He was appointed to the Cabinet holding the Cabinet post of Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. His tenure saw advances...
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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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    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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    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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    The Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero is a post in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet. The shadow secretary originally helped...
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  • However, Shore came bottom of the poll with 32 votes when Foot was himself persuaded to stand. Foot then made him Shadow Chancellor where his support...
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