Keir Starmer appoints the most ethnic Shadow Cabinet ever!

Keir Starmer, the new Leader of the Labour Party, has today appointed his new Shadow Cabinet, the most female and ethnically led Shadow Cabinet in history. Among the Asians in the Shadow Cabinet are leadership rival Lisa Nandy who is appointed Shadow Foreign Secretary; Thangam Debbonaire, appointed Shadow Housing Secretary; Preet Kaur Gill, Shadow International Development Secretary; Rosena Allin-Khan, Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Valerie Vaz, Shadow Leader of the House.

Keir Starmer was elected Leader of the Labour Party and Angela Rayner was elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party with 56.2% and 52.6% of the vote respectively. In his acceptance speech, Sir Keir Starmer said, “It is the honour and the privilege of my life to be elected as leader of the Labour Party. It comes at a moment like none other in our lifetime. Coronavirus has brought normal life to a halt. Our cities, our towns and our villages are silent, our roads deserted. Public life has all but come to a standstill and we're missing each other."

“I’m proud to have appointed a Shadow Cabinet that showcases the breadth, depth and talents of the Labour Party," he said, "this is a new team that will be relentlessly focused on acting in the national interest to respond to the coronavirus pandemic and rebuilding Labour so that it can win the next election.”

The Labour Frontbench

Leader: Keir Starmer
PPS: Carolyn Harris

Deputy Leader, National Campaign Co-ordinator, Party Chair and Shadow First Secretary of State: Angela Rayner

Treasury
Shadow Chancellor: Anneliese Dodds
Shadow Chief Secretary: Bridget Phillipson
Ministers:
• Dan Carden (Financial Secretary)
• Pat McFadden (Economic Secretary)
• Wes Streeting (Exchequer Secretary)

Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Shadow Foreign Secretary: Lisa Nandy
Ministers:
• Wayne David (Middle East and North Africa)
• Stephen Doughty (Africa – joint with DFID)
• Stephen Kinnock (Asia and Pacific)
• Catherine West (Europe & Americas)
• Fabian Hamilton (Peace and Disarmament)

Home Office
Shadow Home Secretary: Nick Thomas-Symonds
Ministers:
• Bambos Charalambous (Crime reduction and courts)
• Sarah Jones (Policing and the Fire Service)
• Holly Lynch (Immigration)
• Conor McGinn (Security)
• Jess Phillips (Domestic Violence and Safeguarding)

Cabinet Office
Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: Rachel Reeves
Young People and Voter Engagement: Cat Smith
Ministers:
• Paul Blomfield (Brexit and EU negotiations, joint with Int Trade)
• Helen Hayes (Cabinet Office)

Ministry of Justice
Shadow Justice Secretary: David Lammy
Ministers:
• Lyn Brown (Prisons and Probation)
• Alex Cunningham (Courts and sentencing)
• Peter Kyle (Victims and Youth Justice)
• Karl Turner (Legal Aid)

Ministry of Defence
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence: John Healey
Ministers:
• Sharon Hodgson (Veterans)
• Stephen Morgan (Armed Forces)
• Khalid Mahmood (Procurement)

Health and Social Care
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care: Jonathan Ashworth
Mental Health: Rosena Allin-Khan
Ministers:
• Liz Kendall (Social Care)
• Justin Madders (Public Health and prevention)
• Alex Norris (Public Health and patient safety)

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Shadow Secretary of State for BEIS: Ed Miliband
Ministers:
• Chi Onwurah (Science, Research & Digital – joint with DCMS)
• Matthew Pennycook (Climate change)
• Lucy Powell (Business and Consumers)
• Alan Whitehead (Green New Deal and Energy)

Work and Pensions
Shadow Secretary of State for Work & Pensions: Jonathan Reynolds
Ministers:
• Jack Dromey (Pensions)
• Vicky Foxcroft (Disability)
• Kate Green (Child Poverty Strategy)
• Seema Malhotra (Employment)

International Trade
Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade: Emily Thornberry
Ministers:
• Paul Blomfield (Joint with CDL)
• Bill Esterson
• Gareth Thomas

Education
Shadow Education Secretary: Rebecca Long Bailey
Ministers:
• Margaret Greenwood (Schools)
• Emma Hardy (FE & Universities)
• Toby Perkins (Apprenticeships & life-long learning)
• Tulip Siddiq (Children & Early Years)

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
Shadow Secretary of State for DCMS: Jo Stevens
Ministers:
• Tracy Brabin (Cultural Industries)
• Rachel Maskell (Voluntary Sector & Charities)
• Chris Matheson (Media)
• Alison McGovern (Sport)
• Chi Onwurah (Digital, joint with BEIS)
• Alex Sobel (Tourism & Heritage)

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Shadow DEFRA Secretary: Luke Pollard
Ministers:
• Steph Peacock (Flooding)
• Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Natural Environment & Air Quality)
• Daniel Zeichner (Food, Farming and Fisheries)

Communities and Local Government (CLG)
Shadow CLG Secretary: Steve Reed
Shadow Housing Secretary: Thangam Debbonaire
Ministers:
• Mike Amesbury (Housing and Planning)
• Janet Daby (Faiths)
• Kate Hollern (Local Government)
• Naz Shah (Community Cohesion)

Transport
Shadow Transport Secretary: Jim McMahon
Ministers:
• Tan Dhesi (Railways)
• Mike Kane (Regional Transport)
• Kerry McCarthy (Green transport and aviation)
• Matt Rodda (Buses)

International Development (DfID)
Shadow DfID Secretary: Preet Gill
Ministers:
• Stephen Doughty (Joint with FCO)
• Anna McMorrin
• Yasmin Qureshi

Northern Ireland
Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary (interim): Louise Haigh
Ministers: Karin Smyth

Wales
Shadow Wales Secretary: Nia Griffith
Ministers: Gerald Jones

Scotland
Shadow Scotland Secretary: Ian Murray
Ministers: Chris Elmore (joint with whips office)

Women & Equalities
Shadow Women and Equalities Secretary: Marsha de Cordova
Ministers: Gill Furness

Employment Rights and Protections
Shadow Employment Rights and Protections Secretary: Andy McDonald
Ministers: Imran Hussain

Leader of the House of Commons
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons: Valerie Vaz
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons: Afzal Khan

House of Lords:
Shadow Leader of the House of Lords: Baroness Smith
Lords’ Opposition Chief Whip: Lord McAvoy

Attorney General: Lord Falconer
Solicitor General: Ellie Reeves

Whips Office
Chief Whip: Nick Brown
Deputy Chief Whip: Alan Campbell
Pairing Whip: Mark Tami
Senior Whip: Jessica Morden

Party roles and parliamentary private secretaries will be appointed in due course.