Shadow cabinet: The comings and goings under Corbyn, and the current line-up
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It's been a torrid 18 months for Jeremy Corbyn, at least in terms of shadow cabinet manoeuvres. A flurry of resignations in the run-up to the recent Brexit Bill forced the Labour leader to announce his fourth re-shuffle since taking charge.
Four roles in particular have seen the greatest turnover, each with four MPs filling these positions since September 2015, when Mr Corbyn took charge. The latest re-shuffle puts newcomers Rebecca Long-Bailey and Christina Rees into two of these roles.

The new line-up in full
Leader of the Opposition

Current holder: Jeremy Corbyn
Shadow chancellor

Current holder: John McDonnell
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: None
Corbyn supporter? Yes - in 2015 and 2016
Deputy leader/shadow culture, media and sport

Current holder: Tom Watson
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: Three shadow culture ministers (Michael Dugher, Maria Eagle, Kelvin Hopkins)
Corbyn leadership backer? Did not nominate anyone
Shadow home secretary

Current holder: Diane Abbott
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: One (Andy Burnham)
Corbyn leadership backer? Yes - in 2015 and 2016
Shadow foreign secretary

Current holder: Emily Thornberry
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: One (Hilary Benn)
Corbyn leadership backer? Yes - in 2015 and 2016
Shadow Brexit

Current holder: Sir Keir Starmer
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: One (Emily Thornberry - in addition to her foreign affairs brief)
Corbyn leadership backer? No - backed Andy Burnham in 2015 and Owen Smith in 2016
Shadow justice

Current holder: Richard Burgon
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: One (Lord Falconer)
Corbyn leadership backer? Yes - in 2015 and 2016
Shadow business, energy and industrial strategy

Current holder: Rebecca Long-Bailey
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: Three (Angela Eagle, Jon Trickett, Clive Lewis)
Corbyn leadership backer? Yes - in 2015 and 2016
Shadow health

Current holder: Jon Ashworth
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: Two (Heidi Alexander, Diane Abbott)
Corbyn leadership backer? No - backed Yvette Cooper in 2015 and no-one in 2016
Shadow education

Current holder: Angela Rayner
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: Two (Lucy Powell, Pat Glass)
Corbyn leadership backer? No in 2015 - backed Andy Burnham. Yes in 2016
Shadow lord president of the council

Current holder: Jon Trickett
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: None
Corbyn leadership backer? Yes - in 2015 and 2016
Shadow defence

Current holder: Nia Griffith
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: Three (Maria Eagle, Emily Thornberry, Clive Lewis)
Corbyn leadership backer? No - backed Andy Burnham in 2015 and Owen Smith in 2016
Shadow communities and local government

Current holder: Teresa Pearce
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: Two (John Trickett, Grahame Morris)
Corbyn leadership backer? No - backed Andy Burnham in 2015 and Owen Smith in 2016
Shadow environment, food and rural affairs

Current holder: Sue Hayman
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: Two (Kerry McCarthy, Rachael Maskell)
Corbyn leadership backer? No - backed Yvette Cooper in 2015 and Owen Smith in 2016
Shadow international trade

Current holder: Barry Gardiner
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: None
Corbyn leadership backer? Did not nominate
Shadow international development

Current holder: Kate Osamor
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: One (Diane Abbott)
Corbyn leadership backer? Yes - in 2015 and 2016
Shadow transport

Current holder: Andy McDonald
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: One (Lilian Greenwood)
Corbyn leadership backer? No in 2015 - backed Andy Burnham. Yes in 2016
Shadow work and pensions

Current holder: Debbie Abrahams
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: One (Owen Smith)
Corbyn leadership backer? Backed Andy Burnham in 2015
Shadow cabinet office

Current holder: Ian Lavery
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: One (Tom Watson)
Shadow voter engagement and youth affairs

Current holder: Catherine Smith
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: One (Gloria de Piero)
Corbyn leadership backer? Yes in 2015
Shadow Northern Ireland and Scotland

Current holder: David Anderson
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: One in either role (Vernon Coaker, Ian Murray)
Corbyn leadership backer? Backed Andy Burnham in 2015
Shadow Wales

Current holder: Christina Rees
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: Three (Nia Griffith, Paul Flynn, Jo Stevens)
Corbyn leadership backer? No - backed Andy Burnham in 2015 and Owen Smith in 2016
Shadow Commons leader

Current holder: Valerie Vaz
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: Two (Chris Bryant, Paul Flynn)
Corbyn leadership backer? Backed Andy Burnham in 2015
Shadow chief whip

Current holder: Nick Brown
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: One (Dame Rosie Winterton)
Corbyn leadership backer? Backed Yvette Cooper in 2015
Shadow minister without portfolio

Current holder: Andrew Gwynne
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: One (Jonathan Ashworth)
Corbyn leadership backer? No - backed Andy Burnham in 2015 and Owen Smith in 2016
Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury

Current holder: Peter Dowd
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: Two (Seema Malhotra, Rebecca Long-Bailey)
Corbyn leadership backer? Backed Andy Burnham in 2015
Shadow housing secretary

Current holder: John Healey
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: None (He resigned in June 2016 but returned to the role in October)
Corbyn leadership backer? No - backed Yvette Cooper in 2015 and Owen Smith in 2016
Shadow attorney general

Current holder: Baroness Chakrabarti
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: Two (Catherine McKinnell, Karl Turner)
Corbyn leadership backer? She only joined Labour in May 2016
Shadow women and equality

Current holder: Sarah Champion
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: 2 (Kate Green, Angela Rayner)
Corbyn leadership backer? Backed Corbyn in 2015
Shadow mental health and social care

Current holder: Barbara Keeley
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: One (Luciana Berger)
Corbyn leadership backer? No - backed Andy Burnham in 2015 and Owen Smith in 2016
Shadow leader in the Lords
Current holder: Baroness Smith
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: None
Corbyn leadership backer? Not an MP
Shadow chief whip in the Lords
Current holder: Lord Bassam
Previous holders under Jeremy Corbyn: None
Corbyn leadership backer? Not an MP
- Published9 February 2017