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