The popular MP declined to stand in 2010 and stepped down from his shadow cabinet role in 2011 for personal reasons. (bbc.com)
Some reporters treated that as a hint she could be being lined up for a shadow Cabinet role. (politics.co.uk)
Table 1 also shows that half of the chairs now had ministerial experience, with nine having had earlier cabinet or shadow cabinet roles — a testimony to the increasing salience of these chairing roles (which also attract a salary addition for the MPs involved). (democraticaudit.com)