Sentences with phrase «becomes shadow minister»

The Rotherham MP, who resigned from Corbyn's frontbench in the aftermath of the EU referendum but returned within weeks, becomes shadow minister for women and equalities.

Is given a life peerage as Baroness Warsi of Dewsbury and becomes shadow minister of state for Community Cohesion and Social Action.

And Sharon Hodgson, becomes the shadow minister for public health, despite having accused Corbyn of a «lack of communication and respect» in the wake of her resignation in the summer.

Greg Hands will be a new Treasury minister whilst John Penrose becomes shadow minister for business, enterprise and regulation reform.

Greg Barker has been made shadow minister for climate change while Charles Hendry becomes shadow minister for energy.

[4] In 1992, he became shadow minister for the Lord Chancellor's Department, a post he held until the 1997 general election, where he was a strong advocate for increasing pro bono legal services among UK law firms.

Sadiq Khan was a former radical human rights lawyer and doing a good job as shadow secretary for justice when he also became shadow minister for London, and responsible for running the general election campaign in London.

He then became a shadow minister in David Cameron's frontbench team.

He entered parliament as the MP for South West Surrey in 2005 and became shadow minister for disabled people, before entering Cameron's cabinet with the culture brief in 2010.

Not exact matches

Despite only getting elected last year Sheppard has become one of the most recognisable SNP faces in SW1, his role as shadow cabinet minister giving him license to roam across the broadcast studios.

Richard Benyon has joined the team of shadow ministers for environment, food and rural affairs whilst Crispin Blunt becomes shadow security minister.

Paul Sweeney, one of Labour's new MPs in Scotland, becomes shadow Scotland minister.

After entering Parliament in 2010, he quickly became a shadow culture, media and sport minister and later a shadow justice minister.

The former shadow business secretary argued Mr Corbyn was unable to «provide the leadership» to win a general election but that she believed she had what it takes to become Prime Minister.

Prime Minister David Cameron made ministerial changes, while Labour leader Ed Miliband reshuffled his shadow cabinet, with Caerphilly MP Wayne David becoming his PPS.

Two of Corbyn's choices who were only elected in June are former MEPs Anneliese Dodds as shadow Treasury minister and Afzal Khan, who becomes shadow Home Office minister.

Tony Lloyd, the former Stretford MP who stepped down to become Greater Manchester police and crime commissioner and was later beaten by Andy Burnham for the nomination to be Greater Manchester mayor, has been made a shadow housing minister.

McKinnell became the fourth shadow minister — and the first with a shadow cabinet post — to step down in the space of a week following the resignations of Jonathan Reynolds, Kevan Jones and Stephen Doughty.

Michael Dugher, shadow Cabinet Office minister, pointed out that the practise of disposing of ministerial papers in inappropriate places was becoming a habit.

Sacked shadow minister Pat McFadden has warned that Labour will become «uncompetitive» unless attacks on party moderates by left - wing allies of Jeremy Corbyn are stopped.

Jon Cruddas also talks of how Labour should reclaim the «big society»; therefore it would make sense for Hazel Blears to become a new shadow minister without portfolio.

A lawyer, Vara became the first black or Asian Tory shadow minister when he was appointed shadow deputy leader of the Commons in 2006.

Shailesh Vara, of Ugandan Asian heritage, became the first black or Asian Tory shadow minister when he was appointed shadow deputy leader of the Commons in 2006.

Lyn Brown, Kevin Brennan and Liz McInnes tonight became the latest shadow ministers to resign from the Labour frontbench, taking the total to more than 50.

Maria Eagle has been pushed out to the shadow DEFRA role replaced by Mary Creagh who becomes shadow transport minister

Angela Eagle becomes shadow business secretary and shadow first secretary of state, Lisa Nandy as shadow energy secretary, Lucy Powell takes the education portfolio and Diane Abbott as shadow minister for international development.

The full extent of a potential Tory rebellion is starting to become a little clearer, with figures such as Andrew Mitchell, former chief whip, Damian Green, former Home Office minister, and David Davies, former shadow home secretary, potentially joining confirmed rebels such as former attorney general Dominic Grieve and former justice secretary Ken Clarke.

It emerged last night the first will be Stalybridge MP Jonny Reynolds, who is poised to become the new shadow City minister.

Kevan Jones has become the third shadow minister to resign in from Jeremy Corbyn's top team in the space of three hours.

She becomes the fourth shadow minister — and the first with a shadow Cabinet post — to step down in the space of a week following the resignations of Jonathan Reynolds, Kevan Jones and Stephen Doughty last week.

Caroline Spelman also drops out of the top team, but becomes shadow environment secretary and shadow minister for women under Mrs May.

Scott Thomas stars as Janet, the newly appointed shadow health minister, whose celebratory soiree becomes more akin to a wake.

The occasion for celebration is the election of Janet (Kristin Scott Thomas), who has become a minister of Parliament and the shadow minister of health.