Sentences with phrase «former shadow foreign secretary»

She will apparently be joined by former shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn as she launches her bid, who was sacked from his post recently after saying he had no confidence in Mr Corbyn.

Mhairi Black, who becomes the UK's youngest MP at the age of 20, overturned former shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander's majority of 16,600 in Paisley and Renfrewshire South to win by 5,684 votes - a swing of 27 % from Labour to the SNP.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is known to three quarters (74 %) of Britons whilst 60 % have heard of former shadow foreign secretary Hillary Benn (whose sacking triggered Labour's last leadership election).

Former shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn has spoken to ITV News after his sacking by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Several big beasts, such as former leadership challenger Yvette Cooper and former shadow foreign secretary Hillary Benn seem out of place on the backbenches.

But the former shadow foreign secretary and final speaker did not neglect the crowd - pleasing fighting talk.

Some of Jeremy Corbyn's close allies remain angry with the former shadow foreign secretary since he argued against the Labour leader and in favour of airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria from the opposition frontbench.

And former shadow foreign Secretary Hilary Benn added his support for the US action.

Asked if this could include Hilary Benn, the former shadow Foreign Secretary, he replied: «Of course, we have not put any exclusions down whatsoever.

She has unseated one of Labour's big names, the former shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander, bringing an end to 70 years of Labour rule in the area.