Sentences with phrase «former shadow minister»

«People are very unhappy,» one former shadow minister said.

But he said it would also put pressure on former shadow ministers to put their differences aside and return to the top team.

Also getting front bench jobs were former Coronation Street actress - turned Labour MP Tracy Brabin and former shadow minister for young people Gloria De Piero, who resigned last year in protest at Corbyn's leadership.

One former shadow minister told PoliticsHome: «If you look at the numbers, it will be impossible for him to appoint someone to every job - there simply isn't enough MPs willing to serve under him.

Former shadow ministers who were either sacked or resigned are «openly discussing» returning to Mr Corbyn's top team in an attempt to provide an effective opposition to the Conservatives.

Former shadow minister Chuka Umunna - once a favourite to replace Ed Miliband as Labour leader - has dismissed reports that he was being lined up to challenge Mr Corbyn before the next general election.

The signatories - including former shadow ministers Heidi Alexander, Paula Sherriff and Kerry McCarthy - said campaigning outside MPs» homes and offices and bullying at constituency meetings should be condemned rather than «quietly condoned».

Conservative campaigners are planning to target high - profile Labour MPs, some with large majorities, in the hope of unseating current and former shadow ministers including Liz Kendall, Tom Watson and Vernon Coaker.

Her outspoken comments follow similar attacks on Corbyn's leadership by former shadow ministers Lilian Greenwood, Sharon Hodgson and Thamgam Debbonaire.

Cooper won after a third round of votes, beating former Europe minister Caroline Flint into second place, former shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna into third, and former shadow minister Flynn into fourth.

Former shadow minister Diane Abbott said her party was «colluding» to spread anti-immigrant feeling across the country.

Former shadow ministers Anglea Eagle and Owen Smith - who were among more than 60 frontbenchers to quit their posts last week - are also tipped to challenge Mr Corbyn.

Many are angry at former shadow minister Chris Leslie's attempts to drum up support for her - and the involvement of the Blairite campaign group Progress.

Former shadow minister Angela Smith said: «It is quite clear from the comments he is broadly following an entryist Trotskyist agenda which is incompatible with Labour values.»

At Thursday's meeting Gary Streeter, a normally loyal backbencher, and former shadow minister for international affairs, warned that it would be «worse than Maastricht» if the government went ahead.

One former shadow minister said it was difficult to believe Arbuthnot had not informed Hague about Ashcroft's tax status.

Former shadow minister Chuka Umunna, a supporter of Remain, took to Twitter to make clear his anger.

Former shadow minister Heidi Alexander told Sky News» Murnaghan Jeremy Corbyn's legacy would be at risk if he decides to «cling on» to his «untenable» leadership.

The former shadow minister has served his constituents since 1992 and escaped unscathed from the expenses scandal.

MP for Buckingham for 12 years, former shadow minister.

Eleanor Laing, a former shadow minister, called for a rebalancing in the coalition.

Patrick Mercer has been MP for Newark since 2001 and is a former shadow minister for homeland security.

Claim: The former shadow minister for local government claimed more than # 2,000 of furniture for his second home in London but had it delivered to his parents» home in Wiltshire.

The former shadow minister posted: «Today I will be a) swimming with sharks for the Labour party and b) giving statement to police on yet another death threat.

Diane Abbott, a former shadow minister who has been steadfastly loyal to Miliband despite being sacked last October, said: «I think that by sacking her Ed Miliband made the story bigger.

The former shadow minister criticised Jeremy Corbyn for «ambiguity» over the EU referendum and said the party needed a leader that «reaches out to voters».

Conservatives eye seats in Midlands and northern England in the hope of ousting current and former shadow ministers

«There are some on the left of the party who may be prevaricating about our membership but actually it's about jobs, growth and the future of our country and we have to make that case,» the former shadow minister told the Andrew Marr Show.

[36] The former shadow minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Dr Michael Wooldridge, explained this in the parliamentary debate on the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Bill 1991: