Sentences with phrase «shadow cabinet roles»

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).

The popular MP declined to stand in 2010 and stepped down from his shadow cabinet role in 2011 for personal reasons.

Some reporters treated that as a hint she could be being lined up for a shadow Cabinet role.

David was offered a shadow cabinet role but opted to leave British politics altogether, taking up a job as the head of the International Rescue charity in New York, avoiding speculation about rivalry with his younger brother that would surely have followed had he stayed around.

Labour's Tom Watson has resigned from his shadow cabinet role as the party's general election co-ordinator.

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.

The first of Michael Howard's shadow cabinet to back David Cameron for the Tory leadership he has played a pivotal role in setting the party's strategic direction.

When Jeremy was elected he invited everybody who was in the existing shadow cabinet to come and play a role including people like Caroline Flint and others.

Next to Corbyn he looks bland, confused (he attacks Corbyn's lack of credibility but offers him a role in the shadow cabinet) and at times desperate.

The frontrunner has previously made clear that his policy proposals are only suggestions that would have to be agreed by colleagues, but this is his clearest indication yet that the role of MPs and the shadow cabinet would be diminished.

Frontrunner in party's leadership contest gives clearest indication yet that role of MPs and shadow cabinet would be diminished

De Piero, who was shadow minister for women and equalities in Ed Miliband's shadow cabinet but quit as a shadow junior minister before the leadership challenge to Corbyn last summer, has a new role as shadow justice minister.

Jeremy Corbyn has appointed an array of new MPs to frontbench Labour jobs as well as handing junior roles to recognisable names such as former shadow cabinet minister Gloria De Piero and Tracy Brabin, who replaced the murdered MP Jo Cox.

The York MP, Rachael Maskell, who was shadow environment secretary but quit Corbyn's shadow cabinet to vote against the triggering of article 50, has been given a new junior transport role.

According to the Daily Telegraph, MPs are mulling over a «semi-split» to create an «alternative Labour» with its own shadow cabinet to vie for the role of official opposition.

Tim Collins A former press secretary to John Major and member of the Downing Street Policy Unit, he was elected MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale in 1997 and held a number of frontbench posts, including a series of roles in the shadow cabinet under three party leaders.

Indeed, Corbyn indicted that he wants the membership to have an enhanced role in more «democratised» party policy making — including shadow cabinet selection.

Unlike Twigg or Byrne, Murphy remains in the shadow cabinet and is — according to Labour sources — taking on one of the most important roles on offer.

And it's in that role, even after Corbyn's shock election as Labour leader, shadow cabinet resignations, removals and refusals to serve, that Falconer remains, looking ever more like something of a Blairite cuckoo in the Corbyn nest.

In an email to shadow cabinet members last night, Milne said: «David's main role is to liaise between the leader's office media team, you and your staff... and to ensure media and communications are integrated across the different parts of the operation.»

Lord Falconer, a surprise appointment to this shadow cabinet having been a key member of the Blair government and a former flatmate of the ex-Prime Minister, quit as Shadow Justice Secretary to take the number of vacant roles in Mr Corbyn's team to 10.

And she dismissed the fact Mr Corbyn has scores of empty frontbench roles - with people having to do two shadow cabinet jobs at once - after 64 members of his top team resigned.

But while the party's top team moved to heal the wounds of a battle that set brother against brother, there were still questions over what role, if any, David Miliband would take in the shadow cabinet.

Unfortunately for Mr Crick's argument, the role of the shadow cabinet is to present credible opposition to the ConDem ministers» policies, not to state what went on 14 years ago.

The same with Darling, which role, if any, would he fill on a shadow cabinet?

It came as Mr Corbyn tightened his grip on the party with the completion of a shadow cabinet reshuffle which saw a host of allies handed front bench roles.

Yesterday's Daily Telegraph reported that Labour rebels were looking at creating an «alternative Labour» with its own shadow cabinet to vie for the role of official opposition.

Our Shadow Cabinet is one of the top teams at Labour, made up of the Leader of the Labour Party and their chosen team who shadow the top government roles.

It is clear that there is a public appetite for the representation of women in the most high - profile roles of Labour's shadow cabinet.

The intervention is the first major statement from the former shadow home secretary, who was being tipped for the Home Office role during the early stages of last week, when Cabinet position were gradually being filled by the new coalition.

The document underlines unrest within the shadow cabinet with a number of frontbench MPs listed in the fourth «core negative group» including Lucy Powell at education and Maria Eagle, who was moved from her role in defence to culture.

Efford said he would support any moves by Corbyn to reach out to potential new shadow cabinet members if roles in his team became free.

After his role in the Crewe and Nantwich by - election campaign - following a successful masterminding of our local government advances - Eric shot to near the top of our regular shadow cabinet league table of members» satisfaction.

The Cardiff MP has held a variety of roles in Mr Corbyn's frontbench team, but the move to the shadow cabinet is a new one.

Former Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Clive Lewis has taken on a new role within the shadow cabinet as Shadow Business Secretary.

Former shadow cabinet minister Heidi Alexander has announced she will stand down as an MP to take up the role of London's deputy mayor for transport.

Two thirds of Labour's front bench roles would be left unfilled if Jeremy Corbyn wins the leadership because MPs will refuse to back his policies, shadow cabinet ministers have warned.

Miliband is also under pressure to give a bigger role to other members of the shadow cabinet, and to do more to sort out decision - making structures in the leader's office.

You kindly offered a most interesting shadow minister of state role, but having served on the Opposition front bench for nearly ten years, mostly in the Shadow Cabinet, I would prefer to return to the back benches.

He joked about the stand - in amid rumours that he could be given a frontbench role in Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet.

Jon Trickett, the shadow cabinet office minister, said the Electoral Commission needed to have all the resources and power available to complete its inquiry into spending by Vote Leave, and referenced the roles of Johnson and Michael Gove in its campaign.