Sentences with phrase «to join the shadow cabinet»
After the 1997 election, he became a whip and subsequently served as a spokesman for home affairs and then health before joining the shadow cabinet as work and pensions spokesman.
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He became a party spokesman on local government, joined the shadow cabinet in 1992 as Shadow Health Secretary and became Shadow Education Secretary in 1994.
May became MP for Maidenhead in 1997, quickly entering then Tory leader William Hague's frontbench in 1998, before joining the shadow cabinet from 1999 onwards.
In 1997 Heathcoat - Amory joined the shadow cabinet of William Hague as the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, and was the Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry from 2000.
Also joining the shadow cabinet is one of the first parliamentarians to back Corbyn for Labour leader, the Lancaster and Fleetwood MP Cat Smith.
«Andy said he persuaded others to join the shadow cabinet because he felt that the party needed to unite behind Jeremy.
He wrote the book on being a backbencher, but when the call came to join the shadow cabinet Paul Flynn did not have to think twice.
It will be an enormous boost for UKIP in the Euro elections if K.Clarke joins the shadow cabinet.
There were reports last night that Shami Chakrabarti could be joining the shadow cabinet as attorney general but a Labour source said nothing had been decided.
But two of his allies said they would not be welcoming, with Emily Thornberry saying: «There are a lot of very good new people who have joined the shadow cabinet who have stuck with Jeremy Corbyn through thick and thin, very difficult times, and that needs to be recognised.»
«Lynne Featherstone is one of our very best campaigners and after her excellent work as home affairs spokesperson, I am delighted that she has joined our shadow cabinet team.»
It was first speculated that she would join the shadow cabinet in 2001, and yet still she hasn't.
In opposition, Khan ran Ed Miliband's successful leadership campaign in 2010 and joined the shadow cabinet, where Miliband gave him the justice brief.
David Miliband is considering a role in television, in a surprise move that appears to dash his brother Ed's hopes that he can be persuaded to join the shadow cabinet.
That or grow up and join the shadow cabinet.