How the new shadow cabinet lines up
Following today's reshuffle, the new shadow cabinet is:
Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party - Ed Miliband MP
Shadow Deputy Prime Minister, Party Chair and Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport - Harriet Harman MP
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer - Ed Balls MP
Shadow Foreign Secretary - Douglas Alexander MP
Shadow Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities - Yvette Cooper MP
Shadow Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice - Sadiq Khan MP
Shadow Chief Whip - Rosie Winterton MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Health - Andy Burnham MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Education - Stephen Twigg MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills - Chuka Umunna MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence - Jim Murphy MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government - Hilary Benn MP
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons - Angela Eagle MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change - Caroline Flint MP
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury - Rachel Reeves MP
Shadow Minister for London and the Olympics - Tessa Jowell MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport - Maria Eagle MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Policy Review Co-ordinator - Liam Byrne MP
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development - Ivan Lewis MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Mary Creagh MP
Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office - Jon Trickett MP
Labour Party Deputy Chair and Campaign Coordinator - Tom Watson MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland - Vernon Coaker MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland - Margaret Curran MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales and Chair of the National Policy Forum - Peter Hain MP
Shadow Leader of the House of Lords - Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Lords Chief Whip - Lord Bassam of Brighton
Also attending shadow cabinet:
Shadow Minister for Care and Older People - Liz Kendall MP
Shadow Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office) - Michael Dugher MP
Shadow Attorney General - Emily Thornberry MP
Shadow Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office) - Lord Stewart Wood
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