Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn

Shadow Cabinet from 2015 to 2020

Creation

• Chris Leslie was replaced as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer by John McDonnell
• Yvette Cooper was replaced as Shadow Home Secretary by Andy Burnham
• Chuka Umunna was replaced as Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills by Angela Eagle; who was further appointed Shadow First Secretary of State, deputising at Prime Minister's Questions, a role that was filled by Hilary Benn in the previous Shadow Cabinet
• Rachel Reeves was replaced as Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions by Owen Smith, though she was on maternity leave at the time of her announcement and the brief had been filled by Stephen Timms since shortly after the general election, who himself rejected a junior role
• Tristram Hunt was replaced as Shadow Secretary of State for Education by Lucy Powell
• Emma Reynolds was replaced as Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government by Jon Trickett, who was also appointed to a new role as Shadow Minister for the Constitutional Convention
• Caroline Flint was replaced as Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change by Lisa Nandy
• Mary Creagh was replaced as Shadow Secretary of State for International Development by Diane Abbott
• Shabana Mahmood was replaced as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury by Seema Malhotra
• Liz Kendall resigned as Shadow Minister for Care and Older People ; a junior minister is yet to be announced

• Harriet Harman, who had previously announced she would step down from frontbench politics after nearly 30 years, was replaced as Deputy Leader by Tom Watson, who also replaced Powell as Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office
• Burnham was replaced as Shadow Secretary of State for Health by Heidi Alexander
• Vernon Coaker was replaced as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence by Maria Eagle
• Angela Eagle was replaced as Shadow Leader of the House of Commons by Chris Bryant
• Michael Dugher was replaced as Shadow Secretary of State for Transport by Lilian Greenwood
• Ivan Lewis, who stated he was willing to serve, was replaced as Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland by Coaker
• Owen Smith was replaced as Shadow Secretary of State for Wales by Nia Griffith
• Maria Eagle was replaced as Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by Kerry McCarthy
• Bryant was replaced as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport by Dugher
• Trickett was replaced as Shadow Minister without Portfolio by Jon Ashworth, not as a full member, like Trickett, but still attending Shadow Cabinet
• Gloria De Piero was replaced as Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities by Kate Green, but was appointed to a new role as Shadow Minister for Young People and Voter Registration with full Shadow Cabinet membership
• Luciana Berger was appointed to a new role as Shadow Minister for Mental Health with full Shadow Cabinet membership
• Willy Bach was replaced as Shadow Attorney General by Catherine McKinnell
• Roberta Blackman-Woods was replaced as Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning by John Healey, though Healey would be attending Shadow Cabinet, unlike Blackman-Woods

  Composition

• In his inaugural Shadow Cabinet, 17 out of 31 members were women, making it the first frontbench team in British parliamentary history to comprise a female majority. Corbyn was criticised for giving what are traditionally seen as the top jobs to men, although he insisted that positions such as Education and Health Secretary were just as important.
• All members of Corbyn's first Shadow Cabinet previously voted in favour of the Marriage Act 2013.

  January 2016 reshuffle

June 2016 reshuffle

Resignations

• Heidi Alexander – Shadow Health Secretary
• Gloria De Piero – Shadow Minister for Young People and Voter Registration
• Ian Murray – Shadow Scottish Secretary
• Lilian Greenwood – Shadow Transport Secretary
• Lucy Powell – Shadow Education Secretary
• Kerry McCarthy – Shadow Environment Secretary
• Seema Malhotra – Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
• Vernon Coaker – Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary
• Charles Falconer – Shadow Justice Secretary
• Karl Turner – Shadow Attorney General
• Chris Bryant – Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
• Diana Johnson – Shadow Foreign and Commonwealth Minister

• Lisa Nandy – Shadow Energy Secretary
• Owen Smith – Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary
• Angela Eagle – Shadow First Secretary of State and Shadow Business Secretary
• John Healey – Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning
• Nia Griffith – Shadow Welsh Secretary
• Maria Eagle – Shadow Culture Secretary
• Kate Green – Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities
• Luciana Berger – Shadow Minister for Mental Health

• Pat Glass – new Shadow Education Secretary

New appointments

• Emily Thornberry – Shadow Foreign Secretary
• Diane Abbott – Shadow Health Secretary
• Pat Glass – Shadow Education Secretary
• Andy McDonald – Shadow Transport Secretary
• Clive Lewis – Shadow Defence Secretary
• Rebecca Long-Bailey – Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
• Kate Osamor – Shadow International Development Secretary
• Rachael Maskell – Shadow Environment Secretary
• Cat Smith – Shadow Minister for Voter Engagement and Youth Affairs
• Dave Anderson – Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary
• Dave Anderson – Shadow Scottish Secretary
• Richard Burgon – Shadow Justice Secretary
• Debbie Abrahams – Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary
• Grahame Morris – Shadow Communities Secretary
• Barry Gardiner – Shadow Energy Secretary
• Jon Trickett – Shadow Lord President of the Council
• Jon Trickett – Shadow Business Secretary
• Angela Rayner – Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities
• Angela Rayner – Shadow Education Secretary
• Paul Flynn – Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
• Paul Flynn – Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
• Kelvin Hopkins – Shadow Culture Secretary
• Emily Thornberry – Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
• Barry Gardiner – Shadow International Trade Secretary

  October 2016 reshuffle

• Leader of the Opposition – Jeremy Corbyn
• Deputy Leader and Shadow Culture Secretary – Tom Watson
• Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer – John McDonnell
• Shadow Foreign Secretary – Emily Thornberry
• Shadow Home Secretary – Diane Abbott
• Shadow Education Secretary – Angela Rayner
• Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary – Debbie Abrahams
• Shadow Health Secretary – Jonathan Ashworth
• Shadow Defence Secretary – Nia Griffith
• Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury – Rebecca Long-Bailey
• Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union – Keir Starmer
• Shadow Business Secretary – Clive Lewis
• Shadow International Trade Secretary – Barry Gardiner
• Shadow Transport Secretary – Andy McDonald
• Shadow Communities Secretary – Teresa Pearce
• Shadow Environment Secretary – Rachael Maskell
• Shadow Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor – Richard Burgon
• Shadow Lord President of the Council – Jon Trickett
• Shadow Attorney General – Shami Chakrabarti
• Shadow Scotland Secretary and Northern Ireland Secretary – Dave Anderson
• Shadow Wales Secretary – Jo Stevens
• Shadow Housing Secretary – John Healey
• Shadow Women and Equalities Minister – Sarah Champion
• Shadow Black and Minority Ethnic Communities Minister – Dawn Butler
• Shadow Voter Engagement and Youth Affairs Minister – Cat Smith
• Shadow Cabinet Office Minister – Ian Lavery
• Shadow Mental Health and Social Care Minister – Barbara Keeley
• Shadow Minister without Portfolio – Andrew Gwynne
• Shadow Leader of the House of Commons – Valerie Vaz

  Summary of changes

• Tom Watson, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, was moved from Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and replaced by Ian Lavery.
• Andy Burnham resigned as Shadow Home Secretary to focus on his 2017 bid for Mayor of Greater Manchester and was replaced by Diane Abbott. This made the first Labour frontbench where two of the Great Offices of State were held by women.
• Clive Lewis was moved from Shadow Secretary of State for Defence and was replaced by Nia Griffith.
• Lewis was given the newly merged Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to reflect the departmental changes at Whitehall. Jon Trickett, who had been Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, remained Shadow Lord President of the Council and Director of Campaigns and Elections. Barry Gardiner, who had been Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, remained Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade.
• Emily Thornberry remained Shadow Foreign Secretary, but was replaced as Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union by Keir Starmer.
• Abbott was replaced as Shadow Secretary of State for Health by Jon Ashworth.
• Grahame Morris went on leave and was replaced as Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Shadow Minister for the Constitutional Convention by Teresa Pearce.
• Kelvin Hopkins was replaced as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport by Watson.
• John Healey, who had resigned as Shadow Secretary of State for Housing in the previous June reshuffle, returned and was promoted to Shadow Secretary of State for Housing.
• Paul Flynn retired from Shadow Cabinet and was replaced as Shadow Leader of the House of Commons by Valerie Vaz, and as Shadow Secretary of State for Wales by Jo Stevens.
• Shami Chakrabarti was ennobled and appointed as Shadow Attorney General, which had been vacant since Karl Turner's resignation in June.
• Rosie Winterton was replaced as Shadow Chief Whip of the House of Commons by Nick Brown.
• Barbara Keeley was appointed Shadow Minister for Mental Health, which had been vacant since Luciana Berger's resignation in June.
• Dawn Butler was appointed to a new post as Shadow Minister for Black and Minority Ethnic Communities.
• Ashworth was replaced as Shadow Minister without Portfolio by Andrew Gwynne.

  February 2017 reshuffle

Resignations

• Tulip Siddiq – Shadow Minister for Early Years

• Jo Stevens – Shadow Welsh Secretary

• Dawn Butler – Shadow Minister for Diverse Communities
• Rachael Maskell – Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

• Clive Lewis – Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

  Replacements

• Clive Lewis was replaced by Rebecca Long-Bailey as Shadow Business Secretary
• * Rebecca Long-Bailey was replaced by Peter Dowd as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
• Rachel Maskell was replaced by Sue Hayman as Shadow Environment Secretary
• Jo Stevens was replaced by Christina Rees as Shadow Welsh Secretary

  June 2017 reshuffles

• Emily Thornberry was appointed Shadow First Secretary of State;
• Owen Smith was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland;
• Andrew Gwynne was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government;
• Dawn Butler was appointed Shadow Minister for Diverse Communities;
• Lesley Laird was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland.

August 2017

October 2017

January 2018

March 2018

December 2018

January 2020

2020 post-election cabinet reshuffle

• Sue Hayman was replaced as Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by Luke Pollard.
• Laura Pidcock was replaced as Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights by Rachael Maskell.
• Lesley Laird was replaced as Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland by Tony Lloyd.
• Liz McInnes was replaced as Shadow Foreign Office Minister for South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Commonwealth by Afzal Khan.
• Jenny Chapman was replaced as Shadow Brexit Minister by Thangam Debbonaire.
• Jo Platt was replaced as Shadow Minister of State for the Cabinet Office by Cat Smith.

Positions without successors

• Karen Lee was not replaced as Shadow Fire and Rescue Services Minister.
• David Drew was not replaced as Shadow Farming and Rural Communities Minister
• Sandy Martin was not replaced as Shadow Minister for Waste and Recycling.
• Danielle Rowley was not replaced as Shadow Minister for Shadow Minister for Climate Justice and Green Jobs.
• Paula Sherriff was not replaced as Shadow Minister for Social Care and Mental Health.
• Paul Sweeney was not replaced as Shadow Scotland Minister.