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Jeremy Corbyn's new shadow cabinet - the full list of ministers going into 2016

There were only a small number of changes

Jon Stone
Wednesday 06 January 2016 04:58 EST
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (PA)

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It took two days, but Jeremy Corbyn has finished reshuffling his shadow cabinet. In the end, two people were sacked: Michael Dugher, and Pat McFadden. Both were dismissed on grounds of disloyalty.

The other major change was moving Maria Eagle from shadow defence secretary to shadow culture secretary – a brief abruptly vacated by Mr Dugher.

She was replaced by Emily Thornberry, the neighbouring Islington MP of Mr Corbyn and an opponent of nuclear weapons.

Other floated changes – Angela Eagle and Hilary Benn – didn’t go ahead. The full list of Labour’s new shadow cabinet is below.

Leader:

Jeremy Corbyn

Deputy Leader and Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office:

Tom Watson

Shadow First Secretary of State, Shadow Secretary of State for Business:

Angela Eagle

Shadow Chancellor:

John McDonnell

Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury:

Seema Malhotra

Shadow Home Secretary:

Andy Burnham

Shadow Foreign Secretary:

Hilary Benn

Opposition Chief Whip:

Rosie Winterton

Shadow Secretary of State for Health:

Heidi Alexander

Shadow Secretary of State for Education:

Lucy Powell

Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions:

Owen Smith

Shadow Secretary of State for Defence:

Emily Thornberry

Shadow Lord Chancellor, Shadow Secretary of State for Justice:

Lord Falconer of Thoroton

Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government:

Jon Trickett

Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change:

Lisa Nandy

Shadow Leader of the House of Commons:

Chris Bryant

Shadow Secretary of State for Transport:

Lilian Greenwood

Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland:

Vernon Coaker

Shadow Secretary of State for International Development:

Diane Abbott

Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland:

Ian Murray

Shadow Secretary of State for Wales:

Nia Griffith

Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

Kerry McCarthy

Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities:

Kate Green

Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport:

Maria Eagle

Shadow Minister for Young People and Voter Registration:

Gloria De Piero

Shadow Minister for Mental Health:

Luciana Berger

Shadow Leader of the House of Lords:

Baroness Smith of Basildon

Lords Chief Whip:

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Shadow Attorney General:

Catherine McKinnell

Shadow Minister without Portfolio:

Jonathan Ashworth

Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning:

John Healey

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