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| Leader of the opposition and leader of the Labour partyJeremy Corbyn, 66, MP for Islington North since 1983 | |
| The Shropshire-raised, privately educated son of peace campaigner parents, Corbyn spent most of his 32 years in parliament as a serial rebel on the left edge of the Labour party. Persuaded to stand for leader, and only scraping on to the ballot at the last minute, his is one of the most sudden and unlikely ascendancies in British political history. | |
| Deputy leader of the Labour party, party chair and shadow minister for the Cabinet OfficeTom Watson MP, 48, MP for West Bromwich East since 2001 | |
| While far from a Blairite, Watson’s politics are notably more pragmatic than those of Corbyn, and his own direct mandate in the parallel deputy leader election could see him act as an ideological counterweight. Watson, from Kidderminster, has been a Labour activist since his teens and until now was probably best known his high-profile role in the phone-hacking investigation. | |
| Related: Angela Eagle's extra title due to Labour 'women row', report says | |
| Shadow first secretary of state, shadow secretary of state for business, innovation and skillsAngela Eagle, 54, MP for Wallasey since 1992 | |
| The vastly experienced Eagle, whose frontbench career dates back to 1997, had been heavily tipped to become shadow chancellor, and as something of a consolation prize will deputise for Corbyn in parliament. The Yorkshire-born former junior chess champion was once told by David Cameron in parliament to “Calm down, dear,” something she saw as a sign of how much she had rattled him. Eagle did not nominate anyone in the leadership campaign. | |
| Shadow chancellor of the exchequerJohn McDonnell, 64, MP for Hayes and Harlington since 1997 | |
| A 60-something London MP on the left of Labour and known mainly for his rebellious nature, McDonnell has many parallels to his new boss, whom he backed in the leadership election. McDonnell himself tried and failed twice to stand for Labour leader as the representative of the left. If anything, McDonnell tends to be less conciliatory and more outspoken than Corbyn, having previously called for the “bravery and sacrifice” of the IRA to be honoured. | |
| Shadow chief secretary to the TreasurySeema Malhotra, 42, MP for Feltham and Heston since 2011 | |
| A former management consultant who won her Commons seat in a byelection less than four years ago, Malhotra backed Yvette Cooper for the leadership. Under Ed Miliband, she took the newly created post of shadow Home Office minister for preventing violence against women and girls. | |
| Shadow home secretaryAndy Burnham, 45, MP for Leigh since 2001 | |
| Now twice a defeated leadership contender, having been the early favourite this time, Burnham has more governing experience than most of his new colleagues, having held three ministerial jobs from 2007 to 2010, including health secretary. Raised in Cheshire by a phone engineer father and receptionist mother, Burnham won praise for helping to secure a new inquiry into the Hillsborough disaster. | |
| Shadow foreign secretaryHilary Benn, 61, MP for Leeds Central since 1999 | |
| Almost a veteran in the job compared with some of his shadow cabinet colleagues – Benn was made shadow foreign secretary in May – he is also something of a ministerial old hand, having spent seven years running government departments before 2010. He is the son of the late Tony Benn, whose left-edge Labour views Corbyn echoes, but the younger Benn is ideologically quite different to both his father and his new leader, and supported Burnham in the leadership election. | |
| Opposition chief whipRosie Winterton, 57, MP for Doncaster Central since 1997 | |
| Another experienced Labour hand, the former assistant to John Prescott held a series of shadow ministerial jobs between 2008 and 2010, including a brief stint as shadow leader of the Commons. Now tasked with the difficult job of persuading Labour MPs to back a leader who was himself a serial rebel. Perhaps usefully, Winterton did not nominate anyone for the leader’s role. | |
| Shadow secretary of state for healthHeidi Alexander, 40, MP for Lewisham Eastsince 2010 | |
| Another MP who nominated Burnham for the leadership, Alexander has never previously been on the Labour frontbench. The Swindon-born daughter of an electrician, Alexander says she was the first person in her family to go to university. Her political career began as a researcher for the MP Joan Ruddock before becoming a councillor in Lewisham. | |
| Shadow secretary of state for educationLucy Powell MP | |
| Shadow secretary of state for work and pensionsOwen Smith MP | |
| Shadow secretary of state for defenceMaria Eagle MP | |
| Shadow lord chancellor, shadow secretary of state for justiceLord Falconer, 63, peer since 1997 | |
| Known as Charlie to his friends – among them his former flatmate Tony Blair – he was briefly the first secretary of state for justice when the new department was created in 2007. The barrister from Edinburgh had tried and failed to become a Labour parliamentary candidate before Blair made him a peer and a minister, and he had a decade-long off-and-on frontbench career in government. | |
| Shadow secretary of state for communities and local government, shadow minister for the constitutional conventionJon Trickett MP | |
| Shadow secretary of state for energy and climate changeLisa Nandy MP | |
| Shadow leader of the House of CommonsChris Bryant, 53, MP for Rhondda since 2001 | |
| Until now the shadow culture secretary, Bryant turned down the defence role under Corbyn, telling the BBC he differed with his new leader on issues including Nato and Russia. Bryant, who backed Yvette Cooper in the leadership election, became a Labour activist after a brief post-university career as an Anglican priest. In the Commons, he has taken a series of ministerial and shadow roles since 2008. | |
| Shadow secretary of state for transportLilian Greenwood MP | |
| Shadow secretary of state for Northern IrelandVernon Coaker, 62, MP for Gedling since 1997 | |
| This is a return to familiar turf for the longstanding Labour figure, who filled the role for Ed Miliband from 2011 to 2013 before Miliband made him shadow defence secretary. Another Cooper supporter, Coaker is a former history teacher who was junior education minister under Gordon Brown. | |
| Shadow secretary of state for international developmentDiane Abbott, 61, MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987 | |
| A fellow veteran leftwinger and sometime refusenik in Labour, Abbott was among the 36 MPs who nominated Corbyn for the leadership. Once a journalist and press officer, Abbott has previously been a prominent backbencher, with a three-year stint as shadow public health minister under Ed Miliband. | |
| Shadow secretary of state for ScotlandIan Murray, 39, MP for Edinburgh South since 2010 | |
| Not one of the more difficult decisions for Corbyn and his team: since Labour’s 2015 election wipeout in Scotland, Murray has been the party’s sole MP north of the border, and was duly given the job under interim leader Harriet Harman. Formerly in the internet and TV industry, Murray backed Cooper for the leadership. | |
| Shadow secretary of state for WalesNia Griffith MP | |
| Shadow secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairsKerry McCarthy MP | |
| Shadow minister for women and equalitiesKate Green MP | |
| Shadow secretary of state for culture, media and sportMichael Dugher MP | |
| Shadow minister for young people and voter registrationGloria De Piero MP | |
| Shadow minister for mental healthLuciana Berger MP | |
| Shadow leader of the House of LordsBaroness Smith of Basildon | |
| Lords chief whipLord Bassam of Brighton | |
| Shadow attorney generalCatherine McKinnell MP | |
| Shadow minister without portfolioJonathan Ashworth MP | |
| Shadow minister for housing and planningJohn Healey MP | |
| Other announcements:Yvette Cooper will continue her work on bringing together councils, faith groups, and community groups to respond to the refugee crisis. She will chair Labour’s taskforce on refugees. | |