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Hilary Benn: The shadow foreign secretary was sacked in a 1am phone call after making clear that he had lost faith in Corbyn’s leadership. Hilary Benn
The son of Corbyn’s former mentor Tony Benn, his card had been marked as a potential threat by the leader’s office after intervening against the party leader in last December’s parliamentary debate on whether to launch airstrikes against Syria. The shadow foreign secretary was sacked in a 1am phone call after making clear that he had lost faith in Corbyn’s leadership.
Heidi Alexander: The shadow health secretary has gained fans within the party for mastering the health brief and holding Jeremy Hunt to account. As MP for Lewisham East, she backed Andy Burnham to be leader last year and emailed activists during the campaign to say that Corbyn’s election “would cause division within the party”. The son of Corbyn’s former mentor Tony Benn, his card had been marked as a potential threat by the leader’s office after intervening in last December’s parliamentary debate on whether to launch airstrikes against Syria.
Gloria De Piero: The MP for Ashfield and former GMTV presenter was a surprise member of Corbyn’s shadow cabinet given that she is a member of the Blairite pressure group Progress. Heidi Alexander
The shadow health secretary has gained fans within the party for mastering the health brief and holding Jeremy Hunt to account. As MP for Lewisham East, she backed Andy Burnham to be leader last year and emailed activists during the campaign to say that Corbyn’s election “would cause division within the party”.
Gloria De Piero
The MP for Ashfield and former GMTV presenter was a surprise member of Corbyn’s shadow cabinet given that she is a member of the Blairite pressure group Progress.
The shadow minister for young people and voter registration is seen as a prized asset by the party because she is a working-class woman who cuts through to its traditional core voters in northern constituencies.The shadow minister for young people and voter registration is seen as a prized asset by the party because she is a working-class woman who cuts through to its traditional core voters in northern constituencies.
Ian Murray: The Scottish secretary was seen as impossible to sack because he is Labour’s only Scottish MP following the 2015 rout of Scottish Labour by the SNP. Ian Murray
The Scottish secretary was seen as impossible to sack because he is Labour’s only surviving MP following the 2015 rout of Scottish Labour by the SNP.
Murray, 39, is a party moderate who has attempted to work with Corbyn. Colleagues say he has become increasingly vocal in shadow cabinet meetings about Corbyn’s alleged inability to lead a campaign.Murray, 39, is a party moderate who has attempted to work with Corbyn. Colleagues say he has become increasingly vocal in shadow cabinet meetings about Corbyn’s alleged inability to lead a campaign.
Lilian Greenwood
The shadow secretary for transport took up the job in 2011 under Ed Miliband. Closely associated with Unison, the MP for Nottingham South is one of a group of union-backed frontbenchers who believe that Corbyn cannot carry on as leader.
Lucy Powell
The shadow education secretary ran Ed Miliband’s successful campaign to become Labour leader. The MP for Manchester Central is the daughter of a social worker and a headteacher, and was born and bred in Manchester.