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| Nick Brown makes Labour frontbench return as chief whip | Nick Brown makes Labour frontbench return as chief whip |
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| Rosie Winterton, the opposition chief whip who has been under immense pressure from Jeremy Corbyn’s supporters to step down, is to leave her post and be replaced by Gordon Brown’s former government fixer in a reshuffle of the shadow cabinet. | Rosie Winterton, the opposition chief whip who has been under immense pressure from Jeremy Corbyn’s supporters to step down, is to leave her post and be replaced by Gordon Brown’s former government fixer in a reshuffle of the shadow cabinet. |
| Nick Brown, 66, is to return to Labour’s frontbench for the first time in six years. | Nick Brown, 66, is to return to Labour’s frontbench for the first time in six years. |
| The Newcastle upon Tyne East MP held the post of chief whip under Brown between 2008 and 2010, during which time he earned a reputation as a political bruiser. | The Newcastle upon Tyne East MP held the post of chief whip under Brown between 2008 and 2010, during which time he earned a reputation as a political bruiser. |
| The appointment is believed to be the first move in a major reshuffle of the party after Corbyn’s re-election as leader last month. | |
| In a carefully co-ordinated statement, Corbyn said: “I’d like to pay tribute to Rosie Winterton for her six years’ exceptional service as chief whip. She has played an outstanding role, both in her support for me a leader and the Labour party as a whole.” | |
| Winterton played a key role in negotiations between Corbyn and the parliamentary Labour party following his first leadership election victory. | |
| She said: “It has been an honour to have served as Labour’s chief whip for the past six years under three different leaders. I would like to thank the whips and the parliamentary Labour party for the support they have given me. I wish Nick Brown every success in his new role.” | |
| Brown decided not to stand again to be Labour’s chief whip in September 2010 after being told by the then incoming leader, Ed Miliband, that he would rather seek a new person. Winterton replaced him. | Brown decided not to stand again to be Labour’s chief whip in September 2010 after being told by the then incoming leader, Ed Miliband, that he would rather seek a new person. Winterton replaced him. |
| Brown was Gordon Brown’s chief enforcer in the Commons from 2008 until the general election, having previously served as deputy chief whip after the departure of Tony Blair. | Brown was Gordon Brown’s chief enforcer in the Commons from 2008 until the general election, having previously served as deputy chief whip after the departure of Tony Blair. |
| That was his second spell as chief whip, following a year in the job at the start of Labour’s time in office in 1997. He also served as a minister for agriculture, fisheries and food, the north-east, and work and pensions. | That was his second spell as chief whip, following a year in the job at the start of Labour’s time in office in 1997. He also served as a minister for agriculture, fisheries and food, the north-east, and work and pensions. |