Hazel Anne Blears is a former British Labour Party politician,who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Salford and Eccles,previously Salford,from 1997 to 2015.
Robert John Blizzard was a British Labour politician who served as member of Parliament (MP) for the Suffolk constituency of Waveney from 1997 until 2010.
Ifor Huw Irranca-Davies is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician,who has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Ogmore since 2016. He was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ogmore from 2002 to 2016.
Christopher David Mole is a British Labour Party politician,who was the Member of Parliament for Ipswich from a by-election in 2001,after the death of Jamie Cann,and was re-elected in 2005. He was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport,until his defeat in the 2010 general election by Ben Gummer of the Conservative Party.
Wayne David MP is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Caerphilly since 2001. A member of the Labour Party,he was Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party from 1994 to 1998 and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1989 to 1999. As an MEP,he represented South Wales from 1989 to 1994 and South Wales Central from 1994 to 1999.
Gordon Marsden is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Blackpool South from 1997 to 2019.
Gillian Joanna Merron,Baroness Merron is a British politician and life peer serving as Chief Executive of the Board of Deputies of British Jews since 2014. A member of the Labour Party,she has been a shadow spokesperson for Health and Social Care since 2021. She was previously Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincoln from 1997 to 2010 and held several ministerial offices in the Blair and Brown governments.
Sir David George Hanson is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Delyn from 1992 to 2019. He held several ministerial offices in the Blair and Brown governments,serving in the Home Office,Ministry of Justice,Wales Office,Northern Ireland Office and Whips' Office. Hanson sat on Ed Miliband's opposition front bench as a Shadow Treasury Minister,and later the Shadow Immigration Minister.
Andrew John Gwynne is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Denton and Reddish since 2005. A member of the Labour Party,he has been Shadow Minister for Public Health since 2021 and previously from 2015 to 2016.
Patrick Bosco McFadden is a British politician serving as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury since 2021. A member of the Labour Party,he has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton South East since 2005.
John Eugene Joseph Dromey was a British politician and trade unionist who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Erdington from 2010 until his death. A member of the Labour Party,he was deputy general secretary of Unite from 2003 to 2010.
Paul Christopher Blomfield is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Central since 2010. A member of the Labour Party,he was a Shadow Minister for Exiting the European Union from 2016 to 2020 and Shadow Minister for Brexit and European Union Negotiations from 2020 to 2021.
Stuart James Andrew is a Welsh politician serving as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport,Tourism,Heritage and Civil Society since September 2022 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities since October 2022. Andrew previously served as Government Deputy Chief Whip from 2020 to 2022,Minister of State for Housing from February to July 2022,and Minister of State for Prisons and Probation from July to September 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Pudsey since 2010.
Graeme Morrice is a Scottish Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Livingston from 2010 to 2015. Prior to his election to Parliament,he served as the Leader of West Lothian Council from 1995 to 2007.
David Henry Rutley is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Macclesfield since 2010. A member of the Conservative Party,has been Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Americas and Caribbean since October 2022.
Gareth Alan Johnson is a British politician and former lawyer who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Courts from September to October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he previously served as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from February to September 2022 and Assistant Government Whip from 2018 to 2019 and 2021 to 2022. Johnson was first elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dartford,winning the seat from Labour. He has been supportive of Leave Means Leave,a Eurosceptic pressure group.
Mark Andrew Menzies is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Fylde in Lancashire since 2010. He was formerly PPS to Charles Hendry MP,Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change before both men were moved in the 2012 Cabinet Reshuffle. He resigned as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Alan Duncan MP,International Development Minister,in March 2014.
Ed Miliband became Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition upon being elected to the former post on 25 September 2010. The election was triggered by Gordon Brown's resignation following the party's fall from power at the 2010 general election,which yielded a Conservative–Liberal Democrat Coalition. Miliband appointed his first Shadow Cabinet in October 2010,following the Labour Party Shadow Cabinet elections. These elections were the last such elections before they were abolished in 2011.
Jeremy Corbyn assumed the position of Leader of the Opposition after being elected as leader of the Labour Party on 12 September 2015;the election was triggered by Ed Miliband's resignation following the Labour Party's electoral defeat at the 2015 general election when David Cameron formed a majority Conservative government. The usual number of junior Shadow Ministers were also appointed to the Official Opposition frontbench.
Charalambos "Bambos" Charalambous is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Enfield Southgate since 2017. He served as Shadow Minister for the Middle East and North Africa from 2021 to 2023,when he was suspended as a Labour Party MP after a complaint about his conduct.
