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8 October 2010

Shadow cabinet appointments: full list

Ed Miliband surprises us all and appoints Alan Johnson as shadow chancellor.

By George Eaton

It looks like we’ve got our first confirmed shadow cabinet appointments. Ed Miliband has stunned the Westminster village by naming Alan Johnson as shadow chancellor, with Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper, the two most economically literate figures, missing out. Instead, Balls becomes shadow home secretary and Cooper, who topped the shadow cabinet poll, is rewarded with the post of shadow foreign secretary.

Elsewhere, Miliband sensibly uses two of a possible five discretionary appointments to bring back Peter Hain (who was three votes short of election) as shadow Welsh secretary and Shaun Woodward back as shadow Northern Ireland secretary.

Miliband’s campaign manager, Sadiq Khan, becomes shadow justice secretary and his other key allies, John Denham and Hilary Benn, become shadow business secretary and shadow leader of the Commons respectively.

Andy Burnham, who impressed many in the party with his leadership campaign, is rewarded with the education portfolio and the post of general election co-ordinator.

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UPDATE: Here’s the new shadow cabinet in full.

Leader: Ed Miliband

Deputy Leader and International Development Secretary: Harriet Harman

Shadow Chancellor: Alan Johnson

Shadow Foreign Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities: Yvette Cooper

Shadow Home Secretary: Ed Balls

Chief Whip: Rosie Winterton

Shadow Education Secretary and Election co-ordinator: Andy Burnham

Shadow Justice Secretary: Sadiq Khan

Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary: Douglas Alexander

Shadow Business Secretary: John Denham

Shadow Health Secretary: John Healey

Shadow Communities Secretary: Caroline Flint

Shadow Defence Secretary: Jim Murphy

Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary: Meg Hillier

Shadow Leader of the House of Commons: Hilary Benn

Shadow Transport Secretary: Maria Eagle

Shadow Environment Secretary: Mary Creagh

Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury: Angela Eagle

Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary: Shaun Woodward

Shadow Scottish Secretary: Ann McKechin

Shadow Welsh Secretary: Peter Hain

Shadow Culture Secretary: Ivan Lewis

Shadow Leader of the House of Lords: Baroness Jan Royall

Shadow Minister for the Olympics: Tessa Jowell

Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office: Liam Byrne

Lord Chief Whip: Lord Steve Bassam

Shadow Attorney-General: Baroness Scotland

Also attending:

Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party: Tony Lloyd

Shadow Minister of State – Cabinet Office: Jon Trickett

 

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