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Encyclopedia > Shadow Chancellor

The Official Loyal Opposition Shadow Cabinet (normally referred to simply as 'The Shadow Cabinet') is, in British parliamentary practice, a group of members from Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition whose job it is to scrutinise their opposite numbers in government and come up with alternative policies. Since the Conservative Party has been, since 1997, Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, it therefore forms the current Shadow Cabinet. The term Her Majestys loyal opposition can mean: Her Majestys loyal opposition (Australia) Her Majestys loyal opposition (Canada) Her Majestys loyal opposition (UK) This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Shadow Cabinet (also called the Front Bench) is a senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster System of government who together under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition (or the leader of other smaller opposition parties) form an alternative cabinet to the governments, whose members...


On 7 December 2005, David Cameron, the Leader of the Opposition, started naming his Shadow Cabinet. As of 8 December 2005, not all the front bench positions have been filled, but Cameron has appointed MPs to all the key posts in the shadow cabinet, as follows: December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rt. ... The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government in a Westminster System of parliamentary government. ... December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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The Cameron Shadow Cabinet

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Other positions

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Returned to the back benches

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Remaining positions from the prior Shadow Cabinet (yet to be announced by Cameron)

The following list contains offices in the shadow cabinet prior to 7 December 2005 that have not yet been filled, along with their previous holder (or Vacant if they are not serving or have been appointed to another office). December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Other posts on the opposition front bench included:

Other posts at Conservative Central Office included: Eric Jack Pickles (born April 20, 1952, Keighley) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. ... Mark Christopher Field (born October 6, 1964) is a British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament for the Cities of London and Westminster. ... The Honourable Bernard Christison Jenkin (born 9 April 1959) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Charles Hendry (born 6 May 1959) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Eleanor Fulton Laing (born 1 February 1958, Paisley as Eleanor Fulton Pritchard) is a British politician. ... Patrick John Mercer MBE, OBE (born 26 June 1956) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Conservative Central Office (CCO) is the headquarters of the British Conservative Party, housing its central staff and committee members. ...

The Right Honourable Andrew James MacKay (born August 27, 1949, Birmingham) is a British politician, and for the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Bracknell. ... Andrew John Turner (born 24 October 1953, Coventry) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Andrew Richard Rosindell (born March 17, 1966) is a British Conservative Member of Parliament for Romford, and Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party. ... Jennie Elias is a political figure. ... Nigel Martin Evans (born November 10, 1957) British politician. ... Gavin Barwell is the Operations Director of the Conservative Party Gavin was educated at Trinity School, Croydon and Trinity College, Cambridge. ...

See also

The Parliamentary Opposition is a form of political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster-based parliamentary system. ... In the Politics of the United Kingdom, the Cabinet is a formal body comprised of government officials chosen by the kp. ... The Liberal Democrats are the third-largest political party in the United Kingdom. ...

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Gordon Brown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1174 words)
Brown has served as Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom since May 1997 (the longest continuously serving Chancellor since Nicholas Vansittart 1812-1823) and is widely tipped to become prime minister after the retirement of Tony Blair.
As Shadow Chancellor, Brown worked hard to establish an image of fiscal competence, and to reassure business and the middle class that Labour could be trusted to run the economy without fuelling inflation.
He is the longest-serving Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer (ahead of Denis Healey, who was Chancellor for 5 years and 2 months from March 5, 1974 to May 4, 1979).
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