Labour shadow cabinet nominations
by zohra moosa // 29 September 2010, 18:26
Update: I count 14 women out of a total of 49 candidates, which is just under 29%.
The Labour Party has announced the nominations for its Shadow Cabinet.
Alphabetical by surname:
Diane Abbott
Douglas Alexander
Ed Balls
Hilary Benn
Roberta Blackman-Woods
Ben Bradshaw
Kevin Brennan
Chris Bryant
Andy Burnham
Liam Byrne
Vernon Coaker
Yvette Cooper
Mary Creagh
Wayne David
John Denham
Angela Eagle
Maria Eagle
Rob Flello
Caroline Flint
Mike Gapes
Barry Gardiner
Helen Goodman
Peter Hain
David Hanson
Tom Harris
John Healey
Meg Hillier
Huw Irranca-Davies
Kevan Jones
Alan Johnson
Tessa Jowell
Eric Joyce
Barbara Keeley
Sadiq Khan
David Lammy
Chris Leslie
Ivan Lewis
Ian Lucas
Fiona Mactaggart
Pat McFadden
Ann McKechin
Alun Michael
Jim Murphy
Gareth Thomas
Emily Thornberry
Stephen Timms
Stephen Twigg
Shaun Woodward
Iain Wright
h/t: DeHavilland
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Josie // Posted 29 September 2010 at 20:40
No Harriet Harman??? Gutted!
Fred Pitt // Posted 29 September 2010 at 22:27
Harriet Harman is automatically in the Shadow Cabinet as Deputy Party Leader.
Supporter // Posted 29 September 2010 at 22:39
Josie - Harriet Harman is deputy leader. She's already in the shadow cabinet without needing to run in the election.
cim // Posted 30 September 2010 at 11:46
Josie: As deputy leader of the party, Harriet Harman gets an automatic seat on the shadow cabinet.
There's some good people on that list, though I have my doubts as to whether many of them will get elected in the end.
Josie // Posted 30 September 2010 at 15:01
D'oh! Thank you... all... feeling relieved and ignorant simultaneously!