Shadow Cabinet

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MasunOCathain's Shadow Cabinet
Date formed28 February 2023
People and organisations
MonarchRobert
Leader of the OppositionMasunOCathain
Member party
  •   Labour Party
Status in legislatureOfficial Opposition
16 / 50 (32%)
History
Election(s)March 2023 general election
PredecessorShadow Cabinet of Randthepanda

The Shadow Cabinet consists of senior members of the Opposition (formally known as His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition), who scrutinise their corresponding government ministers, develop alternative policies, hold the government to account for its actions and responses, and act as spokespeople for the opposition party in their own specific policy areas. The Labour Party have been in opposition since October 2022.

Composition

As of 23 March 2023, the makeup of the Shadow Cabinet is:

Minister
Constituency
Shadow Office(s) Took Office
Shadow cabinet ministers
122295460?size=100x100&.png The Rt Hon
MasunOCathain
MP for Bedfordshire
Leader of the Opposition
Leader of the Labour Party
28 February 2023
(20 months ago)
 (2023-02-28)
RebaAstor?size=100x100&.png The Rt Hon
RebaAstor
MP for Lothian
Leader of the Labour Party
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
21 March 2023
(20 months ago)
 (2023-03-21)
JisooMinSung?size=100x100&.png The Rt Hon
JisooMinSung
MP for Newham
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
OctaviaBlakeston?size=100x100&.png The Rt Hon
OctaviaBlakeston
MP for Merseyside
Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department
CH3RRYLICI0US?size=100x100&.png The Rt Hon
CH3RRYLICI0US
MP for Tyneside
Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
Shadow Lord Chancellor
jxxoseph?size=100x100&.png The Rt Hon
jxxoseph
MP for Cheshire
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government[1]

Notes

  1. The government does not use this position, the closest equivalent is Secretary of State for Northern Ireland