First Shadow Cabinet of Harriet Harman

Status in legislatureOfficial Opposition HistoryElection2010 general electionOutgoing election2010 Labour leadership electionLegislature terms55th UK ParliamentPredecessorShadow Cabinet of David CameronSuccessorShadow Cabinet of Ed Miliband

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Harriet Harman led the Shadow Cabinet during her time as pro tempore Leader of the Labour Party in 2010—from the time Gordon Brown resigned as Labour Leader (and Prime Minister) until Ed Miliband was elected to the leadership.

With a few exceptions, Labour Cabinet ministers retained their roles in the Shadow Cabinet. Harman, who had been Leader of the House of Commons, gave the responsibility of shadowing that role to Rosie Winterton, who had attended Cabinet as Minister for Regional Economic Development and Coordination. The two peers who led Cabinet departments, Peter Mandelson at Business, Innovation and Skills and Andrew Adonis at Department for Transport, left the Shadow Cabinet in the first few days after Labour entered opposition. They were replaced by Pat McFadden and Sadiq Khan, respectively.

Members of the Shadow Cabinet

Portfolio	Shadow Minister
Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition Acting Leader of the Labour Party	The Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP
Acting Shadow Deputy Prime Minister Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Shadow Lord Chancellor	The Rt Hon Jack Straw MP
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer	The Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP
Shadow Foreign Secretary	The Rt Hon David Miliband MP
Shadow Home Secretary	The Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence	The Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills	The Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Shadow Minister for Women and Equality	The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change	The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Health	The Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Education	The Rt Hon Ed Balls MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government	The Rt Hon John Denham MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	The Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development	The Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP
Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office Shadow Minister for the Olympics Shadow Minister for London	The Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	The Rt Hon Shaun Woodward MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland	The Rt Hon Jim Murphy MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales	The Rt Hon Peter Hain MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport	The Rt Hon Ben Bradshaw MP
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury	The Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords	The Rt Hon Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon PC
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons	The Rt Hon Nick Brown MP
Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning	The Rt Hon John Healey MP
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Shadow Lord Privy Seal	The Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords	The Rt Hon Steve Bassam, Lord Bassam of Brighton PC
Parliamentary Labour Party Chair	Tony Lloyd MP
Also attends Shadow Cabinet meetings
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport	The Rt Hon Sadiq Khan MP
Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales	The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal PC

Junior frontbenchers

Portfolio	Shadow Minister
Shadow Minister for Disabled People	Kerry McCarthy MP
Shadow Minister for Food	Willie Bain MP
Shadow Minister for Scotland	Ann McKechin MP