Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer


Keir Starmer became Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom after being elected as Leader of the Labour Party on 4 April 2020. Starmer appointed his Shadow Cabinet on 5 and 6 April.

Background

Following the Labour Party's defeat in the 2019 general election, its leader Jeremy Corbyn stepped down and triggered a leadership election that would elect a new party leader and a new Leader of the Opposition. Six candidates declared for the election, with three receiving sufficient nominations to advance to the ballot. Keir Starmer, MP for Holborn and St Pancras and Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, was elected over Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy.

Shadow Cabinet

Shadow Ministers by department

Other Shadow Ministers were appointed on 9 April 2020. For a list of the current postholders see Official Opposition frontbench.

Shadow C-19 Committee

Seven Shadow Cabinet members are also part of a new Shadow COVID-19 committee, tasked with responding to the current coronavirus outbreak. Chaired by party leader Keir Starmer, the committee includes:
On 25 June 2020, Rebecca Long-Bailey was sacked as Shadow Secretary of State for Education after sharing an article on Twitter that "contained an antisemitic conspiracy theory". She was replaced by Kate Green, who in turn was replaced by Karen Buck in her previous role of Shadow Minister for Social Security, renamed from Shadow Minister for Child Poverty Strategy.