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Sir
Keir Starmer Prime
Minister -
Sir Keir was elected Labour leader in April 2020, replacing Jeremy Corbyn in the wake of the party’s historic defeat at the 2019 election. He made his Westminster debut as the MP for Holborn and St Pancras in May 2015.
Before that, he was an accomplished lawyer specialising in human rights, eventually working his way up to serve as Director of Public Prosecutions and head of the Crown Prosecution Service. In 2014, he received a knighthood for his services to criminal justice.
Sir Keir grew up in Surrey, where he won a place at Reigate Grammar School after passing the 11-plus exam. It became a private school two years after he joined, although existing pupils like him had their fees covered up to the age of 16 by the local council.
He went on to study law at the University of Leeds and later obtained a postgraduate degree from Oxford.
Sir Keir’s father was a toolmaker, and his mother was a nurse. He has said he “grew up working class”, and during the election campaign often recalled the time his parents had their phone cut off to save money when he was a child.
He is married to Victoria, who works in the NHS. He has two teenage children, aged 13 and 16, who he never names or allows to be photographed in public.
ANGELA RAYNER
Angela Rayner was first elected as the MP for Ashton-under-Lyne in 2015 and served in Mr
Corbyn’s shadow cabinet for several years before being appointed as Sir Keir’s deputy leader in 2020.
The forthright MP describes herself as working class, and highlights on her website that she is “not an Oxbridge-educated, former special adviser, professional politician”, nor did she have a “privileged upbringing”.
Born in Stockport, Greater Manchester, Ms Rayner grew up on a council estate and attended her local comprehensive, Avondale High School, now Stockport Academy. She recalls being told that she would “never amount to anything” after falling pregnant at 16 and leaving school with no qualifications.
She went on to become a care worker for the local council before working her way up to a senior role at the Unison trade union. In 2015, she became the first female MP in Ashton-under-Lyne’s 180-year history.
She will effectively be Housing Secretary, building on Labour’s pledge to construct homes up and down the country.
Ms Rayner was accused of misleading tax officials over the address of her main residence earlier this year. She always denied wrongdoing, and was cleared of owing capital gains tax on the sale of her home after an investigation by HMRC.
RACHEL REEVES
Rachel Reeves, the MP for Leeds West since 2010, has become the first female Chancellor. She was promoted to shadow chancellor in May 2021, having first been appointed shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster when Sir Keir took over as leader.
She did not serve in Mr Corbyn’s shadow cabinet, but did hold senior roles in
Ed
Miliband’s top team when he was Labour leader, including that of shadow work and pensions secretary.
Ms Reeves said she hoped her appointment as the first female Chancellor would inspire future generations of women, saying: “It is the honour of my life to have been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer.
“I know what responsibility it brings, and I am ready to deliver the change our economy needs to make working people in all parts of the country better off. It comes with a historic responsibility as the first woman to be appointed Chancellor. To every young girl and woman reading this, let today show that there should be no limits on your ambitions.”
DAVID LAMMY
David
Lammy, the Foreign Secretary, was first elected as the MP for Tottenham in 2000, in a by-election triggered by the death of Bernie Grant.
He served in both the Blair and Brown governments before returning to the backbenches in opposition for nearly a decade. He was appointed as Sir Keir’s shadow justice secretary in November 2020, and promoted to the foreign brief in 2021.
Despite his previous experience in government, Mr Lammy’s place in the Cabinet did not appear assured. He was largely absent from the campaign trail, and there were rumours that Sir Keir intended to replace him.
YVETTE COOPER
Yvette Cooper returns to government as Home Secretary, having first been first elected in the 1997 Labour landslide and subsequently holding several government posts under both Sir
Tony Blair and Mr Brown.
She went on to serve in Mr Miliband’s shadow cabinet before returning to the backbenches under Mr Corbyn’s leadership. Since November 2021, she had been Sir Keir’s shadow home secretary.
She has had a long career in politics, working on Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign in the early 1990s and advising the former Labour leader John Smith and veteran MP
Harriet
Harman. Before her election in 1997, she worked as a journalist at The Independent.
RICHARD HERMER KC
Richard Hermer KC, the Attorney General, was a surprise appointment and is not an elected MP.
He will be made a peer to take the attending Cabinet role, which had been expected to go to Emily Thornberry who held the shadow position since November 2021.
Mr Hermer is a barrister at Matrix chambers, a set co-founded by Sir Tony Blair’s wife Cherie.
The lawyer has had a career in public international law spanning two decades, and has brought claims against governments, including against the UK authorities.
He acted for over 900 victims in the Grenfell Tower disaster, and also on behalf of children unlawfully held in immigration detention centres.
SHABANA MAHMOOD
Shabana
Mahmood, the Justice Secretary, was first elected to represent Birmingham Ladywood in 2010. She started in Sir Keir’s shadow cabinet as his campaign chief, taking on the justice role last year.
Ms Mahmood was born in Birmingham but lived for five years as a young child in Taif, Saudi Arabia, where her father relocated to work as a civil engineer.
LISA NANDY
Lisa Nandy has been appointed as the new Culture Secretary. The role had been earmarked for
Thangam Debbonaire before she lost her seat to the Greens in Bristol.
The Culture Secretary has one of the most diverse jobs in Whitehall, which includes negotiation of the BBC licence fee agreement every five years.
In opposition, Ms Nandy had been shadow international development secretary. Four years ago, she blamed the Tories under Boris Johnson for fostering an “anti-media and anti-BBC feeling” on social media by threatening to scrap the licence fee.
STEVE REED
Steve Reed was first elected to represent Croydon North at a 2012 the by-election to replace the late MP, Malcolm Wicks.
He has held a number of front bench roles across the Miliband, Corbyn and Starmer years, including in the shadow Home Office, education and justice teams. He became shadow environment secretary, having been reshuffled from the justice brief in November 2021.
Before running for Parliament, Mr Reed worked in education and business publishing. He also led Lambeth council for more than six years.
JOHN HEALEY
John Healey was first elected to Parliament as the MP for Wentworth in 1997, and went on to serve in both the Blair and Brown governments.
He has also been a prominent figure in opposition, serving as the shadow secretary of state for health, housing and defence under Mr Miliband, Mr Corbyn and Sir Keir respectively.
Before his political career, Mr Healey worked in the charity sector and served as the campaigns director for the Trades Union Congress for three years.
WES STREETING
Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary, who was first elected the MP for Ilford North in 2015, had been the shadow health secretary since November 2021.
He previously served as Sir Keir’s shadow secretary of state for child poverty and the shadow schools minister, as well as the shadow exchequer secretary to the Treasury.
Before becoming an MP, he served as the deputy leader of Redbridge council and worked for various charities with a focus on tackling educational inequality.
ED MILLIBAND
Ed Miliband has been the shadow energy secretary since 2021. He previously led Labour from 2010 to 2015, stepping down following the party’s crushing loss to the Tories at the 2015 general election.
He was first elected as the MP for Doncaster North in May 2005, and served in
Gordon
Brown’s government before succeeding the New Labour veteran as leader, having defeated his brother David in the race for the top job.
He took a break from front-line politics during Mr Corbyn’s tenure, returning as Sir Keir’s shadow business secretary before taking the energy brief.
BRIDGET PHILLIPSON
Bridget Phillipson had been Sir Keir’s shadow education secretary since November 2021, following her promotion from shadow chief secretary to the Treasury.
Since she was first elected as MP for Houghton and Sunderland South in 2010, she has served as an opposition whip under Mr Miliband and sat on several parliamentary committees, including the high-profile public accounts committee.
Before running for Parliament, she managed a refuge for women and children fleeing domestic violence.
PAT MCFADDEN
Pat McFadden was first elected as the MP for Wolverhampton South East in 2005, and has held several senior posts in opposition, including shadow business secretary under Ed Miliband and shadow chief secretary to the Treasury under Sir Keir.
Last year, he was made shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Labour’s campaign chief.
Before running for Parliament, he worked as a researcher for Donald Dewar, a Scottish Labour MP, and as a speechwriter for the former Labour leader John Smith. He was also an adviser to Sir Tony, both in opposition and later in Downing Street.
LOUISE HAIGH
Louise Haigh was first elected as the MP for Sheffield Heeley in 2015, and held several junior roles on Mr Corbyn’s front bench before being appointed as shadow Northern Ireland secretary when Sir Keir took charge, and later as shadow transport secretary.
Before running for Parliament, Ms Haigh, who describes herself as a “proud trade unionist” and stands out among MPs with her brightly-dyed hair, worked for the local council youth service and served as a shop steward for the Unite union. She also volunteered as a special constable in the Metropolitan Police.
IAN MURRAY
Ian Murray was first elected to Parliament in 2010 as the MP for Edinburgh South. He quickly got involved in committees, joining three in his first year, and was promoted to the Labour frontbench in 2011, where he was made a business minister. He returned to the backbenches during the Corbyn years before being brought back into the fold as Sir Keir’s shadow secretary of state for Scotland.
Mr Murray grew up on a housing estate in Edinburgh in a family that worked as coopers and slaughtermen. He attended Wester Hailes education centre and got his first job as a paperboy at the age of 12. He went on to study social policy and law at the University of Edinburgh, and later launched his own events management business.
JO STEVENS
Jo Stevens was first elected as the MP for Cardiff Central in 2015, and held several roles on Mr Cobyn’s frontbench before quitting in 2017 over Labour’s position on Brexit. She was brought back on by Sir Keir in 2020, first as shadow culture secretary, and then as shadow secretary of state for Wales.
Ms Stevens, a former lawyer, grew up in North Wales and attended Argoed High School and Elfed High School, both state-funded. She went on to study law at the University of Manchester before joining Thompsons Solicitors, an employment rights firm with a focus on social justice.
HILARY BENN
Hilary Benn, the son of Tony Benn, the prominent Left-wing Labour politician, was first elected to Parliament in 1999, two years after Sir Tony’s landslide victory, at the by-election to replace the late Leeds Central MP Derek Fatchett.
He held a number of senior government roles under both Sir Tony and Mr Brown, including an almost four-year stint as secretary of state for international development, and remained on the Labour frontbench until he was sacked by Mr Corbyn in 2016. After a long hiatus, he returned last year as Sir Keir’s shadow Northern Ireland secretary.
PETER KYLE
Peter Kyle entered Parliament as the MP for Hove in 2015, and was first appointed to the Labour frontbench when Sir Keir became leader five years later.
He was promoted to shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland in 2021, and took on the science brief last year.
Before running for office, he worked as an aid worker in Eastern Europe and the Balkans, setting up an orphanage in Romania. He returned to the UK to work on policy in the Cabinet Office.
LIZ KENDAL
Liz Kendall was first elected as the MP for Leicester West in 2010. She served on Mr Miliband’s front bench and later as a shadow health minister under Sir Keir before being promoted to shadow work and pensions secretary.
Before running for office, she was director of the Ambulance Service Network and the Maternity Alliance charity. She also worked for two think tanks, one of them the Institute for Public Policy Research, where she specialised in health, social care and children’s early years.
JOHNATHAN REYNOLDS
Jonathan Reynolds was first elected as the MP for Stalybridge and Hyde in 2010, and has held several front bench roles over the years, including under Mr Corbyn.
Sir Keir appointed him as shadow work and pensions secretary in 2020 before he was moved to the business brief in 2021.
Before becoming an MP, he worked at Stockport council and qualified as a lawyer.
LUCY POWELL
Lucy Powell has been a long-serving shadow minister under three successive Labour leaders: Mr Miliband, Mr Corbyn and Sir Keir.
Having previously been a pro-Euro campaigner and adviser to Mr Miliband, she was first elected to the Commons when she won a 2012 by-election in Manchester Central.
She held the seat at the general election with a majority of 13,797 and has now become Leader of the Commons after previously holding the shadow portfolio.
JAMES TIMPSON
James Timpson has been ennobled and will become minister of state for prisons, parole and probation.
He has been the chief executive of Timpson, the high street shoe repair and key cutting chain, since 2002.
The firm is known for employing released prisoners and Mr Timpson has been chair of the Prison Reform Trust since 2016.
SIR PATRICK VALLANCE
Sir Patrick Vallance has been appointed as the minister of state for science, having served as the Government’s chief scientific adviser from 2018 to 2023.
He came to prominence during the pandemic as one of the scientific experts who appeared on the nation’s televisions in daily briefings. Sir Patrick, 64, publicly backed Labour’s flagship manifesto pledge to set up a publicly owned
energy firm in May.
FOSSIL
FOOLS - Geriatric politicians with 'climate-senile' policies will
find in difficult to break away from their corrupt ways, as part time
politicians with two jobs. Their main job being to find paid consultancy
work, rather than craft policies and create statute that works to
protect our voters from lung
cancer, energy shortages and a lack of affordable (sustainable)
housing.
The
'zerophobics' are the undertakers of the political world, sending
millions of ordinary people to an early grave, while loading us with NHS,
hospital and staff costs that would not be needed if we had clean air in
our cities.
Basically,
the longer you are in politics, the more likely you are to be exposed to
bribes, from climate
deniers, mostly fossil fuel and energy companies, looking to keep on
pumping toxic fumes into the atmosphere, so they can keep making money.
The political undertakers are working with them to keep hospitals
stocked with cancer victims, adding to the £Trillions we owe as part of
the national debt. Under Boris and Rishi Sunack, pensioner's saving have
halved in real terms. They are blood sucking vampires, draining what
little you had saved for your retirement.
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