The veteran labour leftwinger is best friends with mr corbyn and co-ordinated his election campaign. it is thought he was promised the top job some time ago. the mp for hayes and harlington. Shadow international development secretary - andrew mitchell. mr mitchell ran david davis' leadership campaign in 2005 and kept his shadow-cabinet job under the new regime. a former social security minister and whip, mr mitchell has also served as shadow minister for police.. Uk shadow cabinet orbyn's shadow cabinet? - bbc.co.uk the veteran labour leftwinger is best friends with mr corbyn and co-ordinated his election campaign. it is thought he was promised the top job some time ago..
Shadow welsh secretary christina rees, mp for neath,was a shadow justice minister in january 2016 but resigned after the eu referendum, only to return to the job in october 2016. she backed andy. In a letter to mr corbyn, he wrote that he was leaving the shadow cabinet �with a very heavy heart�, but labour had not won �the protections the people of this country need� during the commons debates on brexit. asked on the bbc about mr lewis�s departure, mr corbyn said: �it�s not a disaster.. Owen smith (born 2 may 1970) is a british labour party politician who has been the member of parliament (mp) for pontypridd since 2010. [3] before being elected to parliament, smith worked as a radio and television producer for the bbc , as a special adviser for welsh secretary paul murphy , and as a political lobbyist for pfizer ..