First Harman shadow cabinet

{{Short description|UK shadow cabinet in 2010}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox government cabinet |cabinet_name= First Harman Shadow Cabinet |current_number = |cabinet_type = Shadow Cabinet |jurisdiction = the United Kingdom|flag=Flag of the United Kingdom.svg |flag_border =true |incumbent = May – September 2010 |image = Harriet Harman 2009 cropped.jpg |date_formed = 11 May 2010 |date_dissolved = 25 September 2010 |government_head_title =Leader of the Opposition |government_head = Harriet Harman |other_government_minister_title = Shadow Deputy Prime Minister |other_government_minister = Jack Straw |state_head_title = Monarch |state_head = Elizabeth II |cabinet_number = |total_number = |former_members_number = |political_party = {{ubl|{{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=darkgray}} Labour Party}} |legislature_status = Official Opposition |opposition_cabinet = |opposition_party = |opposition_leader = |election = 2010 general election |last_election = 2010 Labour leadership election |legislature_term = 55th UK Parliament |budget = |incoming_formation = |outgoing_formation = |previous = Cameron shadow cabinet |successor= Miliband shadow cabinet}} {{PoliticsUK}} 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, previously junior ministers in each respective department.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 July 2010 |title=Weekly Information Bulletin: Session 2010-12: Her Majesty's Official Opposition |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmwib/wb100605/oppo.htm |access-date=2026-02-06 |website=publications.parliament.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2010-05-21 |title=Lords Mandelson and Adonis leave shadow cabinet |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8695850.stm |access-date=2026-02-06 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Members of the Shadow Cabinet== {|class="wikitable" !Portfolio ! colspan="2" |Shadow Minister |- | Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition Acting Leader of the Labour Party |frameless|100x100px |The Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP |- |Acting Shadow Deputy Prime Minister Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Shadow Lord Chancellor |frameless|116x116px |The Rt Hon Jack Straw MP |- | Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer |frameless|113x113px |The Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP |- | Shadow Foreign Secretary |frameless|112x112px |The Rt Hon David Miliband MP |- | Shadow Home Secretary |frameless|116x116px |The Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP |- | Shadow Secretary of State for Defence |frameless|131x131px |The Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP |- | Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills |frameless|116x116px |The Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP |- | Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Shadow Minister for Women and Equality |frameless|129x129px |The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP |- | Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change |frameless|116x116px |The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP |- | Shadow Secretary of State for Health |frameless|123x123px |The Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP |- | Shadow Secretary of State for Education |frameless|130x130px |The Rt Hon Ed Balls MP |- | Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government |frameless|108x108px |The Rt Hon John Denham MP |- | Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |frameless|135x135px |The Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP |- | Shadow Secretary of State for International Development |frameless|116x116px |The Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP |- | Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office Shadow Minister for the Olympics Shadow Minister for London |frameless|116x116px |The Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP |- | Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland |frameless|116x116px |The Rt Hon Shaun Woodward MP |- | Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland |frameless|116x116px |The Rt Hon Jim Murphy MP |- | Shadow Secretary of State for Wales |frameless|116x116px |The Rt Hon Peter Hain MP |- | Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport |frameless|131x131px |The Rt Hon Ben Bradshaw MP |- | Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury |frameless|116x116px |The Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP |- | Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords |frameless|146x146px |The Rt Hon Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon PC |- | Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons |frameless|116x116px |The Rt Hon Nick Brown MP |- | Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning |frameless|116x116px |The Rt Hon John Healey MP |- | Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Shadow Lord Privy Seal |frameless|125x125px |The Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP |- | Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords |frameless|150x150px |The Rt Hon Steve Bassam, Lord Bassam of Brighton PC |- | Parliamentary Labour Party Chair |frameless|101x101px | Tony Lloyd MP |- | colspan="5" style="background:#cccccc;" |'''Also attends Shadow Cabinet meetings''' |- | Shadow Secretary of State for Transport |frameless|130x130px | The Rt Hon Sadiq Khan MP |- | Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales |frameless|114x114px |The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal PC |}

=== Changes ===

* Gordon Brown resigned as Leader of the Labour Party and was replaced on an Interim basis by Deputy Leader Harriet Harman * Harman's previous portfolios were given to Rosie Winterton (Shadow Leader of the House of Commons) and Yvette Cooper (Shadow Minister for Women and Equality) * Peter Mandelson (First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and Lord President of the Council) resigned and was replaced by Jack Straw (as Shadow Deputy Prime Minister) and Pat McFadden (as Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills), previously a junior minister * Andrew Adonis (Secretary of State for Transport) resigned as we replaced by Sadiq Khan, previously a junior minister.

== Junior frontbenchers == {| class="wikitable" !Portfolio ! !Shadow Minister |- | Shadow Minister for Disabled People |frameless|131x131px |Kerry McCarthy MP |- |Shadow Minister for Food |frameless|116x116px |Willie Bain MP |- |Shadow Minister for Scotland |frameless|116x116px |Ann McKechin MP |}

== References == {{reflist}}

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