First Harman shadow cabinet

First Harman Shadow Cabinet
Shadow Cabinet of the United Kingdom
May – September 2010
Date formed	11 May 2010
Date dissolved	25 September 2010
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Leader of the Opposition	Harriet Harman
Shadow Deputy Prime Minister	Jack Straw
Member party	Labour Party
Status in legislature	Official Opposition
History
Election	2010 general election
Outgoing election	2010 Labour leadership election
Legislature terms	55th UK Parliament
Predecessor	Cameron shadow cabinet
Successor	Miliband shadow cabinet

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.^[1][2]

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

• 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.

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