The shadow cabinet are meeting in Birmingham today as part of David Cameron’s efforts to present the Conservative Party as a party for the whole nation. It would be good to hear from readers in the Midlands about the nature of TV/ radio/ newspaper coverage that this gesture receives.
In the meantime Mr Cameron has announced more appointments.
Stand-out appointments for me include:
- Damian Green to immigration. Damian was a Davis supporter and as a former Shadow Education Secretary before he fell out with Michael Howard he might have hoped for a litte more. Nonetheless he’s a Kent MP and will have a good understanding of how immigration and asylum affects Britain. He also has the one nation, moderate tone that Mr Cameron probably wants brought to the issue.
- A few new MPs get big promotions –
- Michael Gove to housing;
- Maria Miller to education;
- Mark Harper to defence;
- Jeremy Hunt to the disabilities portfolio;
- Tobias Ellwood to the Whips’ office.
Fleet Street is going to be much poorer for David Cameron’s reshuffle. William Hague left his News of the World perch because of his appointment as Shadow Foreign Secretary. Boris Johnson resigned as Editor of The Spectator. Will Michael Gove lose his Times column? He’ll certainly still be welcome as a ConservativeHome blogger…
ADDITIONAL FRONTBENCH APPOINTMENTS…
John Baron MP
Shadow Minister for Health
Tim Boswell MP
Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions (also Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chairman of the Party)
Julian Brazier TD MP
Shadow Minister for Transport
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP
Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs
Jonathan Djanogly MP
Shadow Solicitor General (also Shadow
Minister for Trade and Industry and assists the Shadow Secretary of
State for Constitutional Affairs)
Mark Field MP
Shadow Minister for Culture
Mark Francois MP
Shadow Minister, Treasury
Edward Garnier QC MP
Shadow Minister for Home Affairs
Damian Green MP
Shadow Minister for Immigration
Nick Gibb MP
Shadow Minister for Schools
Michael Gove MP
Shadow Minister for Housing
Stephen Hammond MP
Shadow Minister for Transport
Mark Harper MP
Shadow Minister for Defence
Charles Hendry MP
Shadow Minister for Trade and Industry
Mark Hoban MP
Shadow Minister, Treasury
Gerald Howarth MP
Shadow Minister for Defence
Jeremy Hunt MP
Shadow Minister for Disabled People
Jacqui Lait MP
Shadow Minister for London
Dr Julian Lewis MP
Shadow Minister for Defence
Tim Loughton MP
Shadow Minister for Children
Anne McIntosh MP
Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions
Patrick Mercer OBE MP
Shadow Minister for Homeland Security
Maria Miller MP
Shadow Education Minister
Malcolm Moss MP
Shadow Minister for Culture, Media and Sport
Dr Andrew Murrison MP
Shadow Minister for Health
James Paice MP
Shadow Minister for Agriculture
Eric Pickles MP
Deputy Chairman of the Party (Local Government) and Shadow Minister for Local Government
Mark Prisk MP
Shadow Minister for Small Businesses
Hugh Robertson MP
Shadow Minister for Sport and the Olympics
Laurence Robertson MP
Shadow Minister for Northern Ireland
David Ruffley MP
Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions
Mark Simmonds MP
Shadow Minister for International Development
Keith Simpson MP
Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs
Robert Syms MP
Shadow Minister for Local Government
Andrew Turner MP
Shadow Minister for Charities
Nigel Waterson MP
Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions
Bill Wiggin MP
Shadow Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
In addition, the following appointments have been made to the Opposition Whips’ Office:
- Henry Bellingham MP
- Crispin Blunt MP
- Simon Burns MP
- Tobias Ellwood MP
- David Evennett MP
- Michael Fabricant MP
- John Randall MP
- Andrew Rosindell MP
- Andrew Selous MP
- Angela Watkinson MP
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