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Tuesday, 03 July 2007 |
Shadow Scottish Secretary David Mundell has retained his position in the Conservative Party Shadow Cabinet, following David Cameron’s reshuffle of the front bench team in response to Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s reshuffle last week.
Amongst the changes are the elevation to the House of Lords of Dame Pauline Neville-Jones, a former head of the Joint Intelligence Committee, and Conservative adviser Sayeeda Warsi. Neville-Jones becomes Shadow Secretary for Security, while Warsi becomes Shadow Community Cohesion Minister.
Responding to Brown’s decision to split the department of education, Cameron has appointed David Willetts, formally the Shadow Education Minister, to shadow John Denham, the Minister for Innovation, Universities and Skills, while Michael Gove will shadow Ed Balls, the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families.
Gove is amongst three MPs who were elected at the last general election in 2005 to take seats at the Shadow Cabinet, with Nick Herbert becoming Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Jeremy Hunt becomes Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
Francis Maude has been moved from Party Chairman to Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, and has been replaced as chair by Caroline Spelman, who in turn has been replaced as Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government by Eric Pickles.
Chris Grayling has been appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, shadowing Peter Hain, while Theresa Villiers has been promoted from Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury to shadow new Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly.
Alan Duncan stays at the post he was in, with the department of Trade and Industry now renamed as Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory reform, where he will shadow John Hutton.
Conservative leader David Cameron said: “These changes strengthen the Shadow Cabinet team and harness new talent within the Party as we prepare for the next General Election.
“Two of the big challenges facing this country today are security and community cohesion and we now have two leading experts in these fields in Dame Pauline Neville-Jones and Sayeeda Warsi.”
To prepare for a general election, Shadow Chancellor George Osborne takes on the additional role of General Election Campaign Coordinator.
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