Cameron's Shadow Cabinet Reshuffle
David Cameron has reshuffled his Shadow Cabinet with changes which promote new talent, strengthen the campaigning ability of the Party, and include a new Shadow Security Minister and National Security Adviser in his top team.
Three MPs from the 2005 intake enter the Shadow Cabinet, with Nick Herbert appointed Shadow Secretary for Justice, Jeremy Hunt as Shadow Culture, Media and Sport Secretary, and Michael Gove as Shadow Secretary for Children, Schools and Families. David Willetts becomes Shadow Secretary for Innovation, Universities and Skills.
In other appointments, Dame Pauline Neville-Jones has been appointed Shadow Security Minister in the Shadow Cabinet and National Security Adviser to David Cameron. Sayeeda Warsi, a Party vice-chairman, enters the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion. Both are being nominated for a peerage.
Meanwhile Caroline Spelman becomes Party Chairman, with her old post of Shadow Secretary for Communities and Local Government taken over by Eric Pickles. Former Chairman Francis Maude takes over the role of Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office with a seat in the Shadow Cabinet. He will mastermind the implementation of the Conservative programme for government.
George Osborne takes on the additional role of General Election Campaign Coordinator in addition to his responsibilities as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Commenting on the appointments, 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."
The full Shadow Cabinet after the re-shuffle is:
David Cameron
Leader of the Conservative Party
William Hague
Shadow Foreign Secretary
George Osborne
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
General Election Campaign Coordinator
David Davis
Shadow Home Secretary
Liam Fox
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
Lord Strathclyde
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords
Caroline Spelman
Chairman of the Conservative Party
Philip Hammond
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Francis Maude
Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Andrew Lansley
Shadow Secretary of State for Health
David Willetts
Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Peter Ainsworth
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Andrew Mitchell
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
Alan Duncan
Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory reform
Theresa May
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Oliver Letwin
Chairman of the Policy Review and Chairman of the Conservative Research Department
Chris Grayling
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Cheryl Gillan
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
David Mundell
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
Theresa Villiers
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
Dame Pauline Neville-Jones
Shadow Security Minister and National Security Adviser to the Leader of the Opposition
Eric Pickles
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Michael Gove
Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
Sayeeda Warsi
Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion
Nick Herbert
Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
Owen Paterson
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Jeremy Hunt
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Patrick McLoughlin
Opposition Chief Whip
Baroness Anelay of St Johns will replace Lord Cope of Berkeley as Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords when he retires on July 27.
Attending Shadow Cabinet: Grant Shapps - Shadow Housing Minister, and David Lidington, Shadow Foreign Office Minister
July 4th 2007
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