A shadow cabinet was announced by the leader of the opposition, jeremy corbyn, following a small reshuffle in january 2016. following the 2016 referendum in which britain voted to leave the european union, a large number of shadow cabinet ministers resigned.. A number of the 2015 intake have joined the new shadow cabinet with just a year's experience on the job.. shadow chancellor - john mcdonnell john mcdonnell has remained as mr corbyn's right-hand. Jeremy corbyn has unveiled what he called a "unifying" new shadow cabinet, naming his left-wing ally john mcdonnell as shadow chancellor. defeated leadership rival andy burnham is shadow home.
Corbyn has been resisting the idea of two-thirds of the shadow cabinet positions being filled by elections of mps. photograph: david gadd/sportsphoto/allstar jeremy corbyn�s allies have proposed. On 24 september 2016, corbyn defeated smith at the labour leadership election, securing 61.8% of the vote to smith's 38.2%. corbyn shadow cabinet . after the 2017 general election, corbyn appointed smith as shadow secretary of state for northern ireland. political positions . smith identifies as a democratic socialist.. Jeremy corbyn's reshuffle sees big promotions for two women seen as his allies - diane abbott and shami chakrabarti, a year after he was criticised for not putting women in top shadow cabinet roles..
