Opposition frontbench of Kemi Badenoch
The frontbench of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the Parliament of the United Kingdom consists of the Shadow cabinet and other shadow ministers of the political party currently serving as the Official Opposition. Since 2024, His Majesty's Loyal Opposition is the Conservative Party, and the Leader of the Opposition is Kemi Badenoch.
Formation and changes
The full shadow cabinet was announced on 5 November 2024. Junior appointments were made on 6 November. On 18 November it was confirmed that all of the 26 new Conservative MPs elected at the 2024 general election were given positions in opposition. On 20 November, the full frontbench team was confirmed.On 22 July 2025, a Conservative party spokesperson announced that there would be a frontbench reshuffle, with James Cleverly set to return to the frontbench in a "prominent" role. The reshuffle had initially expected to involve small changes, though the BBC later reported that there would be a bigger change to the frontbench.
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Culture
Parliament
Reshuffles and Changes
January 2025
- 1 January 2025: Lord Hunt of Wirral appointed Shadow Minister for Business and Trade.
- 15 January 2025: Lord Murray of Blidworth no longer Shadow Minister in the Home Office.
- 22 January 2025: Claire Coutinho Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Shadow Minister for Equalities goes on Maternity Leave Saqib Bhatti covering her as Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities with Mims Davies.
June 2025
- 2 June 2025: David Reed appointed Junior opposition Whip
July 2025
- 22 July 2025
September 2025
- 15 September 2025: Danny Kruger, the MP for East Wiltshire and the Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions, defects to Reform UK.
December 2025
- 6 December 2025: Lord Offord of Garvel Shadow Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero defects to Reform UK
January 2026
- 15 January 2026: Robert Jenrick was sacked from the shadow cabinet and lost the Conservative whip after plotting to defect to Reform UK.
- 18 January 2026: Andrew Rosindell defected to Reform UK