14th September, 2010, 5:33 pm Chris Bryant makes his pitch for shadow cabinet Mark Ferguson Share this article: By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk With the leadership election now coming to a close, LabourList will refocus on the shadow cabinet elections as of next week. First up we’ve got Chris Bryant’s letter to fellow MPs, in which he makes his pitch for a place in the shadow cabinet: Chris Bryant Shadow Cabinet Pitch  (Hat-Tip – Guido Fawkes) Mark Ferguson Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015. View all articles by Mark Ferguson Subscribe to our daily email More from LabourList Analysis Welfare vote: ‘Here are the failures it reveals – and three faint silver linings’ “Change isn’t easy, we’ve always known that,” a Number 10 source said just after Tuesday’s climactic welfare vote.… Tom Belger 1st July, 2025, 10:28 pm Analysis Welfare vote: Which Labour MPs voted against bill or backed new amendment? Keir Starmer may have averted the total humiliation of defeat on the government’s controversial welfare reform bill, but… Tom Belger, Daniel Green & Luke O'Reilly 1st July, 2025, 7:15 pm Comment ‘Welfare reforms still mean a climate of fear. Changes are too little, too late’ Let’s face facts: the government’s benefit cuts bill has been a complete disaster. Even with the recent ‘concessions’,… Ellen Morrison 1st July, 2025, 6:00 am
Mark Ferguson Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015. View all articles by Mark Ferguson
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