No reshuffle from Ed Miliband (so far), so the shadow cabinet remains as it was a month ago (with one exception), but there have been some changes in the shadow cabinet rankings, as voted for by LabourList readers. Andy Burnham continues his undisputed reign as darling of the party faithful at the top of the shadow cabinet tree, with Jon Cruddas close behind.
Hilary Benn is up into third this month – his best ever performance – and as she leaves the shadow cabinet Dame Tessa Jowell shoots up 4 places to depart as a top ten ranked shadow cabinet member. There has been some trading of places at the other end of the table, but the bottom eight remains much as it was last month. And Ivan Lewis and Liam Byrne continue their unwanted record of propping up the rest. They’ve been marooned at the bottom now as long as Burnham has been on top.
The full table is below, with changes since last month.
| 1 | Andy Burnham | (-) |
| 2 | Jon Cruddas | (-) |
| 3 | Hilary Benn | (Up 3) |
| 4 | Yvette Cooper | (Up 1) |
| 5 | Chuka Umunna | (Down 1) |
| 6 | Tom Watson | (Down 3) |
| 7 | Ed Balls | (-) |
| 8 | Rachel Reeves | (-) |
| 9 | Harriet Harman | (Up 2) |
| 10 | Tessa Jowell | (Up 4) |
| 11 | Sadiq Khan | (Down 2) |
| 12 | Douglas Alexander | (Up 1) |
| 13 | Angela Eagle | (Down 3) |
| 14 | Maria Eagle | (Up 1) |
| 15 | Emily Thornberry | (Down 3) |
| 16 | Jim Murphy | (-) |
| 17 | Vernon Coaker | (Up 3) |
| 18 | Owen Smith | (Up 1) |
| 19 | Jon Trickett | (Down 2) |
| 20 | Liz Kendall | (Down 2) |
| 21 | Mary Creagh | (-) |
| 22 | Margaret Curran | (Up 1) |
| 23 | Michael Dugher | (Down 1) |
| 24 | Rosie Winterton | (-) |
| 25 | Stephen Twigg | (Up 1) |
| 26 | Caroline Flint | (Down 1) |
| 27 | Ivan Lewis | (-) |
| 28 | Liam Byrne | (-) |
517 of you voted in this month’s survey – thanks to everyone who voted.
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