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 News Josh Simons resigns as Cabinet Office minister amid investigation MP for Makerfield and former director of Labour Together Josh Simons has resigned as a Cabinet Office minister.… Daniel Green 28th February, 2026, 6:16 pm Comment ‘After years of cuts, Labour’s local government settlement begins to put things right’ After more than a decade in which austerity hollowed out local government, the final Local Government Finance Settlement… Sally Jameson MP 28th February, 2026, 12:30 pm Comment ‘The Sherriff of Wild Westminster: what must change in elections bill’ British democracy is facing a crisis of confidence. With the dark tendrils of the Epstein files reaching deep… Francis Bell & Susan Hawley 28th February, 2026, 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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