The official opposition shadow cabinet (usually known simply as the shadow cabinet) is, in british parliamentary practice, senior members of her majesty's loyal opposition who scrutinise their corresponding government ministers, develop alternative policies, and hold the government to account for its actions and responses.. Shadow cabinet definition, (in the british parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power. see more.. A shadow cabinet is a group of politicians who hold a political post with their party, but whose party is not in government (that is, an opposition party). a member of the shadow cabinet is a shadow minister. the leader of a shadow cabinet is called the leader of the opposition..
It is a remarkable transformation: in the 1963 shadow cabinet elections, the highest placed woman was 23 rd (barbara castle; the only others, judith hart and alice bacon, were 26 th and 27 th). in 1980, 21 mps were elected to the shadow cabinet, all male. angela eagle is from a different age.. Shadow assistant minister for indigenous affairs and aboriginal and torres strait islanders senator patrick dodson. manager of opposition business in the senate shadow cabinet secretary shadow assistant minister for citizenship and multicultural australia senator the hon jacinta collins. shadow assistant minister to the leader (tasmania). Shadow cabinet is the third installment in maureen johnson�s shades of london series, and for real, the series is only getting better. the series is about a louisiana girl named rory who transfers to a boarding school in london and in the first book, she develops the ability to see ghosts (ooohh)..
