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Official Opposition frontbench

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The frontbench of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the Parliament of the United Kingdom consists of the Shadow Cabinet and other official shadow ministers of the political party currently serving as the Official Opposition. The Opposition front bench provide Parliamentary opposition to the British Government front bench, and is currently the Conservative Party, since 5th July 2024. An official Leader of the Opposition has yet to be chosen since the resignation of Rishi Sunak after the 2024 General Election, where the Conservatives lost the election after the Labour Landslide.

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Sits in the House of Commons
Sits in the House of Lords
Privy Counsellor
Shadow Cabinet full members in bold
Shadow Cabinet attendees in bold italics

Although listed, Parliamentary Private Secretaries do not sit on the front bench.[1][2] Members of the front bench sitting on Labour's National Executive Committee are also listed.

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  1. ^ Maer, Lucinda (4 September 2017). "Parliamentary Private Secretaries". House of Commons Library: 4.
  2. ^ "Parliamentary private secretaries". instituteforgovernment.org.uk. Institute for Government. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021. As they are not members of the government, PPSs are also barred from speaking or answering questions from the frontbench in parliament.

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