Round-up of Members Lobby contact changes

Changes to the Members Lobby contact management system in the last month

By-elections

• Gareth Snell (Labour) won the by-election caused by the resignation by Tristram Hunt (Labour) at Stoke-on-Trent Central
• Trudy Harrison (Conservative) won the by-election caused by the resignation of Jamie Reed (Labour) at Copeland

Appointments to the Labour front bench

Shadow Cabinet:

• Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy – Rebecca Long-Bailey
• Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Sue Hayman
• Shadow Secretary of State for Wales – Christina Rees
• Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury – Peter Dowd

These appointments follow the resignations over the past three weeks of:

• Tulip Siddiq (Shadow Minister for Early Years)
• Jo Stevens (Shadow Secretary of State for Wales)
• Dawn Butler (Shadow Minister for Diverse Communities)
• Rachael Maskell (Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
• Clive Lewis (Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

They all resigned after refusing to support Labour's backing for legislation paving the way for the UK's departure from the EU.

Other Labour appointments

• Ian Lavery and Andrew Gwynn - joint National Elections and Campaign Coordinators
• Jon Trickett - Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office (continuing also as Shadow Lord President of the Council)

New ministerial responsibilities for the life sciences sector

• Lord O’Shaughnessy, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health, will lead on:
• • the DH life science industrial strategy
  • the Accelerated Access Review
  • making a success of leaving the European Union
  • the biopharmaceutical and medical technology industry
• Nicola Blackwood, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Innovation, will lead on:
• • genomics
  • data and digital health
  • emerging health technologies
• Lord Prior will be responsible for the BEIS life science industrial strategy. He will work with the BEIS Secretary of State, Greg Clark, to oversee the UK’s drive to lead the world in the new age of global science.
• Greg Hands, Minister of State for Trade and Investment, will lead on high value export and investment campaigns on behalf of the Life Sciences Organisation (LSO).

Select Committees

• Scottish Affairs - Craig Williams replaced Dr Dan Poulter
• Women and Equalities - Lucy Allan replaced Jo Churchill
• Backbench Business Committee – Robert Courts replaced Dan Poulter

Deaths of peers

• Baroness Heyhoe Flint died on January 18
• Baroness Wall of New Barnet died on January 25
• Lord (Don) Dixon died on 19 February