| Shadow Cabinet |
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| Tony Blair |
Leader of the Opposition (referred to throughout as TB or Tony) |
| John Prescott |
Deputy Leader (JP, John P) |
| Gordon Brown |
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (GB) |
| Robin Cook |
Foreign Affairs (RC, Robin C) |
| Margaret Beckett |
Health 1994–95, Trade and Industry 1995–97 (MB, Margaret B) |
| Donald Dewar |
Social Security 1994–95, Labour Chief Whip 1995–97 (DD, Donald D) |
| Jack Straw |
Home Affairs (JS, Jack S) |
| David Blunkett |
Education (DB, David B) |
| Harriet Harman |
Employment 1994–95, Health 1995–96, Social Security 1996–97 (HH, Harriet) |
| Andrew Smith |
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury 1994–96, Transport 1996–97 |
| Frank Dobson |
Environment 1994–95, Environment and London 1995–97 (FD, Dobbo) |
| George Robertson |
Scotland (GR, George R) |
| Mo Mowlam |
Northern Ireland (Mo) |
| Chris Smith |
National Heritage 1994–95, Social Security 1995–96, Health 1996–97 |
| Jack Cunningham |
Trade and Industry 1994–95, National Heritage 1996–97 JC, Jack C) |
| Michael Meacher |
Transport 1994–95, Employment 1995–96, Environment 1996–97 (MM) |
| Ron Davies |
Wales |
| David Clark |
Defence |
| Joan Lestor |
Overseas Development 1994–96 |
| Gavin Strang |
Agriculture |
| Ann Taylor |
Shadow Leader of the Commons 1994–97 |
| Derek Foster |
Labour Chief Whip 1994–95, Shadow Duchy of Lancaster 1995–97 |
| Clare Short |
Shadow Transport 1994–96, Overseas Development 1996–97 |
| Lord (Ivor) Richard |
Shadow Leader of the Lords |
| Lord (Derry) Irvine |
Shadow Lord Chancellor |
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| Leader’s Office |
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| Tim Allan |
Press officer |
| John Burton |
Blair’s constituency agent |
| Alastair Campbell |
Leader’s press secretary (AC) |
| Hilary Coffman |
Press officer |
| Jon Cruddas |
Trade union liaison |
| Kate Garvey |
Personal assistant to TB |
| Bruce Grocott MP |
TB’s parliamentary private secretary |
| Anji Hunter |
Head of office (AH, Anji) |
| Peter Hyman |
Speechwriter, policy adviser |
| Sue Jackson |
Head of administration |
| Liz Lloyd |
Policy adviser |
| Pat McFadden |
Policy adviser |
| David Miliband |
Head of policy (DM, David M) |
| Sally Morgan |
Political secretary (SM, Sally M) |
| Geoffrey Norris |
Policy adviser, trade and industry |
| Jonathan Powell |
Chief of staff |
| Roz Preston |
Adviser to Cherie Blair |
| James Purnell |
Policy adviser |
| Derek Scott |
Policy adviser, economics |
| Terry Rayner |
Driver (Government Car Service) |
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| Key Advisers outside the Leader’s Office |
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| Charlie Falconer |
Barrister, close friend of Tony Blair |
| Philip Gould |
Pollster and strategist; adviser to Tony Blair (PG) |
| Peter Mandelson |
Labour MP for Hartlepool |
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| Conservative Ministers 1994–97 |
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| John Major |
Prime Minister 1990–97 (JM) |
| Michael Heseltine |
Trade and Industry to 1995, Deputy Prime Minister 1995–97 (Hezza) |
| Kenneth Clarke |
Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| Michael Howard |
Home Secretary |
| Malcolm Rifkind |
Defence to 1995, Foreign Secretary 1995–97 |
| Michael Portillo |
Employment, 1994–95, Defence 1995–97 |
| Stephen Dorrell |
National Heritage to 1995, Health 1995–97 |
| Gillian Shepherd |
Education and Employment |
| Brian Mawhinney |
Conservative Party chairman 1995–97 |
| John Redwood |
Wales, to 1995 |
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| Gordon Brown’s Office |
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| Douglas Alexander |
Adviser |
| Ed Balls |
Economic adviser |
| Ed Miliband |
Adviser |
| Sue Nye |
Assistant to Gordon Brown |
| Charlie Whelan |
Brown’s press spokesman (CW, Charlie W) |
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| The Labour Party |
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| James Callaghan |
Labour Prime Minister 1976–79, Labour Leader 1976–80 |
| Michael Foot |
Labour Leader 1980–83 |
| Neil Kinnock |
Labour Leader 1983–92, European Commissioner from 1995 (Neil, NK) |
| John Smith |
Labour Leader 1992–94 (JS) |
| Nick Brown |
Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne East |
| Alistair Darling |
Labour MP for Edinburgh Central |
| Anna Healy |
Press officer |
| David Hill |
Chief spokesman for the Labour Party |
| Joy Johnson |
Director of campaigns, elections and media 1995–96 |
| Tessa Jowell |
Labour MP for Dulwich |
| Gerald Kaufman |
Labour MP for Manchester Gorton |
| Fraser Kemp |
Labour Party election co-ordinator |
| Michael Levy |
Businessman, Labour Party fundraiser |
| Jack McConnell |
Scottish Labour Party general secretary |
| Margaret McDonagh |
Senior campaign organiser |
| Jo Moore |
Press officer |
| Tom Sawyer |
Labour Party general secretary 1994–98 |
| Dennis Skinner |
Labour MP for Bolsover |
| Brian Wilson |
Labour MP for Cunninghame North |
| Rosie Winterton |
Head of John Prescott’s office |
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| Trade Union General Secretaries |
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| Rodney Bickerstaffe |
UNISON |
| John Edmonds |
GMB |
| Bill Morris |
TGWU |
| John Monks |
TUC |
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| Family, Friends and Others |
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| Fiona Millar |
Campbell’s partner (FM) |
| Rory, Calum and Grace Campbell |
Children of Campbell and Fiona Millar |
| Betty Campbell |
Campbell’s mother |
| Donald Campbell |
Campbell’s father |
| Audrey Millar |
Mother of Fiona |
| Bob Millar |
Father of Fiona (died 1994) |
| Paddy Ashdown |
Liberal Democrat MP, Lib Dem leader |
| Martin Bell |
Journalist and independent parliamentary candidate |
| Cherie Blair |
Wife of Tony Blair (CB) |
| Sir Robin Butler |
Cabinet secretary and head of the Civil Service |
| Carole Caplin |
Friend and adviser to Cherie Blair (CC) |
| Charles |
Prince of Wales |
| Alan Clark |
Conservative politician and diarist, friend of AC |
| Bill Clinton |
US President 1992–2000 (Bill C, BC) |
| Gavyn Davies |
Economist, husband of Sue Nye, unofficial adviser to TB |
| Diana |
Princess of Wales |
| Molly Dineen |
Film-maker |
| Murray Elder |
Former chief of staff to Labour leader John Smith |
| Alex Ferguson |
Manager, Manchester United Football Club |
| Joe Haines |
Former press secretary to Harold Wilson |
| Neil Hamilton |
Conservative MP for Tatton |
| Matthew Harding |
Businessman and Labour supporter (died 1996) |
| Roy Hattersley |
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, 1983–92 |
| Alan Howarth |
Tory MP who defected to Labour |
| Glenys Kinnock |
Labour MEP from 1994, wife of Neil Kinnock |
| Mike McCurry |
Bill Clinton’s press secretary |
| David Mills |
Lawyer, husband of Tessa Jowell |
| Pauline Prescott |
Wife of John Prescott |
| Queen Elizabeth II |
UK monarch |
| Maggie Rae |
Lawyer advising Diana, Princess of Wales |
| Gail Rebuck |
Publisher, wife of Philip Gould |
| Alan Sugar |
Businessman |
| Margaret Thatcher |
Conservative Prime Minister 1979–90 |
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| The Media |
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| Tony Bevins |
Observer political editor to 1996, then
Independent |
| David Bradshaw |
Mirror deputy political editor |
| Michael Brunson |
ITN political editor |
| Paul Dacre |
Daily Mail |
| Sir David English |
Chairman and editor-in-chief, Associated Newspapers |
| Sir David Frost |
Breakfast with Frost presenter |
| Andrew Grice |
Sunday Times political editor |
| Phil Hall |
Editor, News of the World, 1995–2000 |
| Tony Hall |
Chief executive, BBC News |
| Stuart Higgins |
Editor, Sun, 1994–98 |
| Les Hinton |
Executive chairman, News International |
| John Humphrys |
BBC Today presenter |
| Trevor Kavanagh |
Sun political editor |
| Donald Macintyre |
Independent political commentator |
| Andrew Marr |
Independent political editor 1992–96, editor 1996–98 |
| David Montgomery |
Chief executive, Mirror Group plc |
| Piers Morgan |
Editor, News of the World, 1994–95, then Daily Mirror |
| Rupert Murdoch |
Chairman, News Corporation |
| Robin Oakley |
BBC political editor |
| Peter Riddell |
Times political commentator |
| Alan Rusbridger |
Editor of the Guardian |
| John Sergeant |
Chief political correspondent, BBC |
| Jon Snow |
Channel 4 News |
| Jon Sopel |
BBC political correspondent |
| Irwin Stelzer |
Economist and journalist, adviser to Rupert Murdoch |
| Peter Stothard |
Editor of The Times |
| Richard Stott |
Editor of Today newspaper, 1993–95, personal friend of AC |
| Jeremy Vine |
BBC political reporter |
| Philip Webster |
Times political editor |
| Michael White |
Guardian political editor |
| Patrick Wintour |
Guardian political correspondent |