Sentence examples for serve as shadow from inspiring English sources

Others will feel duty-bound to serve as shadow ministers in spite of their differences.

But the divisions between the brothers over strategy for tackling the deficit made it unrealistic for him to serve as shadow Chancellor.

He was the environment minister under Tony Blair between 1997 and 2003 and went on to serve as shadow transport secretary.

Despite Labour's poor showing in the 2015 U.K. general election, Abbott hung on to her seat, going on to serve as shadow secretary of state for international development (2015 16) before becoming shadow secretary of state for public health in June 2016.

One organiser said: "The plan is to make Corbyn's job as leader extremely difficult in the hope of pushing him to resign, with most MPs refusing to serve as shadow ministers, show up on the frontbench in the House of Commons, support him at PMQs or formulate policy under his leadership".

Mr Umunna said he would continue to serve as shadow business secretary and hoped to "play a leading role" in Labour's campaign to keep the UK in the EU during the forthcoming in/out referendum.

Initially Balls served as shadow home secretary.

He served as shadow Scottish secretary in the 1980s.

Mr Evans was elected in 1992 and served as shadow Welsh Secretary under Iain Duncan Smith.

In 1996, Maurice was made a peer and he served as shadow Treasury spokesman under Ian Duncan Smith's leadership.

His first disappointment was failing to make it into Cameron's first cabinet, despite serving as shadow home secretary.