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Of the 104 members of the Labour shadow government, 40 are women and 22 are new MPs.

Of the 2010 intake who have been given a job, 10 are men and 12 are women.

Gloria de Piero, a former TV lobby journalist, is a shadow culture minister, while Catherine McKinnell has been given a big promotion - she is shadow solicitor general.

Three other stars of the new intake have been given frontbench roles.

Chi Onwurah is at business, Emma Reynolds is under Yvette Cooper at the foreign and commonwealth office and Rachel Reeves has been appointed to shadow the DWP.

Shabana Mahmood, one of three Muslim women elected in May, is to join Ed Balls' home office team.

Gemma Doyle has been appointed as a shadow defence minister, along with another new MP, Michael Dugher.

Liverpool's Luciana Berger will shadow energy and climate change, Liz Kendall has been appointed to shadow health and Margaret Curran is at DWP.

Curran has extensive experience as a minister in the Scottish government.

Tom Greatex will shadow the Scotland Office and Owen Smith will do the same job for the Wales Office.

There are three new faces at the whips office: Jonathan Reynolds, Lillian Greenwood and Graham Jones.

Chuka Umunna, the much-feted new MP for Streatham, is given the plum role of PPS to Ed Miliband, leader of the opposition.

Rushanara Ali, another new MP from an ethnic minority, is part of the new shadow international development team led by Harriet Harman.

Among the new boys, rugby coach Toby Perkins has been appointed to Andy Burnham's shadow education team.

Chris Williamson will shadow communities along with Jack Dromey, husband of deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman.

Former special adviser John Woodcock has been appointed to the shadow transport team.

Chris Leslie and Stephen Twigg, who were ministers under Blair but lost their seats in 2005, have returned to frontbench politics.

Leslie is a shadow Treasury minister and Twigg will serve under Yvette Cooper shadowing the FCO.

Here is the list of shadow appointments:

Leader of the Opposition
Ed Miliband MP

PPS to the Leader of the Opposition
Anne McGuire MP
Chuka Umunna MP

Deputy Leader and Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
Harriet Harman MP
Mark Lazarowicz MP
Rushanara Ali MP

HM Treasury
Alan Johnson MP(Shadow Chancellor)
Angela Eagle MP(Shadow Chief Secretary)
David Hanson MP
Chris Leslie MP
Kerry McCarthy MP

Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Yvette Cooper MP
John Spellar MP
Wayne David MP
Stephen Twigg MP
Emma Reynolds MP

Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities
Yvette Cooper MP
Fiona MacTaggart MP

Home Office
Ed Balls MP
Vernon Coaker MP
Phil Woolas MP
Gerry Sutcliffe MP
Diana Johnson MP
Shabana Mahmood MP

Department for Education
Andy Burnham MP
Kevin Brennan MP
Sharon Hodgson MP
Iain Wright MP
Toby Perkins MP

Ministry of Justice
Sadiq Khan MP
Chris Bryant MP
Helen Goodman MP
Andy Slaughter MP
Rob Flello MP

Department for Work and Pensions
Douglas Alexander MP
Stephen Timms MP
Karen Buck MP
Margaret Curran MP
Rachel Reeves MP

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
John Denham MP
Gareth Thomas MP
Ian Lucas MP
Gordon Banks MP
Gordon Marsden MP
Nia Griffith MP
Chi Onwurah MP

Department of Health
John Healey MP
Diane Abbott MP
Emily Thornberry MP
Derek Twigg MP
Liz Kendall MP

Department for Communities and Local Government
Caroline Flint MP
Alison Seabeck MP
Barbara Keeley MP
Jack Dromey MP
Chris Williamson MP

Ministry of Defence
Jim Murphy MP
Kevan Jones MP
Russell Brown MP
Michael Dugher MP
Gemma Doyle MP

Department for Energy and Climate Change
Meg Hillier MP
Huw Irranca-Davies
Luciana Berger MP

Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Hilary Benn MP
Helen Jones MP

Department for Transport
Maria Eagle MP
Jim Fitzpatrick MP
Andrew Gwynne MP
John Woodcock MP

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Mary Creagh MP
Willie Bain MP
Jamie Reed MP
Peter Soulsby MP

Northern Ireland
Shaun Woodward MP
Eric Joyce MP

Scotland Office
Ann McKechin MP
Tom Greatrex MP

Wales
Peter Hain MP
Owen Smith MP

Culture, Media and Sport
Ivan Lewis MP
Tessa Jowell MP(Olympics)
Ian Austin MP
Gloria De Piero MP

Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

Cabinet Office
Liam Byrne MP
Jon Trickett MP
Roberta Blackman-Woods MP

Law Officers
Baroness Scotland(Shadow Attorney-General)
Catherine McKinnell MP(Shadow Solicitor-General)

Whips Office (Commons)
Rosie Winterton MP(Chief Whip)

Alan Campbell MP(Deputy Chief Whip)
Tony Cunningham MP(Pairing Whip)

Lyn Brown MP
Mark Tami MP
David Wright MP

Stephen Pound MP
David Hamilton MP
Dave Anderson MP
Angela C Smith MP
Phil Wilson MP
Lillian Greenwood MP
Jonathan Reynolds MP
Graham Jones MP

Whips Office (Lords)
Lord Bassam of Brighton(Lords Chief Whip)

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