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Birmingham Edgbaston MP Preet Kaur Gill have been given a role in new Labour leader Keir Starmer's shadow cabinet.

She is the Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, in the new Labour top team.

Previously, Ms Gill was a shadow international development minister. The promotion means that she has replaced Dan Carden, who has left the Shadow Cabinet.

It's a particular achievement for Ms Gill as she has only been an MP since 2017.

Sir Keir secured 56% of the 490,731 votes cast in the three-month contest to elect a new Labour leader – beating his rivals Rebecca Long-Bailey and Ms Nandy to replace former leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Today he completed the process of making appointments to his Shadow Cabinet.

Ed Miliband, the former Labour leader, returned to the front bench as the new Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industry.

Sir Keir has been generous to his defeated opponents in the leadership contest. He appointed Ms Nandy as his Shadow Foreign Secretary and Ms Long-Bailey as his Shadow Education Secretary. Emily Thornberry, who also stood for the leadership but failed to make it through to the final stage of the contest, is Shadow International Trade Secretary.

One name missing is that of Jess Phillips, the Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley who also stood for the leadership but withdrew from the contest. Shadow ministerial roles outside the Shadow Cabinet have not yet been announced, and it's possible she could be considered for one of those.

Walsall South MP Valerie Vaz retained her job as Shadow Leader of the Commons.

Angela Rayner, who won the election to become Deputy Leader, is Chair of the Labour Party and Anneliese Dodds is Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer.

A number of politicians who were seen as close to Jeremy Corbyn are no longer in the Shadow Cabinet. They include Richard Burgon, Dawn Butler, Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, Ian Lavery and Jon Trickett.

Labour says the appointments create a gender-balanced Shadow Cabinet, with 17 women and 15 men. It has seven black or minority ethnic members.

(Image: Daily Mirror/Andy Stenning)

Sir Keir said: "I’m proud to have appointed a Shadow Cabinet that showcases the breadth, depth and talents of the Labour Party.

"This is a new team that will be relentlessly focused on acting in the national interest to respond to the coronavirus pandemic and rebuilding Labour so that it can win the next election.”

The new Shadow Cabinet in full

· Keir Starmer, Leader of the Opposition

· Angela Rayner, Deputy Leader and Chair of the Labour Party

· Anneliese Dodds, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer

· Lisa Nandy, Shadow Foreign Secretary

· Nick Thomas-Symonds, Shadow Home Secretary

· Rachel Reeves, Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

· David Lammy, Shadow Justice Secretary

· John Healey, Shadow Defence Secretary

· Ed Miliband, Shadow Business, Energy and Industrial Secretary

· Emily Thornberry, Shadow International Trade Secretary

· Jonathan Reynolds, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary

· Jonathan Ashworth, Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

· Rebecca Long-Bailey, Shadow Education Secretary

· Jo Stevens, Shadow Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

· Bridget Philipson, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury

· Luke Pollard, Shadow Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary

· Steve Reed, Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary

· Thangam Debbonaire, Shadow Housing Secretary

· Jim McMahon, Shadow Transport Secretary

· Preet Kaur Gill, Shadow International Development Secretary

· Louise Haigh, Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary (interim)

· Ian Murray, Shadow Scotland Secretary

· Nia Griffith, Shadow Wales Secretary

· Marsha de Cordova, Shadow Women and Equalities Secretary

· Andy McDonald, Shadow Employment Rights and Protections Secretary

· Rosena Allin-Khan, Shadow Minister for Mental Health

· Cat Smith, Shadow Minister for Young People and Voter Engagement

· Lord Falconer, Shadow Attorney General

· Valerie Vaz, Shadow Leader of the House

· Nick Brown, Opposition Chief Whip

· Baroness Smith, Shadow Leader of the Lords

· Lord McAvoy, Lords’ Opposition Chief Whip