Labour's new shadow cabinet lineup

Harriet Harman team is evenly balanced, with 14 women and 15 men. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Harriet Harman

Leader of the opposition and acting leader of the Labour party

Deputy leader Harman is taking over from Ed Miliband but acting only as an interim leader, and will step down from her post as deputy when a new leader is elected.

Chris Leslie

Shadow chancellor of the exchequer

Replacing the now-jobless Ed Balls, Leslie is promoted from shadow chief secretary to the Treasury.

Chris Leslie. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

Hilary Benn

Shadow foreign secretary

Douglas Alexander lost his seat to the SNP, and his replacement is Benn, who had held the communities brief.

Hilary Benn. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

Yvette Cooper

Shadow home secretary
Cooper, assumed by most to be a leadership contender, keeps the shadow home secretary role.

Yvette Cooper. Photograph: Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images

Lord Falconer of Thoroton

Shadow lord chancellor, shadow secretary of state for justice
The former lord chancellor has the brief again in opposition, taking over from Sadiq Khan, who is set to run for mayor of London.

Charles Falconer. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images

Rosie Winterton

Opposition chief whip

Winterton remains in the role she has held since 2010.

Rosie Winterton. Photograph: Labour party/Press Association

Andy Burnham

Shadow secretary of state for health
The favourite to succeed Miliband as Labour leader, Burnham remains in the shadow health role.

Andy Burnham. Photograph: David Gadd/Allstar/Sportsphoto Ltd

Chuka Umunna

Shadow secretary of state for business

Umunna, also tipped as a potential leader, is once again the spokesman for business and innovation.

Chuka Umunna refuses to confirm whether he is running to be the next Labour leader

Rachel Reeves

Shadow secretary of state for work and pensions

Reeves keeps the post she was promoted to in 2013, having previously been shadow chief secretary to the Treasury.

Rachel Reeves. Photograph: Mike Kemp/In Pictures/Corbis

Tristram Hunt

Shadow secretary of state for education
Another potential leadership contender keeps the same post as he held before the election.

Tristram Hunt. Photograph: David Hartley/REX Shutterstock

Vernon Coaker

Shadow secretary of state for defence

Coaker was promoted to the role in 2013 by Miliband and keeps the defence brief.

Vernon Coaker. Photograph: Chris Ison/PA

Emma Reynolds

Shadow secretary of state for communities

Reynolds gets a promotion; she was previously shadow minister for housing.

Emma Reynolds. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Wire/Press Association Images

Caroline Flint

Shadow secretary of state for energy and climate change

Flint, who is said to be considering a deputy leadership or even leadership bid, has been the shadow secretary for energy since 2011.

Caroline Flint. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

Angela Eagle

Shadow leader of the House of Commons and chair of the national policy forum

Another Labour heavyweight said to have an eye on the deputy leadership, Eagle has held the House of Commons role since 2011, and has chaired the forum since last year.

Angela Eagle. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA Archive/Press Association Ima

Michael Dugher

Shadow secretary of state for transport

Dugher keeps the transport brief he has held since last year.

Michael Dugher. Photograph: REX

Ivan Lewis

Shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland

Lewis, formerly shadow secretary of state for international development, has held the Northern Ireland post since 2013.

Ivan Lewis Photograph: David Gadd/Allstar/Sportsphoto Ltd

Mary Creagh

Shadow secretary of state for international development

Creagh took this post last year in Miliband’s last reshuffle, having been a shadow minister for both transport and the environment.

Mary Creagh. Photograph: Ray Tang/Rex

Ian Murray

Shadow secretary of state for Scotland

For Labour’s only Scottish MP left, it seems an obvious choice.

Ian Murray. Photograph: Ken Jack/Ken Jack/Demotix/Corbis

Owen Smith

Shadow secretary of state for Wales

The MP for Pontypridd keeps his Welsh role.

Owen Smith. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Wire/Press Association Images

Maria Eagle

Shadow secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs

Harman keeps Eagle in the role she held since 2013.

Maria Eagle. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian.

Lucy Powell

Shadow minister for the cabinet office

Miliband’s campaign chief keeps her job as a shadow minister.

Lucy Powell. Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian

Jon Trickett

Shadow minister without portfolio and deputy party chair

A key Miliband ally, Trickett keeps the position he held under the former leader.

Jon Trickett. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Archive/Press Association Ima

Gloria De Piero

Shadow minister for women and equalities

Tipped as the next deputy leader by backbencher John Mann, De Piero keeps her role as women’s shadow minister.

Gloria De Piero. Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian

Chris Bryant

Shadow secretary of state for culture, media and sport

A new job for the former shadow minister for the arts, in a position previously held by Harman.

Chris Bryant. Photograph: David Levene

Shabana Mahmood

Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury

A promotion for the former minister for business, who will be number two to Leslie.

Shabana Mahmood. Photograph: Martin Argles

Liz Kendall

Shadow minister for care and older people

The first to declare her candidacy for Labour leader, Kendall will be attending shadow cabinet in her shadow ministerial role.

Liz Kendall. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

Lord Bach

Shadow attorney general

Bach replaced Emily Thornberry in 2014 after the ”white van” Twitter picture scandal.

Lord Bach. Photograph: Graham Turner

In the Lords

Lady Royall of Blaisdon

Shadow leader of the House of Lords

Lady Royall. Photograph: Daneil Deme/EPA

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Lords chief whip