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Nicholas Cecil

Meet Kemi Badenoch's new shadow Cabinet: How many of them can you name?

New Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has appointed her shadow Cabinet.

Some of the faces in her top team may be familiar such as shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel, shadow Chancellor Mel Stride and shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick, who lost out in the final of the leadership contest to Ms Badenoch.

But many of the new shadow Cabinet ministers are likely to be unknown to many voters across the country.

The Tories only have 121 MPs left in Parliament after losing more than 200 seats in the July general election in their worst electoral disaster since 1832.

Some of the remaining bigger names, such as former Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and ex-Home Secretary James Cleverly have decided to return to the backbenches.

So how many of the shadow Cabinet can you name?

Ten would be impressive, 20 would be following politics very closely and 30 would be a sign of political expertise.

Kemi Badenoch’s shadow Cabinet (Conservatives)

From left to right front row: Shadow culture secretary Stuart Andrew, shadow work and pensions secretary Helen Whately, shadow transport secretary Gareth Bacon, shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch, shadow home secretary Chris Philp, shadow net zero secretary Claire Coutinho, shadow environment secretary Victoria Atkins, shadow education secretary Laura Trott and shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Richard Fuller.

From left to right back row: Shadow communities secretary Kevin Hollinrake, shadow Welsh secretary Mims Davies, shadow Scotland secretary Andrew Bowie, shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith, party co-chairman Nigel Huddleston, shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick, shadow Chancellor Mel Stride, shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Alex Burghart, Tory co-chairman Lord Johnson of Lainston, shadow science secretary Alan Mak, shadow health secretary Ed Argar, shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge, shadow Commons leader Jesse Norman, shadow Lords Leader Lord True, Conservative Party chief executive Stephen Massey, and Opposition Chief Whip Dame Rebecca Harris.

If you got all of those right, hats off!

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