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| Margaret Thatcher | |
| James Callaghan | |
| Michael Foot | |
| Neil Kinnock | |
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James Callaghan became Leader of the Opposition on 4 May 1979 after losing the 1979 election and remained in that office until Michael Foot was elected Leader of the Labour Party on 2 October 1980. Callaghan named his Shadow Cabinet in June 1979, with Foot (the Deputy Leader) and the 12 elected members of the Shadow Cabinet assigned portfolios on 14 June[1] and further appointments made on 18 June.[2] From the opening of Parliament until that date, Callaghan's Cabinet, with a few exceptions, stayed on to shadow their former positions.
Callaghan assigned portfolios On 14 July 1979 to the Deputy Leader and the 12 winners in the 1979 Shadow Cabinet elections.[n 1]
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