David Cunliffe announced his first frontbench team on 23 September 2013, a week after he was elected Leader of the Labour Party. Following the April 2014 resignation of senior MP Shane Jones, Cunliffe reshuffled his Shadow Ministry on 6 May.^[1]^[2] Cunliffe ranked his top 25 MPs, with the remainder listed alphabetically. MPs who announced they would not contest the 2014 general election are listed last.

As the Labour Party formed the largest party not in government, this frontbench team was as a result the Official Opposition of the New Zealand House of Representatives.

	Shadow Minister	Portfolio
1	Hon David Cunliffe	Leader of the Opposition Spokesperson for the Security Intelligence Service Spokesperson for Regional Development
2	Hon David Parker	Deputy Leader Spokesperson for Finance Shadow Attorney-General
3	Grant Robertson	Shadow Leader of the House Spokesperson for Economic Development Spokesperson for Employment, Skills, and Training Associate Spokesperson for the SIS Associate Spokesperson for Arts, Culture, and Heritage
4	Hon Annette King	Spokesperson for Health
5	Jacinda Ardern	Spokesperson for Children Spokesperson for Police Spokesperson for Corrections Spokesperson for Arts, Culture and Heritage
6	Phil Twyford	Spokesperson for Housing Spokesperson for Transport Spokesperson for Auckland Issues Associate Spokesperson for the Environment (cities)
7	Hon Clayton Cosgrove	Spokesperson for State Owned Enterprises Spokesperson for Commerce Spokesperson for the Earthquake Commission Associate Spokesperson for Finance
8	Hon Nanaia Mahuta	Spokesperson for Maori Affairs Spokesperson for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Associate Spokesperson for Innovation, Research, and Development
9	Chris Hipkins	Spokesperson for Education Spokesperson for Early Childhood Education Spokesperson for Forestry
10	Sue Moroney	Senior Whip Spokesperson for Social Development
11	Andrew Little	Spokesperson for Justice Spokesperson for Labour
12	David Shearer	Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs Spokesperson for Energy and Resources
13	William Sio	Spokesperson for Pacific Island Affairs Spokesperson for Local Government Spokesperson on Interfaith Dialogue Associate Spokesperson for Social Development
14	Hon Phil Goff	Spokesperson for Defence Spokesperson for Trade Spokesperson for Ethnic Affairs Spokesperson for Veterans' Affairs Associate Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs
15	Hon Trevor Mallard	Spokesperson for Immigration Spokesperson for Internal Affairs Spokesperson for Sport and Recreation Spokesperson on the America's Cup Spokesperson on Animal Rights Associate Finance Spokesperson Associate Spokesperson for Economic Development
16	Hon Maryan Street	Spokesperson for State Services Spokesperson for Tertiary Education Spokesperson for Disarmament & Arms Control Associate Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs (ODA / human rights)
17	Louisa Wall	Spokesperson for Youth Affairs Spokesperson for the Voluntary & Community Sector Associate Spokesperson for Social Development Associate Spokesperson for Sport and Recreation Associate Spokesperson for Auckland Issues (South Auckland)
18	Moana Mackey	Spokesperson for the Environment Spokesperson on Climate Change Spokesperson for Science Associate Spokesperson for Health
19	Hon Damien O'Connor	Spokesperson for Primary Industries Spokesperson for Fisheries Spokesperson for Biosecurity Spokesperson for Food Safety
20	David Clark	Spokesperson for Revenue Spokesperson for Small Business Associate Spokesperson for Finance Associate Spokesperson for Health
21	Iain Lees-Galloway	Junior Whip Spokesperson for ACC Associate Spokesperson for Health
22	Kelvin Davis	Associate Spokesperson for Regional Development Associate Spokesperson for Education Associate Spokesperson for Police Associate Spokesperson for Corrections
23	Carol Beaumont	Assistant Whip Spokesperson for Women's Affairs Spokesperson for Consumer Rights & Standards Associate Spokesperson for Labour
24	Megan Woods	Spokesperson for Innovation, Research, and Development Associate Spokesperson on Transport Associate Spokesperson for Education (Christchurch) Associate Spokesperson for Tertiary Education (Christchurch)
25	Kris Faafoi	Spokesperson for Broadcasting Associate Spokesperson for Pacific Island Affairs Associate Spokesperson for Communications and IT

References

^ David Cunliffe (6 May 2014). "Fresh look for the incoming Government". Labour.org.nz. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
^ Vernon Small (6 May 2014). "Hipkins drops in Labour reshuffle". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 6 May 2014.

Shadow Cabinets of New Zealand

Kirk (1965–1972)
Marshall (1972–74)
Muldoon (1974–75)
Rowling (1975–83)
Lange (1983–84)
Muldoon (1984)
McLay (1984–86)
Bolger (1986–90)
Moore (1990–93)
Clark (1993–99)
Shipley (1999–2001)
English (2001–03)
Brash (2003–06)
Key (2006–08)
Goff (2008–11)
Shearer (2011–13)
Cunliffe (2013–14)
Little (2014–17)
Ardern (2017)
English (2017–18)
Bridges (2018–20)
Muller (2020)
Collins (2020–2021)
Luxon (2021–2023)
Hipkins (2023–present)

1965–present

New Zealand Labour Party

Leadership

Leaders Names in bold served as prime minister	Alfred Hindmarsh (1916–18) Harry Holland (1919–33) Michael Joseph Savage (1933–40) Peter Fraser (1940–50) Walter Nash (1950–63) Arnold Nordmeyer (1963–65) Norman Kirk (1965–74) Bill Rowling (1974–83) David Lange (1983–89) Geoffrey Palmer (1989–90) Mike Moore (1990–93) Helen Clark (1993–2008) Phil Goff (2008–11) David Shearer (2011–13) David Cunliffe (2013–14) Andrew Little (2014–17) Jacinda Ardern (2017–23) Chris Hipkins (2023–present)
Deputy leaders	James McCombs (1919–23) Michael Joseph Savage (1923–33) Peter Fraser (1933–40) Walter Nash (1940–51) Jerry Skinner (1951–62) Fred Hackett (1962–63) Hugh Watt (1963–74) Bob Tizard (1974–79) David Lange (1979–83) Geoffrey Palmer (1983–89) Helen Clark (1989–93) David Caygill (1993–96) Michael Cullen (1996–2008) Annette King (2008–11) Grant Robertson (2011–13) David Parker (2013–14) Annette King (2014–17) Jacinda Ardern (2017) Kelvin Davis (2017–23) Carmel Sepuloni (2023–present)
Leadership elections	1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1933 1940 1951 1954 1963 1965 1974 1980 1983 1988 1989 1990 1993 1996 2008 2011 2013 2014 2017 2023

Internal offices

Party presidents	James McCombs (1916–17) Andrew Walker (1917–18) Tom Paul (1918–20) Peter Fraser (1920–21) Frederick Cooke (1921–22) Tom Brindle (1922–26) Bob Semple (1926–28) John Archer (1928–29) Jim Thorn (1929–31) Rex Mason (1931–32) Bill Jordan (1932–33) Frank Langstone (1933–34) Tim Armstrong (1934–35) Walter Nash (1935–36) Clyde Carr (1936–37) James Roberts (1937–50) Arnold Nordmeyer (1950–55) Mick Moohan (1955–60) Martyn Finlay (1960–64) Norman Kirk (1964–66) Norman Douglas (1966–70) Bill Rowling (1970–73) Charles Bennett (1973–76) Arthur Faulkner (1976–79) Jim Anderton (1979–84) Margaret Wilson (1984–87) Rex Jones (1987–88) Ruth Dyson (1988–93) Maryan Street (1993–95) Michael Hirschfeld (1995–99) Bob Harvey (1999–2000) Mike Williams (2000–09) Andrew Little (2009–11) Moira Coatsworth (2011–15) Nigel Haworth (2015–19) Claire Szabó (2019–22) Jill Day (2022–present)
General secretaries	John Glover (1916–19) Michael Joseph Savage (1919–20) Moses Ayrton (1920–22) Walter Nash (1922–32) Jim Thorn (1932–36) David Wilson (1936–40) Mick Moohan (1940–48) Allan McDonald (1948–71) John Wybrow (1971–85) Tony Timms (1985–95) Rob Allen (1995–2000) Mike Smith (2001–08) Chris Flatt (2008–12) Tim Barnett (2012–16) Andrew Kirton (2016–18) Andre Anderson (2018–20) Rob Salmond (2020–present)
Senior Whips	Andrew Walker (1916–19) James McCombs (1919–22) Dan Sullivan (1922–35) Bill Jordan (1935–36) Robert McKeen (1937–39) James O'Brien (1939–42) Arthur Shapton Richards (1942–47) Robert Macfarlane (1947–51) Phil Connolly (1951–52) Joe Cotterill (1952–58) Henry May (1958–72) Ron Barclay (1972–76) Roger Drayton (1976–78) Russell Marshall (1978–80) Jonathan Hunt (1980–84) Michael Cullen (1984–87) Margaret Austin (1987–90) Trevor Mallard (1990) Jonathan Hunt (1990–96) Mark Burton (1996–99) Rick Barker (1999–2002) David Benson-Pope (2002–04) Jill Pettis (2004–05) Tim Barnett (2005–08) Darren Hughes (2008–11) Rick Barker (2011) Chris Hipkins (2011–13) Sue Moroney (2013–14) Chris Hipkins (2014–16) Kris Faafoi (2016–17) Ruth Dyson (2017–19) Michael Wood (2019–20) Kieran McAnulty (2020–22) Duncan Webb (2022–23) Tangi Utikere (2023–present)

Organisation

Current members
of parliament
Names without
electorates are list MPs
(List of former MPs)

Leader: Chris Hipkins (Remutaka)
Deputy Leader: Carmel Sepuloni (Kelston)

Related organisations

History

History and related topics	Liberal–Labour Labour Unity Conferences Lee affair Black Budget Mason Affair It's Time Citizens for Rowling Fish and Chip Brigade Rogernomics Māori loan affair Backbone club Closing the Gaps Helengrad Corngate Foreshore and seabed controversy KiwiSaver
Labour governments	First (1935–49) Second (1957–60) Third (1972–75) Fourth (1984–90) Fifth (1999–2008) Sixth (2017–23)
Shadow cabinets	Kirk Rowling Lange Moore Clark Goff Shearer Cunliffe Little Ardern Hipkins
Predecessor parties	New Zealand Liberal Party New Zealand Socialist Party Independent Political Labour League New Zealand Labour Party (1910) United Labour Party Social Democratic Party