A group of members of the principal political party in opposition that are chosen as counterparts of members of the government who hold cabinet positions.
he reshuffled his shadow cabinet on Wednesday night
as modifiershe was forced to modify her position after coming under pressure from shadow cabinet ministers
Example sentencesExamples
For three years he had the relatively junior job of shadow science minister outside of the Shadow Cabinet.
The current cabinet and the shadow cabinet have no intention whatsoever of withdrawal from Europe.
The former Labour Chancellor may quit politics rather than take a Shadow Cabinet job.
This is the prime minister's signature policy that he implemented without reference to his shadow cabinet.
This means the major parties struggle to achieve gender balance in their Cabinets and Shadow Cabinets.
Definition of shadow cabinet in US English:
shadow cabinet
noun
British
A group of members of the principal political party in opposition that are chosen as counterparts of members of the government who hold cabinet positions.
he reshuffled his shadow cabinet on Wednesday night
as modifiershe was forced to modify her position after coming under pressure from shadow cabinet ministers
Example sentencesExamples
For three years he had the relatively junior job of shadow science minister outside of the Shadow Cabinet.
This is the prime minister's signature policy that he implemented without reference to his shadow cabinet.
The current cabinet and the shadow cabinet have no intention whatsoever of withdrawal from Europe.
This means the major parties struggle to achieve gender balance in their Cabinets and Shadow Cabinets.
The former Labour Chancellor may quit politics rather than take a Shadow Cabinet job.