Who in the shadow cabinet has appeared on breakfast TV the most?

Darren Jones, the newest member of the shadow cabinet, has appeared on more breakfast TV rounds than any other shadow cabinet member since September.

The shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, who was parachuted in as Rachel Reeves’ deputy in the last reshuffle, has appeared 15 times in front of Kay Burley and other breakfast hosts.

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Electoral coordinator Pat McFadden appears 12 times, shadow secretary of state for women and equalities Annelise Dodds appears 10 times, while McFadden’s deputy Jonathan Jonathan Ashworth and shadow education secretary Bridget Philipson appeared eight times, tied with shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper. Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting was seven o’clock.

However, many of Starmer’s top team did not feature in the breakfast round.

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Angela Renner only appears once during breakfast, which is very low. That doesn’t include a one-on-one with Sky political editor Beth Rigby 42 days ago, or an off-camera lunch with political reporters this week.

Another absentee from the morning round is shadow foreign secretary and brilliant broadcaster David Lammy. He only made two appearances, while Rachel Reeves appeared five times.

Meanwhile, on the Conservative side, Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron has only appeared once in the morning meeting since his appointment in November 2023.

Here is the complete list:

Darren Jones – 15
Pat McFadden – 12
Anneliese Dodds – 10
Jonathan Ashworth – 9
Jonathan Reynolds – 9
Bridget Phillipson – 8
Yvette Cooper – 8
Wes Streeting – 7
John Healy – 6
Nick Thomas Simmonds – 5
James Murray – 5
Ellie Reeves – 5
Rachel Reeves – 5
Steve Reed – 4
Kris Bryant – 4
Tangam Debonel – 4
Tulip Siddique – 4
Liz Kendall – 4
Alex Norris – 3
Keir Starmer – 3
Peter Kyle – 3
Sarah Jones – 3
Lisa Nandy – 3
David Lammy – 2
Lucy Powell – 2
Ian Murray – 1
Luke Pollard – 1
Andrew Gwin – 1
Angela Renner – 1
Louise Haig – 1
Emily Thornberry – 1
Catherine McKinnell – 1