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Whitby names his shadow cabinet team

Phil Parkin back in favour as Conservatives face up to life in opposition

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Published May 22, 2012, in Politics


Sutton Coldfield Tory Phil Parkin has been promoted and will join his party’s shadow cabinet on Birmingham City Council.

Coun Parkin was deputy leader of the Conservative group in 2011, but resigned to concentrate on running a family business.

But Parkin, a keen exponent of social media and a campaigner for an elected mayor of Birmingham, is back in the fold and will be Tory spokesman for the wide-ranging brief of Culture, Leisure, Sport, Green & Smart City and Sustainability.

Mike Whitby, whose leadership of the council in coalition with the Liberal Democrats ends today (May 22), was re-elected unopposed as Tory group leader, with Robert Alden as his deputy.

With the exception of one newcomer, Sutton councillor James Bird, the Tories have opted for an experienced team to lead the opposition against the Labour controlled council.

The rest of the Conservative shadow cabinet is:

Deirdre Alden (Edgbaston) Health and Wellbeing

Alan Rudge (Sutton Vesey) Social Cohesion and Equalities

Timothy Huxtable (Bournville) Development, Transport and Property

Randal Brew (Northfield) Finance, Commissioning, Performance and Contracts

Anne Underwood (Sutton Four Oaks) Children’s Services

James Bird (Sutton New Hall) Education.

The posts follow the new cabinet positions devised by Labour.

However, the Conservatives have decided to split responsibility for schools and children’s social services between two members – James Bird and Anne Underwood.

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