Experience of government

With all this talk of elections, it is worth researching which of the opposition parties has most experience of government. It turns out that there is practically none in the Labour shadow cabinet, though Barry Gardiner was once a bag-carrier at Trade and Industry under Gordon Brown. Here are the salient comparisons with the Lib Dems:

Position	Liberal Democrat Name (Previous highest post)	Labour Name (Previous highest post)
Prime Minister	Jo Swinson [Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs]	Jeremy Corbyn [Member, Haringey Council]
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Ed Davey [Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change]	John McDonnell [chief executive of the Association of London Government]
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	Sam Gyimah [Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation]	Rebecca Long-Bailey
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs International Trade	Chuka Umunna	Emily Thornberry Barry Gardiner [Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Trade and Industry]
Home Department Women and Equalities	Christine Jardine	Diane Abbott Dawn Butler
Justice	Phillip Lee [Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice]	Richard Burgon
Exiting the European Union Duchy of Lancaster	Tom Brake [Deputy Leader of the House of Commons]	Keir Starmer [Director of Public Prosecutions]
Defence	Jamie Stone [Member, Highland Council]	Nia Griffith
Cabinet Office	Sir Vince Cable [Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills]	Jo Platt