David Cameron has rearranged his shadow front following the government reshuffle.Greg Clark has been made shadow energy and climate change secretary. He will face up to Ed Miliband, who is running the new department. Greg Barker has been made shadow minister for climate change while Charles Hendry becomes shadow minister for energy. Mr Clark's promotion from shadow minister for charities marks a highlight in a meteoric rise through the party ranks. He entered parliament only three years ago in the 2005 general election. Firmly on the more liberal end of the Conservative spectrum, he caused consternation in Tory ranks and considerable bemusement in the media when he called on the party to pay less attention to Winston Churchill and more to left-wing Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee. As a student in Cambridge, he was a member of David Owen's Social Democrat party.
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