But senior figures, including Ed Balls, Yvette Cooper and Douglas Alexander, retain their existing positions.
Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander said as much last week but no-one seemed to notice.
But if Douglas Alexander, Labour's whizz-kid candidate, does indeed win, Tony Blair will be mightily relieved.
His successor, Douglas Alexander, has since suggested that road pricing could be brought in within a decade.
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Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander said the reports of the "grave and tragic events" were "deeply concerning".
Labour foreign affairs spokesman Douglas Alexander said the latest allegations showed that rules about lobbying needed to be reformed.
Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander asked Mr Hague to confirm the extent of recent sanctions agreed by EU leaders.
Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander said the government had his party's support in how it has responded to the situation.
Shadow International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander called on the minister to clarify exactly how the aid money would be spent.
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More recently Douglas Alexander, the shadow foreign secretary, has tried to nudge Labour towards a more critical position on Europe.
Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander said Labour did not not support the status quo in Europe and changes were needed.
Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander told MPs that "not everything in this bill is bad, though nothing in it is particularly good".
Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander accused the prime minister of not being in control of the agenda or of his own party.
Earlier, International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander compared the move to the talks that brought an end to the conflict in Northern Ireland.
Labour's shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander said the islanders had resisted "overt and unhelpful pressure" from the Argentine government in the run-up to the referendum.
Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander raised concerns about comments from US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta about a US withdrawal from combat roles in 2013.
Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander, speaking on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show, said the Church also had a role to play in calling for change.
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Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development, said the report showed the UK public's support brought a "vital lifeline" to communities across the Indian Ocean.
Britain's international development secretary, Douglas Alexander, said in Rome that Mugabe has "neither the credibility or the authority" to speak about food prices or food production.
Nato Secretary General Lord Robertson and Douglas Alexander, MP for Paisley South and the son of Mr Dewar's close friend the Rev Douglas Alexander were also there.
Mr Mitchell paid tribute to his predecessor Douglas Alexander, saying that he looked forward to "building on the progress made by the previous government on this agenda".
Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander said he welcomed the progress made at the London conference but asked Mr Hague to clarify the government's position on arming rebel forces.
"There are still countries that are coming to terms with the decisions reached, " says the UK's Europe Minister Douglas Alexander - referring to the referendums in France and the Netherlands.
Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander welcomed Mr Hague's statement, telling MPs that responsibility for the deaths of civilians lay solely "at the door of President Assad and his murderous regime".
On Thursday afternoon, the deputy prime minister joined Mr Reid and Transport Secretary Douglas Alexander at a meeting with the National Aviation Security Committee, which contains senior aviation industry figures.
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But shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander said he believed a commitment to stage an in-out referendum at some unspecified point in the future was "bad for the UK's influence within Europe".
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Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander welcomed Mr Hague's decision.
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For Labour, shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander said the European Central Bank (ECB) should be the lender of last resort for the eurozone and "does need to be delivering more fire power".
But shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander asked Mr Hague to explain how "abstaining in last week's vote at the United Nations has either enhanced the UK's influence with Israel or enhanced the UK's influence with the Palestinians".
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