Labour leader Ed Miliband selected Hunt to replace Stephen Twigg, who had held the education brief since 2010, to challenge Education Secretary Michael Gove in the run-up to the 2015 election.
Hunt entered Parliament in 2010, when he was appointed as MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central. He recently took over Labour's youth portfolio and has also led on educational excellence and constitutional reform.
Prior to his appointment, Hunt, a professor of history, combined his role as lecturer in history at Queen Mary University of London with work as a broadcaster.
He also worked for former Prime Minister Tony Blair on the 1997 election campaign.
Following yesterday’s announcement, Twigg, MP for Liverpool West Derby, tweeted a message of congratulations to Hunt.
He said: “It has been an honour to serve for two years as Labour’s shadow education secretary and I wish Tristram Hunt every success in his new role.”
Twigg also said he was “overwhelmed” by the supportive messages he had received and that he looked forward to working with shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan on constitutional reform.
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