Emma Lewell-Buck, who will shadow Edward Timpson, worked as a social worker at South Tyneside Council from 2007, before leaving her job after winning the South Shields parliamentary seat in May 2013, in a by-election triggered by the resignation of former Foreign Secretary David Miliband.
Labour has been without a shadow children's minister since June, following the resignation of Sharon Hodgson, one of a number of Labour MPs to resign over concerns about the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.
Meanwhile, Tulip Siddiq, Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, has been appointed shadow early years minister, opposing Caroline Dinenage.
Gordon Marsden, MP for Blackpool South, has been appointed as shadow minister for further and higher education, which includes responsibility for careers advice, shadowing Robert Halfon. And Mike Kane, MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East, has been appointed shadow minister for schools, shadowing Nick Gibb.
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