John Healey has returned to Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet as shadow secretary of state for housing.

Healey – who was the last Labour government’s ninth and final housing minister in 12 years, holding the post between 2009 and 2010 – had previously had the shadow role until resigning this summer.

Like other shadow ministers he walked out, calling for a new Labour party leadership election.

He is one of ten who quit and who have now returned to the shadow cabinet

Healey, 55, MP for Wentworth and Dearne, was reappointed to the role in the reshuffle over the weekend.

In the Huffington Post, Healey writes: “With the leadership election settled, there are two overriding tasks for Labour: to be a strong opposition and a convincing alternative to the Conservatives, and to win back support in the country that we’ve lost over recent years.

“The first is simply impossible with gaping holes in the Labour front bench – tough enough over the summer recess, terminal for the official opposition party once Parliament returns next week.

“The second is near-impossible with a divided Parliamentary Party making it so much harder to raise Labour’s electoral standing and success.”

Last year Healey commissioned the Redfern Review into declining home ownership.

Teresa Pearce, who temporarily stepped in to fill the housing brief in Corbyn’s depleted shadow cabinet, has been promoted to shadow secretary of state for communities and local government.

Under Corbyn, the holder of the housing portfolio has a full shadow cabinet role.