When contemporary PERSON@1 was elected leader of the ORGANIZATION@1 in NUMBER@1 , PERSON@2 was re-appointed to the front bench as Shadow Minister for Higher Education and resigned as editor of The Spectator to concentrate on his new role .

He was appointed Shadow Minister for Higher Education on NUMBER@2 December NUMBER@1 by new Conservative Leader PERSON@1 , and resigned as editor of The Spectator soon afterwards .
