Callaghan shadow cabinet

Callaghan Shadow Cabinet
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Shadow Cabinet of the United Kingdom
1979 – 1980
File:Prime Minister James Callaghan (cropped).jpg
Date formed	4 May 1979
Date dissolved	10 November 1980
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Leader of the Opposition	James Callaghan
Deputy Leader of the Opposition	Michael Foot
Member party	Labour Party
Status in legislature	Official Opposition 269 / 635 (42%)
History
Election	1979 United Kingdom general election
Legislature terms	48th UK Parliament
Predecessor	Thatcher shadow cabinet
Successor	Foot shadow cabinet

James Callaghan became Leader of the Opposition on 4 May 1979 after losing the 1979 election and remained in that office until Michael Foot was elected Leader of the Labour Party on 2 October 1980. Callaghan named his Shadow Cabinet in June 1979, with Foot (the Deputy Leader) and the 12 elected members of the Shadow Cabinet assigned portfolios on 14 June and further appointments made on 18 June. From the opening of Parliament until that date, Callaghan's Cabinet, with a few exceptions, stayed on to shadow their former positions.

Shadow Cabinet list

Callaghan assigned portfolios in June 1979 to the Deputy Leader and the 12 winners in the 1979 Shadow Cabinet elections.

Portfolio	Shadow Minister
Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition Leader of the Labour Party	File:Prime Minister James Callaghan (cropped).jpg	The Rt Hon. James Callaghan
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Shadow Leader of the House of Commons	File:Michael Foot (1981).jpg	The Rt Hon. Michael Foot
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer	File:Denis Healey.jpg	The Rt Hon. Denis Healey
Shadow Foreign Secretary		The Rt Hon. Peter Shore
Shadow Home Secretary Shadow Minister responsible for House of Commons procedural reform	File:Merlyn Rees appearing on After Dark , 16 July 1988 - (cropped).jpg	The Rt Hon. Merlyn Rees
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence	File:Official portrait of Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank crop 2.jpg	The Rt Hon. William Rodgers
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy	File:David Owen-1.jpg	The Rt Hon. David Owen
Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Science	File:Neil KINNOCK in a meeting in September 1983 (19830900) 05 (cropped).jpg	Neil Kinnock
Shadow Secretary of State for Employment		The Rt Hon. Eric Varley
Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment	File:Roy Hattersley delivering his speech (6218291423) (cropped).jpg	The Rt Hon. Roy Hattersley
Shadow Secretary of State for Industry	File:John Silkin.png	The Rt Hon. John Silkin
Shadow Minister for Overseas Development		The Rt Hon. Judith Hart
Shadow Secretary of State for Trade	File:John Smith in 1989.jpg	The Rt Hon. John Smith
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport		The Rt Hon. Albert Booth
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland	File:Bruce Millan (1992) (cropped and rotated).jpg	The Rt Hon. Bruce Millan
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland		Brynmor John
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales		The Rt Hon. Alec Jones
Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	File:Roy Mason, 1969 (cropped).png	The Rt Hon. Roy Mason
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Services	File:Stanley Orme.jpg	The Rt Hon. Stan Orme
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords		The Rt Hon. The Lord Peart PC
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons		The Rt Hon. Michael Cocks
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords		The Rt Hon. Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe PC
Shadow Lord Chancellor	File:Elwyn Jones in Romania (3x4).jpg	The Rt Hon. The Lord Elwyn-Jones PC