Shadow Secretary of State for Defence

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Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
since 8 July 2024
Member ofOpposition Shadow Cabinet
AppointerLeader of the Opposition
Inaugural holderRichard Stokes

The shadow secretary of state for defence is a member of the UK Shadow Cabinet responsible for the scrutiny of the secretary of state for defence and the department, the Ministry of Defence. The post is currently held by James Cartlidge.

List of shadow secretaries for defence

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Shadow ministers of defence

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Name Entered office Left office Political party Shadow Cabinet
Richard Stokes File:Richard Stokes.jpg 15 July 1955 30 November 1956[1] Labour Clement Attlee
Gaitskell
George Brown File:George Brown 1967 (3x4 cropped).jpg 30 November 1956 30 November 1961 Labour
Patrick Gordon Walker File:Patrick Gordon Walker.jpg 30 November 1961 22 February 1963 Labour
Brown
Denis Healey File:Denis Healey.jpg 22 February 1963 1 April 1964 Labour Wilson I

Shadow secretaries of state for defence

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Name Entered office Left office Political party Shadow Cabinet
Denis Healey File:Denis Healey.jpg 1 April 1964 16 October 1964 Labour Wilson I
Peter Thorneycroft File:Peter Thorneycroft cropped.png 16 October 1964 16 February 1965[2] Conservative Douglas-Home
Christopher Soames File:Christopher Soames.jpg 16 February 1965 4 August 1965[3] Conservative
Enoch Powell File:Enoch Powell 6 Allan Warren.jpg 4 August 1965 21 April 1968 Conservative Heath I
Reginald Maudling Error creating thumbnail: 21 April 1968 14 November 1968[4] Conservative
Geoffrey Rippon File:Geoffrey Rippon (1970).jpg 14 November 1968 19 June 1970 Conservative
Denis Healey File:Denis Healey.jpg 19 June 1970 24 July 1970 Labour Wilson II
George Thomson File:George Thomson (1973).jpg 24 July 1970 10 April 1972[5][6] Labour
Roy Hattersley File:Roy Hattersley 2012 cropped 2.jpg 11 April 1972 7 December 1972[7] Labour
Fred Peart File:No image.svg 7 December 1972 4 March 1974 Labour
Ian Gilmour File:No image.svg 4 March 1974 19 June 1974 Conservative Heath II
Peter Walker File:No image.svg 19 June 1974 18 February 1975 Conservative
George Younger File:George Younger.JPEG 18 February 1975 15 January 1976 Conservative Thatcher
Ian Gilmour File:No image.svg 15 January 1976 4 May 1979 Conservative
Fred Mulley File:Fred Mulley.PNG 4 May 1979 14 June 1979 Labour Callaghan
William Rodgers File:Official portrait of Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank crop 2.jpg 14 June 1979 8 December 1980 Labour
Brynmor John File:No image.svg 8 December 1980 24 November 1981 Labour Foot
John Silkin File:John Silkin.png 24 November 1981 26 October 1984 Labour
Kinnock
Denzil Davies File:No image.svg 26 October 1984 14 June 1988 Labour
Martin O'Neill File:Official portrait of Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan crop 2.jpg 14 June 1988 18 July 1992 Labour
David Clark File:Official portrait of Lord Clark of Windermere crop 2, 2019.jpg 18 July 1992 2 May 1997 Labour Smith
Beckett
Blair
John Major File:John Major 1996.jpg 2 May 1997 11 June 1997 Conservative Major
George Young File:Official portrait of Lord Young of Cookham, 2020.jpg 11 June 1997 1 June 1998 Conservative Hague
John Maples File:No image.svg 1 June 1998 15 June 1999 Conservative
Iain Duncan Smith File:Official portrait of Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP crop 2.jpg 15 June 1999 18 September 2001 Conservative
Bernard Jenkin File:Official portrait of Sir Bernard Jenkin MP crop 2.jpg 18 September 2001 6 November 2003 Conservative Duncan Smith
Nicholas Soames File:Official portrait of Sir Nicholas Soames crop 2.jpg 6 November 2003 10 May 2005 Conservative Howard
Michael Ancram[8] File:Official portrait of The Marquess of Lothian crop 2.jpg 10 May 2005 6 December 2005 Conservative
Liam Fox[9] File:Official portrait of Dr Liam Fox crop 2.jpg 7 December 2005 6 May 2010 Conservative Cameron
Bob Ainsworth[10] File:Bob Ainsworth cropped.jpg 12 May 2010 8 October 2010 Labour Harman I
Jim Murphy[11] File:Jim Murphy.jpg 8 October 2010 7 October 2013 Labour Miliband
Vernon Coaker[12] File:Official portrait of Vernon Coaker crop 2.jpg 7 October 2013 14 September 2015 Labour
Harman II
Maria Eagle[13] File:Official portrait of Maria Eagle MP crop 2.jpg 14 September 2015 5 January 2016 Labour Corbyn
Emily Thornberry[14] File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Emily Thornberry MP crop 2.jpg 5 January 2016 27 June 2016 Labour
Clive Lewis[15] File:Official portrait of Clive Lewis crop 2.jpg 27 June 2016 6 October 2016 Labour
Nia Griffith[16] File:Official portrait of Nia Griffith MP crop 2.jpg 6 October 2016 6 April 2020 Labour
John Healey[17] File:Official portrait of Rt Hon John Healey MP crop 2.jpg 6 April 2020 5 July 2024 Labour Starmer
James Cartlidge File:Official portrait of James Cartlidge MP crop 2, 2024.jpg 8 July 2024 Incumbent Conservative Sunak
Badenoch

See also

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References

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