Shadow Foreign Secretary

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
since 4 November 2024
Shadow Cabinet
AppointerLeader of the Opposition
Inaugural holderAlfred Robens
Formation14 December 1955

The shadow secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs, commonly called the shadow foreign secretary, is a position within the UK official opposition shadow cabinet that deals mainly with issues surrounding the Foreign Office. If elected, the person serving as shadow foreign secretary may be designated to serve as the new foreign secretary.

The current Shadow Secretary of State of foreign, commonwealth and development affairs is Priti Patel. The shadow secretary (usually with one or more junior shadow ministers) holds the secretary of state for foreign, commonwealth and development affairs and other FCDO ministers to account in Parliament.

Although DFID and the role of international development secretary were abolished by the second Johnson government in 2020, the shadow secretary of state did not have responsibility for development until Lammy was appointed in November 2021. His predecessor, Lisa Nandy, served alongside the shadow secretary of state for international development, Preet Gill. This however is no longer the case after the November 2021 British shadow cabinet reshuffle.

List of shadow foreign secretaries

[edit | edit source]
Name Portrait Term of office Political party Shadow Cabinet
Alfred Robens 15 July 1955[1] 27 November 1956 Labour Attlee II
Gaitskell
Aneurin Bevan 27 November 1956[2] 6 July 1960 Labour
Denis Healey File:Denis Healey.jpg 7 July 1960 30 November 1961[3] Labour
Harold Wilson File:Dodwilson.JPG 30 November 1961 22 February 1963 Labour
Brown
Patrick Gordon Walker File:Patrick Gordon Walker.jpg 22 February 1963 15 October 1964 Labour Wilson I
R. A. Butler File:RA Butler cropped.png 15 October 1964 16 February 1965[4] Conservative Douglas-Home
Reginald Maudling File:Reginald Maudling, 1969 (Brightned) (cropped).jpg 16 February 1965[4] 4 August 1965[5] Conservative
Christopher Soames File:Christopher Soames.jpg 4 August 1965 13 April 1966 Conservative Heath I
Alec Douglas-Home File:Alec Douglas-Home (c1963).jpg 13 April 1966 19 June 1970 Conservative
Michael Stewart File:No image.svg 19 June 1970 24 July 1970 Labour Wilson II
Denis Healey File:Denis Healey.jpg 24 July 1970 19 April 1972 Labour
James Callaghan File:James Callaghan.JPG 19 April 1972 4 March 1974 Labour
Alec Douglas-Home File:Alec Douglas-Home (c1963).jpg 4 March 1974 August 1974 Conservative Heath II
Geoffrey Rippon File:Geoffrey Rippon (1970).jpg August 1974 11 February 1975 Conservative
Reginald Maudling File:Reginald Maudling, 1969 (Brightned) (cropped).jpg 11 February 1975 11 April 1976 Conservative Thatcher
John Davies 11 April 1976 6 November 1978 Conservative
Francis Pym[a] File:Francis Leslie Pym.jpg 6 November 1978 4 May 1979 Conservative
David Owen File:David Owen-1.jpg 4 May 1979 14 July 1979 Labour Callaghan
Peter Shore 14 July 1979 8 December 1980 Labour
Denis Healey File:Denis Healey.jpg 8 December 1980 13 June 1987 Labour Foot
Kinnock
Gerald Kaufman File:Gerald Kaufman 1995 01.jpg 13 June 1987 24 July 1992 Labour
Jack Cunningham File:No image.svg 24 July 1992 20 October 1994 Labour Smith
Beckett
Robin Cook File:Robin Cook-close crop.jpg 20 October 1994 2 May 1997 Labour Blair
John Major File:Major PM full.jpg 7 May 1997 11 June 1997 Conservative Major
Michael Howard File:Michael Howard as Home Secretary.jpg 11 June 1997 15 June 1999 Conservative Hague
John Maples 15 June 1999 2 February 2000 Conservative
Francis Maude File:Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office.jpg 2 February 2000 18 September 2001 Conservative
Michael Ancram File:Global Strategy Forum (6963381142) cropped.jpg 18 September 2001 10 May 2005 Conservative Duncan Smith
Howard
Liam Fox File:Liam Fox MP, 2007 (cropped).jpg 10 May 2005 6 December 2005 Conservative
William Hague File:William Hague MP (3156637603) (cropped).jpg 6 December 2005 11 May 2010 Conservative Cameron
David Miliband File:David Miliband 2.jpg 11 May 2010 8 October 2010 Labour Harman I
Yvette Cooper File:Yvette Cooper (5257912377) (tightcrop).jpg 8 October 2010 20 January 2011 Labour Miliband
Douglas Alexander File:Douglas Alexander MP at Chatham House 2015 crop.jpg 20 January 2011 11 May 2015 Labour
Hilary Benn File:Hilary Benn MP, UK Shadow Foreign Secretary (24954780735) (cropped).jpg 11 May 2015 26 June 2016 Labour Harman II
Corbyn
Emily Thornberry File:Official portrait of Emily Thornberry crop 2.jpg 27 June 2016 5 April 2020 Labour
Lisa Nandy File:Official portrait of Lisa Nandy MP crop 2.jpg 5 April 2020 29 November 2021 Labour Starmer
David Lammy File:Official portrait of Rt Hon David Lammy MP crop 5.jpg 29 November 2021 5 July 2024 Labour
Andrew Mitchell File:Official portrait of Andrew Mitchell MP crop 2, 2024.jpg 8 July 2024 4 November 2024 Conservative Sunak
Dame Priti Patel File:Priti Patel Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2021 (cropped2).jpg 4 November 2024 Incumbent Conservative Badenoch

Notes

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ Following Davies' resignation, it was announced that Pym would lead the two-day debate on Rhodesia for the Conservatives.[6] By approximately 20 November, Norman St John-Stevas had replaced him as Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, and Pym continued as Shadow Foreign Secretary through the end of the Parliament in 1979.

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  5. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  6. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).


Stub icon

This article related to the politics of the United Kingdom, or its predecessor or constituent states, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "http://70.231.62.181/index.php?title=Shadow_Foreign_Secretary&oldid=12871134"