Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development

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Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development
AppointerLeader of the Opposition
WebsiteThe Shadow Cabinet

The shadow cabinet minister for international development is the lead spokesperson for the United Kingdom's Official Opposition on issues related to international aid, most notably to the Third World. The shadow cabinet minister holds the minister of state for development and Africa to account in Parliament. The role previously had no counterpart in the Government between 2020 and 2022 after the Department for International Development (DFID) and the role of international development secretary was abolished by the second Johnson government in 2020. The position was renamed from shadow secretary of state for international development in November 2021 and placed under the shadow foreign secretary.

The shadow minister also holds the foreign secretary and other FCDO ministers to account in Parliament. DFID was abolished in 2020 but Keir Starmer retained the role in his Shadow Cabinet.

Before Tony Blair established DfID in his first government after coming to power in 1997, there was a minister for overseas development ("minister of" before 1970) who was a part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Since 1989, the shadow minister or shadow secretary has usually been a member of the shadow cabinet.

Shadow ministers and secretaries

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Shadow Minister for Overseas Development

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Name Took office Left office Political party Leader
Robert Carr File:Robert Carr2.jpg October 1964 October 1965 Conservative Alec Douglas-Home
Christopher Chataway File:Tentoonstelling Europort 1972 geopend in de RAI, Minister Chris Chataway aan stu, Bestanddeelnr 926-0230 (cropped).jpg October 1965 31 March 1966 Conservative Edward Heath
Richard Wood File:No image.svg April 1966 c. October 1967 Conservative
Bernard Braine File:Bernard Braine.jpg c. October 1967 15 June 1970 Conservative
Judith Hart File:No image.svg 19 June 1970 4 March 1974 Labour Harold Wilson
Richard Wood File:No image.svg 4 March 1974 18 February 1975 Conservative Edward Heath
Unclear; possibly none[n 1] File:No image.svg 18 February 1975 15 January 1976 Conservative Margaret Thatcher
Richard Luce File:Official portrait of Lord Luce crop 2.jpg 15 January 1976 4 May 1979 Conservative
Judith Hart File:No image.svg 4 May 1979 8 December 1980 Labour James Callaghan
Frank McElhone File:No image.svg 8 December 1980 22 September 1982 Labour Michael Foot
Guy Barnett File:No image.svg 24 November 1982 31 October 1983 Labour
Stuart Holland File:No image.svg 31 October 1983 13 July 1987 Labour Neil Kinnock
Unclear File:No image.svg 13 July 1987 2 November 1989 Labour
Ann Clwyd File:Official portrait of Ann Clwyd crop 2.jpg 2 November 1989[1] 18 July 1992 Labour
Michael Meacher File:Michael Meacher official portrait.jpg 18 July 1992[2] 21 October 1993 Labour John Smith
Tom Clarke File:TomClarkeMP.jpg 21 October 1993[3] 20 October 1994 Labour
Margaret Beckett
Joan Lestor 20 October 1994[4] October 1996 Labour Tony Blair
Clare Short File:Paris 2011 192 (5494065443) (cropped 2).jpg 25 July 1996[5] 2 May 1997 Labour

Shadow Secretary of State for International Development

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Name Took office Left office Political party Leader
The Baroness Chalker of Wallasey[n 2] File:Official portrait of Baroness Chalker of Wallasey crop 2.jpg 2 May 1997 30 June 1997 Conservative John Major
Alastair Goodlad File:Official portrait of Lord Goodlad crop 2.jpg 30 June 1997[7] 1 June 1998 Conservative William Hague
Gary Streeter File:Official portrait of Sir Gary Streeter MP crop 2 b.jpg 1 June 1998[8] 14 September 2001 Conservative
Caroline Spelman File:Official portrait of Dame Caroline Spelman crop 2.jpg 14 September 2001[9] 10 November 2003 Conservative Iain Duncan Smith
John Bercow File:John Bercow.JPG 10 November 2003[10] 8 September 2004 Conservative Michael Howard
Alan Duncan File:Official portrait of Sir Alan Duncan crop 2.jpg 8 September 2004[11] 10 May 2005 Conservative
Andrew Mitchell File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP crop 2.jpg 10 May 2005[12][13] 11 May 2010 Conservative
Douglas Alexander File:Douglas Alexander MP at Chatham House 2015 crop.jpg 11 May 2010[n 3] 8 October 2010 Labour Harriet Harman
Harriet Harman File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP crop 2.jpg 8 October 2010[16] 7 October 2011 Labour Ed Miliband
Ivan Lewis File:Official portrait of Mr Ivan Lewis crop 2.jpg 7 October 2011[17] 7 October 2013 Labour
Jim Murphy File:Jim Murphy.jpg 7 October 2013[18] 2 November 2014 Labour
Mary Creagh File:Official portrait of Mary Creagh crop 2.jpg 5 November 2014[19] 12 September 2015 Labour
Harriet Harman
Diane Abbott File:Official portrait of Ms Diane Abbott crop 2.jpg 13 September 2015[20] 27 June 2016 Labour Jeremy Corbyn
Kate Osamor File:Official portrait of Kate Osamor MP crop 2.jpg 27 June 2016[21] 1 December 2018 Labour & Co-op
Dan Carden File:Official portrait of Dan Carden MP crop 2.jpg 1 December 2018 6 April 2020 Labour
Preet Kaur Gill File:Official portrait of Preet Kaur Gill MP crop 2.jpg 6 April 2020 29 November 2021 Labour & Co-op Keir Starmer

Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development

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Name Took office Left office Political party Leader
Preet Gill File:Official portrait of Preet Kaur Gill MP crop 2.jpg 29 November 2021 4 September 2023 Labour & Co-op Keir Starmer
Lisa Nandy File:Official portrait of Lisa Nandy MP crop 2.jpg 4 September 2023 5 July 2024 Labour

Notes

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  1. ^ Richard Wood replied for the Opposition in a debate on 24 February, six days after Margaret Thatcher named her Shadow Cabinet. Various other Conservatives, including the Reginald Maudling (as Shadow Foreign Secretary), Peter Tapsell, and John Davies (as Shadow Foreign Secretary) replied in debates on overseas development thereafter.
  2. ^ John Major's interim Shadow Cabinet consisted of those members of his Cabinet who retained their seats at the 1997 general election, but there had been no International Development Secretary, and the Overseas Development Minister was not in Cabinet. According to the Shadow Cabinet list, Major himself was responsible for Foreign Affairs (the department responsible for development in his government), but ministers could "call on the services of Members who served under them in Government".[6] It is unknown whether Major called on the service of Baroness Chalker of Wallasey, the last Minister for Overseas Development, during the approximately two months before William Hague was elected leader. Therefore it is unclear whether the office was vacant or non-existent, or whether Major or Chalker should be considered to have held it.
  3. ^ Under Labour Party rules, ministers shadow their former roles when the party enters opposition.[14] Alexander was International Development Secretary when Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister.[15]

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