Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

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Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Member ofOpposition Shadow Cabinet
AppointerLeader of the Opposition
Website[1]

The shadow secretary of state for work and pensions is an office within British politics held by a member of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition. The duty of the office holder is to scrutinise the actions of the government's secretary of state for work and pensions and develop alternative policies.

List of shadow secretaries

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Shadow Minister of Pensions and National Insurance

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Name Entered office Left office Political party Shadow Cabinet
Hilary Marquand File:Hilary Marquand.png 15 July 1955 16 November 1959 Labour Attlee
Gaitskell
Richard Crossman File:Richard Crossland MP (3x4 crop).jpg 16 November 1959[1] 14 March 1960[2] Labour
Douglas Houghton File:3x4.svg 14 March 1960 21 February 1963 Labour
Brown
Dick Mitchison File:No image.svg 21 February 1963 16 October 1964 Labour Wilson
Richard Wood File:3x4.svg 16 October 1964 29 October 1964 Conservative Douglas-Home
Margaret Thatcher File:Margaret Thatcher in September 1975.jpg 29 October 1964[3] 6 October 1965[4] Conservative
Heath
Charles Longbottom File:3x4.svg 6 October 1965 13 April 1966 Conservative

Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Services

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See Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Services

Shadow Secretary of State for Social Security

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Michael Meacher File:Michael Meacher official portrait.jpg 2 November 1989 18 July 1992 Labour Kinnock
Donald Dewar File:Donald Dewar.jpg 18 July 1992 19 October 1995 Labour Smith
Beckett
Blair
Chris Smith File:Chris Smith 1997 (cropped).png 19 October 1995 1 July 1996 Labour
Harriet Harman File:Harriet Harman (3x4 crop).jpg 1 July 1996 2 May 1997 Labour
Peter Lilley File:Peter Lilley (cropped).jpg 2 May 1997 19 June 1997 Conservative Major
Iain Duncan Smith File:Iain Duncan Smith Nightingale 1 (cropped).JPG 19 June 1997 15 June 1999 Conservative Hague
David Willetts File:David Willetts.jpg 15 June 1999 14 September 2001 Conservative

Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

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David Willetts File:David Willetts.jpg 14 September 2001 6 May 2005 Conservative Duncan Smith
Howard
Malcolm Rifkind File:Malcolm Rifkind 2011 (cropped).jpg 6 May 2005 6 December 2005 Conservative
Philip Hammond File:PhilipHammond2 (3x4 crop).jpg 6 December 2005 2 July 2007 Conservative Cameron
Chris Grayling File:Chris Grayling.JPG 2 July 2007 19 January 2009 Conservative
Theresa May File:Theresa May - Home Secretary and minister for women and equality.jpg 19 January 2009 11 May 2010 Conservative
Yvette Cooper File:Yvette Cooper (5257912377) (tightcrop).jpg 11 May 2010 8 October 2010 Labour Harman I
Douglas Alexander File:Douglas Alexander at the India Economic Summit 2008.jpg 8 October 2010 20 January 2011 Labour Miliband
Liam Byrne File:Official portrait of Liam Byrne crop 2.jpg 20 January 2011 7 October 2013 Labour
Rachel Reeves File:Official portrait of Rachel Reeves crop 2.jpg 7 October 2013 8 June 2015 Labour
Stephen Timms
Acting 		File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP crop 2.jpg 8 June 2015 13 September 2015 Labour Harman II
Owen Smith File:Official portrait of Owen Smith crop 2.jpg 14 September 2015 27 June 2016 Labour Corbyn
Debbie Abrahams File:Official portrait of Debbie Abrahams MP crop 2, 2024.jpg 27 June 2016 11 March 2018 Labour
Margaret Greenwood File:Official portrait of Margaret Greenwood MP crop 2.jpg 11 March 2018 6 April 2020 Labour
Jonathan Reynolds File:Official portrait of Jonathan Reynolds MP crop 2.jpg 6 April 2020 29 November 2021 Labour & Co-op Starmer
Jonathan Ashworth File:Official portrait of Jonathan Ashworth MP crop 2.jpg 29 November 2021 4 September 2023 Labour & Co-op
Liz Kendall File:Official portrait of Liz Kendall crop 2.jpg 4 September 2023 5 July 2024 Labour
Mel Stride File:Official portrait of Mel Stride MP crop 2, 2024.jpg 8 July 2024 4 November 2024 Conservative Sunak
Helen Whately File:Official portrait of Helen Whately MP crop 2, 2024.jpg 5 November 2024 Incumbent Conservative Badenoch

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