Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade | |
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since 5 November 2024 | |
| Appointer | Leader of the Opposition |
The shadow secretary of state for business and trade is an office within British politics held by a member of His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition. The duty of the office holder is to scrutinise the actions of the government's secretary of state for business and trade and develop alternative policies. The office holder is a member of the Shadow Cabinet. The position is currently held by Andrew Griffith.
List of shadow secretaries
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Shadow President of the Board of Trade[edit | edit source] | ||||||
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| Name | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Shadow Cabinet | ||
| Harold Wilson | File:Dodwilson (cropped).JPG | 15 July 1955 | 15 February 1956 | Labour | Attlee | |
| Patrick Gordon Walker | File:Patrick Gordon Walker.jpg | 15 February 1956 | November 1958 | Labour | Gaitskell | |
| Dick Mitchison | File:No image.svg | November 1958 | 21 February 1963 | Labour | ||
| Douglas Jay | File:No image.svg | 21 February 1963 | 16 October 1964 | Labour | Wilson | |
| Edward Heath | File:Sir Edward Heath.jpg | 16 October 1964 | 29 October 1964[1] | Conservative | Douglas-Home | |
| Edward du Cann | File:No image.svg | 29 October 1964 | 16 February 1965[2] | Conservative | ||
| Anthony Barber | File:No image.svg | 16 February 1965 | 22 February 1967[3] | Conservative | ||
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| Keith Joseph | File:Sir Keith Joseph visits Llangefni and Caernarfon (1469270) Crop (cropped).jpg | 22 February 1967 | 19 June 1970 | Conservative | ||
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Shadow Secretary of State for Industry and Technology & President of the Board of Trade
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Shadow Secretary of State for Industry and Technology[edit | edit source] |
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| Name | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Name | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Shadow Cabinet | ||||
| Tony Benn | File:11.12.67 Présentation officielle du Concorde (1967) - 53Fi1748 (Tony Benn).jpg | 19 June 1970 | 15 October 1970 | Labour | Roy Mason | File:Roy Mason, 1969 (cropped).png | 19 June 1970 | 15 October 1970 | Labour | Wilson II | ||
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Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry[edit | edit source] | ||||||
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| Tony Benn | File:11.12.67 Présentation officielle du Concorde (1967) - 53Fi1748 (Tony Benn).jpg | 15 October 1970 | 4 March 1974 | Labour | Wilson II | |
| Peter Walker | File:Peter Walker, 1980 (cropped).tif | 4 March 1974[4] | 19 June 1974 | Conservative | Heath II | |
| Michael Heseltine | File:Meeting of the Kangaroo group in December 1988 with British MP Michael HESELTINE (cropped).jpg | 19 June 1974[5] | 18 February 1975 | Conservative | ||
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Shadow Secretary of State for Industry[edit | edit source] |
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| Name | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Name | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Shadow Cabinet | ||||
| Michael Heseltine | File:Meeting of the Kangaroo group in December 1988 with British MP Michael HESELTINE (cropped).jpg | 18 February 1975[6] | 19 November 1976 | Conservative | Terence Higgins | File:Official portrait of Lord Higgins crop 2.jpg | 18 February 1975[7] | 19 November 1976 | Conservative | Thatcher | ||
| John Biffen | File:No image.svg | 19 November 1976 | 28 February 1977[8] | Conservative | Teddy Taylor | File:Sir Teddy Taylor (3x4 crop).jpg | 19 November 1976 | 9 December 1976 | Conservative | |||
| John Nott | File:John Nott 02 (3x4).jpg | December 1976 | 4 May 1979 | Conservative | ||||||||
| Keith Joseph | File:Sir Keith Joseph visits Llangefni and Caernarfon (1469270) Crop (cropped).jpg | 28 February 1977 | 4 May 1979 | Conservative | ||||||||
| Eric Varley | File:No image.svg | 4 May 1979 | 14 July 1979 | Labour | John Smith | File:John Smith in 1989.jpg | 4 May 1979 | 24 November 1982 | Labour | Callaghan | ||
| John Silkin | File:John Silkin.png | 14 July 1979 | 4 November 1980 | Labour | ||||||||
| Stan Orme | File:Stanley Orme.jpg | 4 November 1980 | 31 October 1983 | Labour | Foot | |||||||
| Peter Archer | File:No image.svg | 24 November 1982 | 31 October 1983 | Labour | ||||||||
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Shadow Secretary of State for Industry[edit | edit source] |
Shadow Secretary of State for Trade[edit | edit source] |
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| Stephen O'Brien | File:Stephen O'Brien Official.jpg | James Arbuthnot | File:Official portrait of Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom crop 2.jpg | 11 November 2003 | 6 May 2005 | Conservative | Howard | ||
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