Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
AppointerLeader of the Opposition
WebsiteThe Shadow Cabinet

Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a position with the UK Opposition's Shadow Cabinet that deals with issues surrounding the environment and food and rural affairs; if the opposition party is elected to government, the designated person is a likely choice to become the new secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs.

The position existed as Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment until 1997, when it was renamed Environment, Transport and the Regions to match the Government's reorganisation. It changed to its current name in 2001 for the same reason. Under Michael Howard, the arrangement was slightly different. There was a shadow environment secretary outside the Shadow Cabinet and (together with the shadow transport secretary) under the direction of the shadow secretary of state for environment and transport.

Shadow secretaries of state

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Shadow Minister of Public Buildings and Works

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Name Took office Left office Political party Shadow Cabinet
Tony Greenwood File:Anthony Greenwood.jpg 15 July 1955 16 November 1959 Labour Attlee
Gaitskell
Barbara Castle File:Barbara Castle, 1965 (cropped).jpg 16 November 1959 28 November 1960
Unknown 28 November 1960 30 November 1961
Dick Mitchison File:3x4.svg 30 November 1961 22 February 1963
Brown
Charles Pannell File:3x4.svg 22 February 1963 16 October 1964 Wilson
Geoffrey Rippon File:Geoffrey Rippon (1970).jpg 16 October 1964 29 October 1964 Conservative Douglas-Home
James Ramsden File:3x4.svg 29 October 1964 6 October 1965
Robin Chichester-Clark File:3x4.svg 6 October 1965 19 June 1970 Ulster Unionist Heath
John Silkin File:John Silkin.png 19 June 1970 22 July 1970 Labour Wilson II
Anthony Crosland File:Charles-Anthony-Raven-Crosland (3x4).jpg 22 July 1970 15 October 1970

Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment

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Name Took office Left office Political party Shadow Cabinet
Anthony Crosland File:Charles-Anthony-Raven-Crosland (3x4).jpg 15 October 1970 5 March 1974 Labour Wilson II
Geoffrey Rippon File:Geoffrey Rippon (1970).jpg 5 March 1974 11 March 1974 Conservative Heath II
Margaret Thatcher File:Margaret Thatcher in September 1975 (cropped).jpg 11 March 1974 7 November 1974
Paul Channon File:3x4.svg 7 November 1974 18 February 1975
Timothy Raison File:3x4.svg 18 February 1975 19 November 1976 Thatcher
Michael Heseltine File:Meeting of the Kangaroo group in December 1988 with British MP Michael HESELTINE (cropped).jpg 19 November 1976 4 May 1979
Peter Shore File:3x4.svg 4 May 1979 14 July 1979 Labour Callaghan
Roy Hattersley File:Roy Hattersley 2012 cropped 2.jpg 14 July 1979 8 December 1980
Gerald Kaufman File:Kaufman.JPG 8 December 1980 31 October 1983 Foot
Jack Cunningham File:3x4.svg 31 October 1983 2 November 1989 Kinnock
Bryan Gould File:Bryan Gould in 1992 (cropped).jpg 2 November 1989 18 July 1992
Chris Smith File:Chris Smith 1997 (cropped).png 18 July 1992 20 October 1994 Smith
Beckett
Frank Dobson File:Frank Dobson, Secretary of State for Health (cropped).jpg 20 October 1994 2 May 1997 Blair
John Gummer File:John Gummer 2006-03-01 (cropped).jpg 2 May 1997 11 June 1997 Conservative Major

Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions

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Name Took office Left office Political party Shadow Cabinet
Norman Fowler File:Official portrait of Lord Fowler crop 2.jpg 11 June 1997 1 June 1998 Conservative Hague
Gillian Shepherd[1] File:Gillian Shephard official portrait (cropped).jpg 1 June 1998 14 June 1999
John Redwood[2] File:John Redwood official portrait (cropped).jpg 14 June 1999 2 February 2000
Archie Norman File:Archie Norman.jpg 2 February 2000 18 September 2001

Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Name Took office Left office Political party Shadow Cabinet
Peter Ainsworth File:3x4.svg 18 September 2001 23 July 2002 Conservative Duncan Smith
David Lidington File:David Lidington.JPG 23 July 2002 10 November 2003

Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment

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Name Took office Left office Political party Shadow Cabinet
Caroline Spelman File:Caroline Spelman, October 2009 3 cropped.jpg 10 November 2003 15 March 2004 Conservative Howard
Richard Ottaway File:Richard Ottaway MP.jpg 15 March 2004 10 May 2005

Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Name Took office Left office Political party Shadow Cabinet
Oliver Letwin File:Oliver Letwin Official.jpg 10 May 2005 6 December 2005 Conservative Howard
Peter Ainsworth 6 December 2005 19 January 2009 Cameron
Nick Herbert File:Nick Herbert - minister for policing and criminal justice.jpg 19 January 2009 11 May 2010
Hilary Benn File:HilaryBennMPPortrait.jpg 11 May 2010 8 October 2010 Labour Harman
Mary Creagh File:MaryCreaghMP-withbrooch.jpg 8 October 2010 7 October 2013 Miliband
Maria Eagle File:Maria Eagle MP (cropped).jpg 7 October 2013 14 September 2015
Harman II
Kerry McCarthy File:Official portrait of Kerry McCarthy.jpg 14 September 2015 26 June 2016 Corbyn
Rachael Maskell File:Rachael Maskell MP - official portrait 2017 (3-to-4 crop).jpg 27 June 2016 1 February 2017
Sue Hayman File:Sue Hayman MP - official portrait 2017 (3-to-4 crop).jpg 9 February 2017 12 December 2019
Luke Pollard
On leave: 30 August 2021 – 5 October 2021
Acting Shadow Secretary: Daniel Zeichner 		File:Official portrait of Luke Pollard MP crop 2.jpg 7 January 2020 29 November 2021
Starmer
Jim McMahon File:Official portrait of Jim McMahon crop 2.jpg 29 November 2021 4 September 2023
Steve Reed File:Official portrait of Mr Steve Reed crop 2.jpg 4 September 2023 5 July 2024
Steve Barclay File:Steve Barclay Official Cabinet Portrait, November 2023 (cropped).jpg 8 July 2024 5 November 2024 Conservative Sunak
Victoria Atkins File:Official portrait of Victoria Atkins MP crop 2, 2024.jpg 5 November 2024 Incumbent Badenoch

References

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