Shadow Secretary of State for Transport

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Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
Shadow Cabinet of the United Kingdom
Reports toLeader of the Opposition
AppointerLeader of the Opposition
WebsiteThe Shadow Cabinet

The shadow secretary of state for transport is a political post in the United Kingdom. It has been consistently held by a member of the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet since May 1979. The shadow secretary helps hold the transport secretary and junior ministers to account and is the lead spokesperson on transport matters for their party. Should the relevant party take office, the shadow secretary would be a likely candidate to become the transport secretary.

At various times, the post has been called Shadow Minister for Transport (including from 1979 to 1981), Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, and Shadow Secretary of State for Environment and Transport.

Shadow secretaries of state

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Shadow Minister of Transport

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Name Took office Left office Political party Shadow Cabinet
George Strauss File:3x4.svg 15 July 1955 16 November 1959[1] Labour Attlee
Gaitskell
Tony Benn File:Tony Benn 1967 (cropped).jpg 16 November 1959 28 November 1960 Labour
George Strauss File:3x4.svg 28 November 1960 16 October 1964 Labour
Brown
Wilson
Ernest Marples File:3x4.svg 16 October 1964 29 October 1964 Conservative Douglas-Home
Enoch Powell File:Encoch Powell 7 Allan Warren.jpg 29 October 1964 4 August 1965 Conservative
Martin Redmayne File:3x4.svg 4 August 1965 19 April 1966 Conservative Heath
Peter Walker File:3x4.svg 19 April 1966 14 November 1968 Conservative
Margaret Thatcher File:Margaret Thatcher in September 1975.jpg 14 November 1968 21 October 1969 Conservative
Peter Walker File:3x4.svg 21 October 1969 19 June 1970 Conservative
Fred Mulley File:Fred Mulley.PNG 19 June 1970 4 March 1974 Labour Wilson II
Unknown 4 March 1974 15 January 1976 Conservative Heath II
Thatcher
Norman Fowler File:Official portrait of Lord Fowler crop 2.jpg 15 January 1976[2] 4 May 1979 Conservative
William Rodgers File:Official portrait of Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank crop 2.jpg 4 May 1979 14 June 1979 Labour Callaghan
Albert Booth[3][n 1] File:3x4.svg 14 June 1979 September 1981 Labour
Foot

Shadow Secretary of State for Transport

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Shadow Secretary Took office Left office Political party Shadow Cabinet
Albert Booth File:3x4.svg September 1981 31 October 1983 Labour Foot
John Prescott[4] File:John Prescott 1975 (cropped).jpg 31 October 1983 26 October 1984 Labour Kinnock
Gwyneth Dunwoody[5] File:Dunwoody (cropped).jpg 26 October 1984 4 November 1985 Labour
Robert Hughes[6] File:Official portrait of Lord Hughes of Woodside crop 2.jpg 4 November 1985 23 November 1988 Labour
John Prescott File:British MEPs of the Labour party react to the EC Green Paper on the European Social Policy of November 1993 (19940100) 04 (cropped).jpg 23 November 1988 21 October 1993 Labour
Smith
Frank Dobson[7] File:Frank Dobson, Secretary of State for Health (cropped).jpg 21 October 1993 20 October 1994 Labour
Beckett
Michael Meacher[8] File:Michael Meacher official portrait.jpg 20 October 1994 19 October 1995 Labour Blair
Clare Short[9] File:Paris 2011 192 (5494065443) (cropped 2).jpg 19 October 1995 25 July 1996 Labour
Andrew Smith[10][11] File:Andrew Smith MP 20050127.jpg 25 July 1996 2 May 1997 Labour
Sir George Young[12] File:George Young Minister.jpg 2 May 1997 June 1997 Conservative Major

Shadow Secretary of State for the 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 June 1997 1 June 1998 Conservative Hague
Gillian Shepherd[13] File:Gillian Shephard official portrait (cropped).jpg 1 June 1998 14 June 1999 Conservative
John Redwood[14] File:John Redwood official portrait (cropped).jpg 14 June 1999 2 February 2000 Conservative
Archie Norman File:Archie Norman.jpg 2 February 2000 18 September 2001 Conservative

Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

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Name Took office Left office Political party Shadow Cabinet
Theresa May[15][16] File:Theresa May - Home Secretary and minister for women and equality.jpg 18 September 2001 23 July 2002 Conservative Duncan Smith

Shadow Secretary of State for Transport

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Name Took office Left office Political party Shadow Cabinet
Tim Collins[17] File:3x4.svg 23 July 2002 10 November 2003 Conservative Duncan Smith
Damian Green[n 2] File:Damian Green - immigration minister.jpg 10 November 2003 8 September 2004 Conservative Howard

Shadow Secretary of State for Environment and Transport

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Name Took office Left office Political party Shadow Cabinet
Tim Yeo[19] File:Tim Yeo MP (15216846249) (cropped).jpg 8 September 2004 10 May 2005 Conservative Howard

Shadow Secretary of State for Transport

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Name Took office Left office Political party Shadow Cabinet
Alan Duncan[20] File:Alan Duncan (cropped).jpg 6 May 2005 8 December 2005 Conservative Howard
Chris Grayling[21] File:Chris Grayling.JPG 8 December 2005 2 July 2007 Conservative Cameron
Theresa Villiers[22] File:Theresa Villiers at the ECON Committee Meeting.jpg 2 July 2007 11 May 2010 Conservative
Sadiq Khan[23] File:Sadiq Khan, September 2009 cropped.jpg 14 May 2010 8 October 2010 Labour Harman
Maria Eagle[24] File:Maria Eagle MP (cropped).jpg 8 October 2010 7 October 2013 Labour Miliband
Mary Creagh[25] File:MaryCreaghMP-withbrooch.jpg 7 October 2013 5 November 2014 Labour
Michael Dugher[26] File:3x4.svg 5 November 2014 13 September 2015 Labour
Harman II
Lilian Greenwood File:Lilian Greenwood Labour MP.jpg 13 September 2015 26 June 2016 Labour Corbyn
Andy McDonald File:Official portrait of Andy McDonald crop 2.jpg 27 June 2016 6 April 2020 Labour
Jim McMahon File:Official portrait of Jim McMahon crop 2.jpg 6 April 2020 29 November 2021 Labour Starmer
Louise Haigh File:Official portrait of Louise Haigh MP crop 2.jpg 29 November 2021 5 July 2024 Labour
Helen Whately File:Official portrait of Helen Whately MP crop 2.jpg 8 July 2024 5 November 2024 Conservative Sunak
Gareth Bacon File:Official portrait of Mr Gareth Bacon MP crop 2.jpg 5 November 2024 22 July 2025 Conservative Badenoch
Richard Holden File:Richard Holden Official Cabinet Portrait, November 2023 (cropped).jpg 22 July 2025 Incumbent Conservative

Notes

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  1. ^ Booth was Shadow Minister of Transport until September 1981, when the Minister of Transport became Secretary of State for Transport.
  2. ^ During this period, Michael Howard had a small Shadow Cabinet, with members heading "super" Shadow Departments. The Shadow Transport Secretary was part of the Shadow Environment and Transport team, which was headed by the Shadow Secretary of State for Environment and Transport. Theresa May first held thislatter office, and was replaced by Tim Yeo on 14 June 2004.[18] When Damian Green resigned from the frontbench during a reshuffle on 8 September 2004, Yeo took on his responsibilities.[19]

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