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The frontbench of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the Parliament of the United Kingdom consists of the Shadow Cabinet and other official shadow ministers of the political party currently serving as the Official Opposition. The Opposition front bench provide Parliamentary opposition to the British Government frontbench and has been the Conservative Party since 5 July 2024. The current Leader of the Opposition is Kemi Badenoch, following her victory in the 2024 Conservative Party Leadership Election.[1]
Key
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Sits in the House of Commons |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Sits in the House of Lords |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Privy Counsellor |
| Shadow Cabinet full members in bold | |
| Shadow Cabinet attendees in bold italics | |
Leader of the Opposition and Cabinet Office
| Office of the Leader of the Opposition | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="8" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Leader of the Opposition Leader of the Conservative Party |
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Kemi Badenoch | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition | Julia Lopez | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| Cabinet Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="4" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Alex Burghart | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
| Shadow Paymaster General | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Richard Holden | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary | Charlie Dewhirst | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office | Mike Wood | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px:" | | Shadow Minister | The Baroness Finn | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
| Equalities Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="4" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Minister for Equalities | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Claire Coutinho (On Maternity Leave) | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| Shadow Minister for Women | Mims Davies | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| (Co-minister for Women and Equalities with Mims Davies while Claire Coutinho is on Maternity Leave.) | Saqib Bhatti | January 2025Template:Sndpresent | ||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary | Shivani Raja | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Minister | The Baroness Stedman-Scott | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
Foreign relations
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="4" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Priti Patel | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Wendy Morton | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
| Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs | Andrew Rosindell | November 2024 - present | ||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary | Lincoln Jopp | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px:" | | Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs | The Lord Callanan | September 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
| Defence | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="3" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Secretary of State for Defence | James Cartlidge | July 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
| Shadow Minister for Defence | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Mark Francois | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary | David Reed | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px:" | | Shadow Minister for Defence | The Baroness Goldie | September 2024 – present | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px:" | | Shadow Minister for Defence | The Earl of Minto | September 2024 – present | |
Law and order
| Home Department | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="4" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Home Secretary | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Chris Philp | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| Shadow Minister | Matt Vickers | July 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| Shadow Minister | Alicia Kearns | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary | Sarah Bool | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Minister | The Lord Murray of Blidworth | November 2024Template:Snd15 January 2025 | |
| Shadow Minister | The Lord Davies of Gower | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| Justice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="3" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Secretary of State for Justice | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Robert Jenrick | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| Shadow Minister of State | Kieran Mullan | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary | Jack Rankin | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Minister | The Lord Keen of Ellie | September 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
| Attorney General's Office | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales
Shadow Advocate General for Northern Ireland |
The Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Advocate General for Scotland | The Lord Keen of Ellie | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Solicitor General | Helen Grant | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Private Secretary | Sarah Bool | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
Economy
| Treasury | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="6" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Mel Stride | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | Richard Fuller | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury | Gareth Davies | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury | James Wild | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury | Mark Garnier | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary | Blake Stephenson | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Minister | The Baroness Neville-Rolfe | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
| Shadow Minister | The Lord Altrincham | September 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| Business and Trade | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="4" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade | Andrew Griffith | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| Shadow Minister of State | Harriett Baldwin | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | Greg Smith | July 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary | Alison Griffiths | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Minister | The Lord Sharpe of Epsom | September 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Minister | Lord Hunt of Wirral | January 2025Template:Sndpresent |
| Science, Innovation and Technology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="3" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology | Alan Mak | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| Shadow Minister of State | Ben Spencer | July 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary | Peter Fortune | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
| rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Minister | The Viscount Camrose | September 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| Shadow Minister | The Lord Markham | September 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
Social services
| Education | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="3" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Secretary of State for Education | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Laura Trott | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| Shadow Minister | Neil O'Brien | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary | Patrick Spencer | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Minister | The Baroness Barran | September 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
| Health and Social Care | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="4" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Edward Argar | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| Shadow Minister | Caroline Johnson | July 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| Shadow Minister | Luke Evans | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary | Neil Shastri-Hurst | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Minister | The Lord Kamall | September 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
| Work and Pensions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | Helen Whately | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Minister | Danny Kruger | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Private Secretary | Peter Bedford | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Minister | The Viscount Younger of Leckie | September 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| Shadow Minister | The Baroness Stedman-Scott | September 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
Environment
| Energy Security and Net Zero | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="3" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Claire Coutinho | July 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| Shadow Minister | Andrew Bowie | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary | Bradley Thomas | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Minister | The Lord Offord of Garvel | September 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="4" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Victoria Atkins | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| Shadow Minister | Robbie Moore | July 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| Shadow Minister | Neil Hudson | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary | Aphra Brandreth | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Minister | The Lord Roborough | September 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
| Shadow Minister | The Lord Blencathra | September 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
Culture
| Culture, Media and Sport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="4" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Stuart Andrew | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| Shadow Minister | Saqib Bhatti | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| Shadow Parliamentary Secretary | Louie French | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary | Joe Robertson | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Minister | The Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay | September 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
Transport
| Transport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Secretary of State for Transport | Gareth Bacon | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
| Shadow Minister of State | Jerome Mayhew | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Minister | The Lord Moylan | September 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
Devolved and local government
| Housing, Communities and Local Government | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government | Kevin Hollinrake | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Minister | David Simmonds | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Minister | Paul Holmes | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Private Secretary | Lewis Cocking | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Minister | The Lord Jamieson | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| Shadow Minister | The Baroness Scott of Bybrook | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
| Northern Ireland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | Alex Burghart | July 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary | Charlie Dewhirst | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Minister | The Lord Caine | September 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| Scotland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland | Andrew Bowie | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Parliamentary Private Secretary | John Cooper | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Minister | The Lord Cameron of Lochie | September 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| Wales | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Secretary of State for Wales | Mims Davies | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Minister | The Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
Parliament
| House Leaders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Leader of the House of Commons | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Jesse Norman | November 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Shadow Leader of the House of Lords | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | The Lord True | July 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | The Earl Howe | July 2024Template:Sndpresent | |
| House of Lords Whips | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="7" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords | style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" | | Baroness Williams of Old Trafford | July 2024Template:Sndpresent |
| Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords | The Earl of Courtown | September 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| Opposition Lords Whip | The Earl of Effingham | September 2024Template:Sndpresent | ||
| The Lord Sandhurst | September 2024Template:Sndpresent | |||
| The Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | September 2024Template:Sndpresent | |||
| The Baroness Stedman-Scott | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | |||
| The Lord Jamieson | November 2024Template:Sndpresent | |||
See also
- British Government frontbench
- Cabinet of the United Kingdom
- Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)
- List of British shadow cabinets
- Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet
- Parliamentary opposition
- Shadow Cabinet
Notes
References
External links
Template:UK Parliament benches Template:UK Parliament Opposition Cabinet Offices
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