Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer

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The shadow chancellor of the exchequer in the British Parliamentary system is the member of the Shadow Cabinet who is responsible for shadowing the chancellor of the exchequer. The title is given at the gift of the leader of the Opposition and has no formal constitutional role, but is generally considered the second-most senior position, unless a shadow deputy prime minister is chosen, on the opposition frontbench, after the leader. Past shadow chancellors include Harold Wilson, James Callaghan, Edward Heath, Geoffrey Howe, Kenneth Clarke, Gordon Brown, John McDonnell and Rachel Reeves.

The name for the position has a mixed history. It is used to designate the lead economic spokesman for the Opposition. The name 'Shadow Chancellor' has also been used for the corresponding position for the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson.[1] This was a source of humour for Chancellor Gordon Brown, who in 2005 played the two off against one another in Parliament, saying, "I, too, have a great deal of time for the shadow chancellor who resides in Twickenham [Liberal Democrat Vince Cable], rather than the shadow chancellor for the Conservative Party."[2]

List of shadow chancellors

Name Portrait Entered office Left office Party Shadow Cabinet
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Oliver Stanley File:Oliver Stanley MP (cropped).jpg Unknown 10 December 1950 rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) |Churchill
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Rab Butler File:Rab Butler.jpg 10 December 1950 26 October 1951
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Hugh Gaitskell File:Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell.jpg 26 October 1951 15 February 1956 rowspan="5" Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour Template:Party shading/Labour | Attlee
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | rowspan="3" Template:Party shading/Labour | Gaitskell
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Harold Wilson File:Harold Wilson.jpg 15 February 1956 30 November 1961[3]
style="background-color: Template:Party color; border-bottom:solid 1px Template:Party color" height=30 | James Callaghan File:James Callaghan (1975).jpg 30 November 1961[4] 16 October 1964
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Template:Party shading/Labour | Wilson I
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Reginald Maudling File:Reginald Maudling, 1969 (Brightned) (cropped).jpg 16 October 1964 16 February 1965[5] rowspan="3" Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Douglas-Home
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Edward Heath File:Sir Edward Heath (cropped).jpg 16 February 1965[6] 28 July 1965
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Iain Macleod File:The National Archives UK - CO 1069-166-17 Macleod crop.jpg 28 July 1965 20 June 1970 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Heath
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Roy Jenkins File:Roy Jenkins 1977 (cropped).jpg 20 June 1970 19 April 1972 rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Labour | Wilson II
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Denis Healey File:Denis Healey.jpg 19 April 1972 4 March 1974
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Anthony Barber File:3x4.svg 4 March 1974 11 March 1974[7] rowspan="3" Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Heath II
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Robert Carr File:Robert Carr2.jpg 11 March 1974 11 February 1975
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Sir Geoffrey Howe File:Geoffrey Howe (1985).jpg 11 February 1975 4 May 1979 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Thatcher
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Denis Healey File:Denis Healey.jpg 4 May 1979 8 December 1980 rowspan="7" Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour Template:Party shading/Labour | Callaghan
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Peter Shore File:3x4.svg 8 December 1980 31 October 1983 Template:Party shading/Labour | Foot
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Roy Hattersley File:Roy Hattersley 2012 cropped 2.jpg 31 October 1983 13 July 1987 rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Labour | Kinnock
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | John Smith File:3x4.svg 13 July 1987 24 July 1992
rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Gordon Brown File:Gordon Brown official.jpg 24 July 1992 2 May 1997 Template:Party shading/Labour | Smith
Template:Party shading/Labour | Beckett
Template:Party shading/Labour | Blair
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Ken Clarke File:Official portrait of Mr Kenneth Clarke crop 2.jpg 2 May 1997 11 June 1997 rowspan="8" Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Major
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Peter Lilley File:Official portrait of Lord Lilley crop 2.jpg 11 June 1997 2 June 1998 rowspan="3" Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Hague
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Francis Maude File:Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office.jpg 2 June 1998 1 February 2000
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Michael Portillo File:Michael Portillo by Regents College cropped.jpg 1 February 2000 18 September 2001
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Michael Howard File:Official portrait of Lord Howard of Lympne crop 2.jpg 18 September 2001 6 November 2003 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Duncan Smith
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Oliver Letwin File:Oliver Letwin Official.jpg 6 November 2003 10 May 2005 rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Howard
style="background-color: Template:Party color; border-bottom:solid 1px Template:Party color" height=30 | George Osborne File:Osborne 2015.jpg 10 May 2005 11 May 2010
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Cameron
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Alistair Darling File:AlistairDarlingABr cropped.jpg 11 May 2010 8 October 2010 rowspan="7" Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour Template:Party shading/Labour | Harman I
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Alan Johnson File:Alan Johnson MP.jpg 8 October 2010 20 January 2011 rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Labour | Miliband
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Ed Balls File:Ed Balls 2.jpg 20 January 2011 11 May 2015
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Chris Leslie File:Official portrait of Mr Chris Leslie crop 2.jpg 11 May 2015 12 September 2015 Template:Party shading/Labour | Harman II
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | John McDonnell File:Official portrait of Rt Hon John McDonnell MP crop 2.jpg 13 September 2015 5 April 2020 Template:Party shading/Labour | Corbyn
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Anneliese Dodds File:Official portrait of Anneliese Dodds MP crop 2.jpg 5 April 2020 9 May 2021 rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Labour | Starmer
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Rachel Reeves File:Official portrait of Rachel Reeves crop 2.jpg 9 May 2021 5 July 2024
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Jeremy Hunt File:Jeremy Hunt Official Cabinet Portrait, October 2022 (cropped).jpg 8 July 2024 4 November 2024 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) rowspan="2"| Conservative Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Sunak
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Mel Stride File:Official portrait of Mel Stride MP crop 2, 2024.jpg 4 November 2024 Incumbent Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Badenoch

References

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  • Lewis Baston (2004) Reggie: The Life of Reginald Maudling. Sutton Publishing. Template:ISBN

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