Shadow Home Secretary

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Political post In British politics, the shadow home secretary (formally known as the shadow secretary of state for the home department) is the person within the shadow cabinet who shadows the home secretary; this effectively means scrutinising government policy on home affairs including policing, national security, and matters of citizenship. The shadow home secretary also formerly had responsibility for the criminal justice system and the prison service; these responsibilities are now held by the shadow justice secretary. If the opposition party is elected to government, the Shadow Home Secretary often becomes the new Home Secretary, though this is not always the case. The office is currently held by Chris Philp, a member of the Conservative shadow cabinet.

In recent decades, the positions of home secretary and shadow home secretary have alternated between the Conservative and Labour parties. The corresponding position for the Liberal Democrats is the Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson.

List of shadow home secretaries

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Name Portrait Entered office Left office Party Shadow Cabinet
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Kenneth Younger File:3x4.svg 15 July 1955 24 January 1958[1] rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)| Attlee
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK) rowspan=3 | Gaitskell
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Patrick Gordon-Walker File:Patrick Gordon Walker.jpg 24 January 1958 30 November 1961[2] Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | George Brown File:George Brown, 1967.jpg 30 November 1961 16 October 1964[3] rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Template:Party shading/Labour | Wilson
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Henry Brooke File:Henry Brooke 1950.jpg 16 October 1964 29 October 1964[4] Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative rowspan="3" Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Douglas-Home
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Edward Boyle File:3x4.svg 29 October 1964 16 February 1965[5] Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Peter Thorneycroft File:Peter Thorneycroft cropped.png 16 February 1965 13 April 1966 rowspan=2Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Heath
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Quintin Hogg Quintin Hogg 13 April 1966 18 June 1970 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | James Callaghan File:James Callaghan 1970 (cropped).jpg 18 June 1970 19 October 1971 Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour rowspan="3" Template:Party shading/Labour | Wilson II
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Shirley Williams Shirley Williams 19 October 1971 25 November 1973 Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Roy Jenkins Roy Jenkins 25 November 1973 4 March 1974 Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Robert Carr File:Robert Carr2.jpg 4 March 1974 11 March 1974[6] Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Heath II
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Jim Prior File:3x4.svg 11 March 1974 12 June 1974[7] Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Keith Joseph File:3x4.svg 12 June 1974 11 February 1975 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Ian Gilmour File:3x4.svg 18 February 1975 15 January 1976 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Thatcher
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | William Whitelaw File:3x4.svg 11 April 1976 4 May 1979 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Merlyn Rees File:Merlyn Rees appearing on After Dark , 16 July 1988 - (cropped).jpg 4 May 1979 4 November 1980 Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour Template:Party shading/Labour | Callaghan
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Roy Hattersley Roy Hattersley 4 November 1980 31 October 1983 Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour Template:Party shading/Labour | Foot
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Gerald Kaufman Gerald Kaufman 31 October 1983 13 July 1987 Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Labour | Kinnock
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Roy Hattersley Roy Hattersley 13 July 1987 24 July 1992 Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Tony Blair Tony Blair 24 July 1992 21 July 1994 rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour Template:Party shading/Labour | Smith
Template:Party shading/Labour | Beckett
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Alun Michael Jack Straw 21 July 1994 20 October 1994 Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour rowspan="2"Template:Party shading/Labour | Blair
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Jack Straw Jack Straw 20 October 1994 2 May 1997 Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Michael Howard File:Official portrait of Lord Howard of Lympne crop 2.jpg 2 May 1997 11 June 1997 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Major
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Brian Mawhinney File:3x4.svg 11 June 1997 2 June 1998 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative rowspan="3" Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Hague
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Norman Fowler File:Official portrait of Lord Fowler crop 2.jpg 2 June 1998 15 June 1999 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Ann Widdecombe[8] File:Widdebookclub (cropped).jpg 15 June 1999 18 September 2001 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Oliver Letwin[9] Oliver Letwin 18 September 2001 10 November 2003 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Duncan Smith
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | David Davis[10] David Davis 10 November 2003 12 June 2008 rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Howard
rowspan="3" Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Cameron
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Dominic Grieve[11] Dominic Grieve 12 June 2008 19 January 2009 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Chris Grayling[12] Chris Grayling 19 January 2009 6 May 2010 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Alan Johnson[13] File:Alan Johnson MP.jpg 12 May 2010 8 October 2010 Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour Template:Party shading/Labour | Harman I
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Ed Balls[14] File:Ed Balls 2.jpg 8 October 2010 20 January 2011 Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Labour | Miliband
style="background-color: Template:Party color; border-bottom:solid 1px Template:Party color" height=30 | Yvette Cooper[15] File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP crop 2.jpg 20 January 2011 14 September 2015 rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Template:Party shading/Labour | Harman II
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Andy Burnham[16] File:Andy Burnham2.jpg 14 September 2015 6 October 2016 Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Labour | Corbyn
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Diane Abbott[17][18] File:Official portrait of Ms Diane Abbott crop 2.jpg 6 October 2016 5 April 2020 Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Nick Thomas-Symonds[19] File:Official portrait of Nick Thomas-Symonds crop 2.jpg 5 April 2020 29 November 2021 Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Labour | Starmer
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Yvette Cooper[15][20] File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP crop 2.jpg 29 November 2021 5 July 2024 Template:Party shading/Labour | Labour
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | James Cleverly File:Official portrait of James Cleverly MP crop 2, 2024.jpg 8 July 2024 5 November 2024 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) |Sunak
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Chris Philp File:Official portrait of Chris Philp MP crop 2, 2024.jpg 5 November 2024 Incumbent Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) |Badenoch

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