| Name
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Portrait
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Entered office
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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
|