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Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | |
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Appointer | Leader of the Opposition |
Inaugural holder | Alfred Robens |
Formation | 14 December 1955 |
Website | The Shadow Cabinet |
In British politics, the Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs is a position within the opposition's shadow cabinet that deals mainly with issues surrounding the Foreign Office. If elected, the person serving as Shadow Foreign Secretary may be designated to serve as the new Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
List of Shadow Foreign Secretaries
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Leader of the Opposition | ||
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Alfred Robens | 14 December 1955 | 6 November 1956 | Labour | Hugh Gaitskell | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Aneurin Bevan | 6 November 1956 | 11 October 1959 | Labour | ||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Denis Healey | 11 October 1959 | 2 November 1961 | Labour | ||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Harold Wilson | 2 November 1961 | 14 February 1963 | Labour | ||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Patrick Gordon Walker | 14 February 1963 | 15 October 1964 | Labour | Harold Wilson | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | R. A. Butler | 15 October 1964 | 16 February 1965[1] | Conservative | Sir Alec Douglas-Home | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Reginald Maudling | File:Reginald Maudling.jpg | 16 February 1965[2] | 11 November 1965 | Conservative | Edward Heath |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Christopher Soames | 11 November 1965 | 13 April 1966 | Conservative | ||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Alec Douglas-Home | 13 April 1966 | 18 June 1970 | Conservative | ||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Denis Healey | 20 June 1970 | 19 April 1972 | Labour | Harold Wilson | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | James Callaghan | 19 April 1972 | 4 March 1974 | Labour | ||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Geoffrey Rippon | 4 March 1974 | 11 February 1975 | Conservative | Edward Heath | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Reginald Maudling | File:Reginald Maudling.jpg | 11 February 1975 | 11 April 1976 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | John Davies | 11 April 1976 | 6 November 1978 | Conservative | ||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Francis Pym[3] | 6 November 1978 | 4 May 1979 | Conservative | ||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | David Owen | 4 May 1979 | 14 July 1979 | Labour | James Callaghan | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Peter Shore | 14 July 1979 | 8 December 1980 | Labour | ||
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Denis Healey | 8 December 1980 | 13 June 1987 | Labour | Michael Foot | |
Neil Kinnock | ||||||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Gerald Kaufman | 13 June 1987 | 24 July 1992 | Labour | ||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Jack Cunningham | 24 July 1992 | 20 October 1994 | Labour | John Smith QC | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Robin Cook | 20 October 1994 | 2 May 1997 | Labour | Tony Blair | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | John Major | 7 May 1997 | 11 June 1997 | Conservative | John Major | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Michael Howard | 11 June 1997 | 15 June 1999 | Conservative | William Hague | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | John Maples | 15 June 1999 | 2 February 2000 | Conservative | ||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Francis Maude | 2 February 2000 | 18 September 2001 | Conservative | ||
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Michael Ancram | 18 September 2001 | 10 May 2005 | Conservative | Iain Duncan Smith | |
Michael Howard | ||||||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Liam Fox | 10 May 2005 | 6 December 2005 | Conservative | ||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | William Hague | 6 December 2005 | 11 May 2010 | Conservative | David Cameron | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | David Miliband | 11 May 2010 | 8 October 2010 | Labour | Harriet Harman QC | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Yvette Cooper | 8 October 2010 | 20 January 2011 | Labour | Ed Miliband | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Douglas Alexander | 20 January 2011 | 11 May 2015 | Labour | ||
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Hilary Benn | 11 May 2015 | 26 June 2016 | Labour | Harriet Harman QC | |
Jeremy Corbyn | ||||||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Emily Thornberry | 27 June 2016 | 5 April 2020 | Labour | ||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Lisa Nandy | 5 April 2020 | Incumbent | Labour | Keir Starmer |
References
- ^ Baston 2004, 246
- ^ Baston 2004, 246
- ^ Following Davies' resignation, it was announced that Pym would lead the two-day debate on Rhodesia for the Conservatives. See Geoffrey Parkhouse (7 November 1978). "Pym favourite for top Thatcher post". The Glasgow Herald. p. 1. By approximately 20 November, Norman St John-Stevas had replaced him as Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, and Pym continued as Shadow Foreign Secretary through the end of the Parliament in 1979.
Book
- Lewis Baston (2004) Reggie: The Life of Reginald Maudling. Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-2924-3