Shadow Minister for Employment
 Shadow Minister for Employment  (British Shadow Cabinet) | |
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| The MP in charge of shadowing the Secretary of State for Employment. |
The office of Shadow Minister for Employment is a position on the United Kingdom's Official Opposition frontbench, and has occasionally been a position in the Shadow Cabinet.
From 1970 to 1995, the duty of the office holder was to scrutinise the actions of the government's Secretary of State for Employment and develop alternative policies. From 1995, the office shadowed the Secretary of State for Education and Employment. In 2001, the office was replaced by that of Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions after the creation of the Department for Work and Pensions.
In 2019, the office was reformed in the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn as Shadow Minister for Labour; later renamed Secretary of State for Employment Rights and, in the Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer, Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights and Protections.
Office Holders on Wikispooks
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen Timms | 8 October 2010 | 13 September 2015 |
| Harriet Harman | 21 July 1994 | 19 October 1995 |
| John Prescott | 21 October 1993 | 21 July 1994 |
| Frank Dobson | 18 July 1992 | 21 October 1993 |
| Tony Blair | 2 November 1989 | 24 July 1992 |
| Michael Meacher | 13 July 1987 | 2 November 1989 |
| John Prescott | 26 October 1984 | 13 July 1987 |
| John Smith | 2 October 1983 | 26 October 1984 |
| Jim Prior | 29 October 1974 | 4 May 1979 |
| James Callaghan | 19 October 1971 | 19 April 1972 |
| Barbara Castle | 19 June 1970 | 19 October 1971 |
