Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

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Employment.png Shadow Leader of the House of Commons 
(UK Shadow Cabinet)

Websitehttp://www2.labour.org.uk/shadow-cabinet
Responsible for working with the Leader of the House in arranging House of Commons business,

The Shadow Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet responsible for working with the Leader of the House in arranging Commons business and holding the Government to account in its overall management of the House. The Shadow Leader also responds to the Business Statement of Leader of House each Thursday, though the Leader of the Opposition exercised this role until the late 1980s. The office is roughly equivalent to the Shadow Leader of the House of Lords.

 

Office Holders on Wikispooks

NameFromTo
Angela Eagle7 October 201113 September 2015
Hilary Benn8 October 20107 October 2011
George Young8 September 200911 May 2010
Alan Duncan19 January 20097 September 2009
Theresa May6 December 200519 January 2009
Chris Grayling10 May 20056 December 2005
George Young1 June 199826 September 2000
Alastair Goodlad2 May 199730 June 1997
Ann Taylor20 October 19942 May 1997
Margaret Beckett21 July 199420 October 1994
Margaret Beckett24 July 199212 May 1994
Frank Dobson13 July 19872 November 1989
Peter Shore31 October 198313 July 1987
John Silkin8 December 198030 October 1983
Michael Foot4 May 197910 November 1980
Norman St John-Stevas6 November 19784 May 1979
Francis Pym19 November 19766 November 1978
Fred Peart20 June 197016 December 1971
Selwyn Lloyd16 October 19644 August 1965
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