Shadow Foreign Secretary

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Employment.png Shadow Foreign Secretary 
(UK Shadow Cabinet)

Primary opposition to the equivalent Governmental position, the Foreign Secretary.

In UK politics, the Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs is a position within the opposition's shadow cabinet that deals mainly with issues surrounding the Foreign Office. If elected, the person who is shadow foreign secretary may be designated to become the new Foreign Secretary.


 

Office Holders on Wikispooks

NameFromToDescription
David Lammy29 November 2021
Lisa Nandy5 April 202029 November 2021
Emily Thornberry27 June 20164 April 2020
Hilary Benn11 May 201526 June 2016
Yvette Cooper8 October 201020 January 2011
David Miliband11 May 20108 October 2010
William Hague6 December 200511 May 2010
Liam Fox10 May 20056 December 2005
Michael Ancram18 September 200110 May 2005
Francis Maude2 February 200018 September 2001
Michael Howard11 June 199715 June 1999
John Major7 May 199711 June 1997
Robin Cook20 October 19942 May 1997
Denis Healey8 December 198013 July 1987
Peter Shore14 July 19798 December 1980
David Owen4 May 197914 July 1979
Francis Pym6 November 19784 May 1979
Reginald Maudling11 February 197511 April 1976
Geoffrey Rippon4 March 197411 February 1975Attended the 1974 Bilderberg
James Callaghan19 April 197228 February 1974
Denis Healey20 June 197019 April 1972
Alec Douglas-Home13 April 196618 June 1970
Christopher Soames11 November 196513 April 1966
Reginald Maudling27 July 196511 November 1965
Rab Butler16 October 196427 July 1965
Patrick Gordon Walker14 February 196316 October 1964
Harold Wilson2 November 196114 February 1963
Denis Healey11 October 19592 November 1961
Aneurin Bevan22 July 19564 May 1959
Alfred Robens14 December 195522 July 1956Attended the 1956 Bilderberg
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