Shadow Foreign Secretary

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

Name	From	To	Description
David Lammy	29 November 2021	5 July 2024
Lisa Nandy	5 April 2020	29 November 2021
Emily Thornberry	27 June 2016	4 April 2020
Hilary Benn	11 May 2015	26 June 2016
Yvette Cooper	8 October 2010	20 January 2011
David Miliband	11 May 2010	8 October 2010
William Hague	6 December 2005	11 May 2010
Liam Fox	10 May 2005	6 December 2005
Michael Ancram	18 September 2001	10 May 2005
Francis Maude	2 February 2000	18 September 2001
Michael Howard	11 June 1997	15 June 1999
John Major	7 May 1997	11 June 1997
Robin Cook	20 October 1994	2 May 1997
Denis Healey	8 December 1980	13 July 1987
Peter Shore	14 July 1979	8 December 1980
David Owen	4 May 1979	14 July 1979
Francis Pym	6 November 1978	4 May 1979
Reginald Maudling	11 February 1975	11 April 1976
Geoffrey Rippon	4 March 1974	11 February 1975	Attended the 1974 Bilderberg
James Callaghan	19 April 1972	28 February 1974
Denis Healey	20 June 1970	19 April 1972
Alec Douglas-Home	13 April 1966	18 June 1970
Christopher Soames	11 November 1965	13 April 1966
Reginald Maudling	27 July 1965	11 November 1965
Rab Butler	16 October 1964	27 July 1965
Patrick Gordon Walker	14 February 1963	16 October 1964
Harold Wilson	2 November 1961	14 February 1963
Denis Healey	11 October 1959	2 November 1961
Aneurin Bevan	22 July 1956	4 May 1959
Alfred Robens	14 December 1955	22 July 1956	Attended the 1956 Bilderberg

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