Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

Shadow Leader of the House of Commons  (UK Shadow Cabinet)
Website	http://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

Name	From	To
Angela Eagle	7 October 2011	13 September 2015
Hilary Benn	8 October 2010	7 October 2011
George Young	8 September 2009	11 May 2010
Alan Duncan	19 January 2009	7 September 2009
Theresa May	6 December 2005	19 January 2009
Chris Grayling	10 May 2005	6 December 2005
George Young	1 June 1998	26 September 2000
Alastair Goodlad	2 May 1997	30 June 1997
Ann Taylor	20 October 1994	2 May 1997
Margaret Beckett	21 July 1994	20 October 1994
Margaret Beckett	24 July 1992	12 May 1994
Frank Dobson	13 July 1987	2 November 1989
Peter Shore	31 October 1983	13 July 1987
John Silkin	8 December 1980	30 October 1983
Michael Foot	4 May 1979	10 November 1980
Norman St John-Stevas	6 November 1978	4 May 1979
Francis Pym	19 November 1976	6 November 1978
Fred Peart	20 June 1970	16 December 1971
Selwyn Lloyd	16 October 1964	4 August 1965

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