Shadow Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport

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Employment.png Shadow Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport 
(British Shadow Cabinet)

Websitehttp://www2.labour.org.uk/shadow-cabinet
The MP in charge of shadowing the UK/Culture Secretary.

The Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), previously Shadow Secretary of State for National Heritage and Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, is a position in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet.

The Shadow Secretary of State is the opposite number to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, holding them and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to account. They are the lead opposition spokesperson on culture, media and sport issues.

The post was created in 1992 after John Major established the Department of National Heritage and Secretary of State for National Heritage. The National Heritage Department, and therefore the portfolio and title of the Secretary of State and Shadow Secretary of State, was replaced by Culture, Media and Sport in 1997.

In 2010, the government merged the offices of the Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Minister for the Olympics, establishing the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport. Nevertheless, the opposition retained the Shadow Minister for the Olympics and left the Shadow Secretary of State portfolio and title unchanged. The department and Secretary of State changed their titles to Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in 2017, and the opposition followed suit. The department reverted to the name Culture, Media and Sport in February 2023.

 

Office Holders on Wikispooks

NameFromTo
Lucy Powell29 November 2021
Jo Stevens6 April 202029 November 2021
Maria Eagle5 January 201627 June 2016
Harriet Harman8 October 201111 May 2015
Ivan Lewis8 October 20107 October 2011
Jeremy Hunt2 July 200711 May 2010
Theresa May6 May 20058 December 2005
John Whittingdale19 June 20046 May 2005
John Whittingdale23 July 20028 December 2003
Francis Maude4 May 19972 June 1998
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