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 Shadow Foreign Secretary  (UK Shadow Cabinet) | |
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| 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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