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Official opposition frontbench (UK) |
The frontbench of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the Parliament of the United Kingdom consists of the Shadow Cabinet and other official spokespersons of the political party currently serving as the Official Opposition. Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition is currently the parliamentary Conservative Party. The Opposition's full frontbench team as of October 2008 is listed below (there are over 150 members) (not all parliamentary spokespersons are members of the shadow cabinet; the list however includes all shadow secretaries who are in the shadow cabinet and other spokespersons who are in the shadow departments).
Key:
| Shadow Minister in the House of Commons | |
| Shadow Minister in the House of Lords |
| Office of the Leader of the Opposition | ||
|---|---|---|
| Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition |
The Rt. Hon. David Cameron MP | |
| Senior Parliamentary and Political Adviser | The Rt. Hon. Andrew Mackay MP | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition | Desmond Swayne TD MP | |
| Party Officers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the Conservative Party | Caroline Spelman MP | |
| Chairman of the Policy Review Chairman of the Conservative Research Department |
The Rt. Hon. Oliver Letwin MP | |
| Deputy Chairman (Local Government) | Bob Neill AM MP | |
| Deputy Chairman (National Convention) | Don Porter MP | |
| Deputy Chairman (Field Campaigning) | The Lord Ashcroft KCMG | |
| Deputy Chairman (Development) | Alistair Burt MP | |
| Deputy Chairman (Candidates) | John Maples MP | |
| Vice Chairman (Cities) | Kulveer Ranger | |
| Vice Chairman (Woman) | Margot James | |
| Vice Chairman (Business) | Richard Spring MP | |
| Vice Chairman (Youth) | Justine Greening MP | |
| Vice Chairman (Campaigning) | Grant Shapps MP | |
| Chairman, International Office | David Lidington MP | |
| Deputy Chairman, International Office | Philip Dunne MP | |
| Chairman, Ethnic Diversity Council | The Lord Sheikh | |
| Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform | Alan Duncan MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Small Business | Mark Prisk MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Trade and Industry | Jonathan Djanogly MP | |
| Shadow Minister | The Lord Hunt of Wirral MBE | |
| Cabinet Office | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister for Cabinet Office Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster |
The Rt. Hon. Francis Maude MP | |
| Frontbench Team | Nick Hurd MP | |
| House of Lords | The Lord de Mauley TD | |
| Children, Schools and Families | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families | Michael Gove MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Schools | Nick Gibb MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Education | Maria Miller MP | |
| Shadow Minister | Tim Loughton MP | |
| Shadow Ministers | The Baroness Morris of Bolton OBE | |
| Communities and Local Government | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government | Eric Pickles MP | |
| Shadow Minister | Stewart Jackson MP | |
| Shadow Minister for London | Jacqui Lait MP | |
| Shadow Minister | Paul Goodman MP | |
| Shadow Minister | Bob Neill AM MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Housing | Grant Shapps MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion and Social Action | The Baroness Warsi | |
| Shadow Minister | The Lord Dixon Smith DL | |
| Culture, Media and Sport | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | Jeremy Hunt MP | |
| Frontbench Team | Hugh Robertson MP | |
| Ed Vaizey MP | ||
| Tobias Ellwood MP | ||
| House of Lords | The Lord Howard of Rising | |
| Shadow Minister for the Olympics | The Lord Glentoran CBE DL | |
| Defence | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Defence | Dr Liam Fox MP | ||
| Shadow Ministers | Gerald Howarth MP | ||
| Dr. Julian Lewis MP | |||
| Shadow Minister | The Lord Astor of Hever DL | ||
| Energy and Climate Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change | Greg Clark MP | ||
| Shadow Ministers | Gregory Barker MP | ||
| Charles Hendry MP | |||
| Shadow Minister | The Baroness Wilcox | ||
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Peter Ainsworth MP | |
| Shadow Minister for the Environment | Anne McIntosh MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs | James Paice MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries | Bill Wiggin MP | |
| Shadow Minister | The Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE | |
| Foreign Affairs | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Foreign Secretary Senior Member of the Shadow Cabinet |
The Rt. Hon. William Hague MP | |
| Shadow Foreign Office Minister | David Lidington MP | |
| Shadow Ministers | Keith Simpson MP | |
| Mark Francois MP | ||
| The Rt. Hon. The Lord Howell of Guildford PC | ||
| Health | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Health | Andrew Lansley CBE MP | |
| Shadow Ministers | Anne Milton MP | |
| Stephen O'Brien MP | ||
| Mike Penning MP | ||
| Mark Simmonds MP | ||
| Shadow Ministers | The Rt Hon. The Earl Howe | |
| Prof. The Rt Hon. The Lord McColl of Dulwich CBE | ||
| Home Affairs | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Home Secretary | Dominic Grieve QC MP | |
| Shadow Minister | David Ruffley MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Immigration | Damian Green MP | |
| Shadow Minister | James Brokenshire MP | |
| Shadow Minister | Andrew Rosindell MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Security | The Baroness Neville-Jones DCMG | |
| Shadow Minister | The Baroness Hanham CBE | |
| Innovation, Universities and Skills | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills | David Willetts MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Higher Education | Adam Afriyie MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Vocational Education | John Hayes MP | |
| Shadow Minister | Rob Wilson MP | |
| Shadow Ministers | The Baroness Verma | |
| International Development | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for International Development | Andrew Mitchell MP | |
| Shadow Ministers | Mark Lancaster TD MP | |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP | ||
| Shadow Minister | The Baroness Rawlings | |
| Justice | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Justice | Nick Herbert MP | |
| Shadow Ministers | Henry Bellingham MP | |
| David Burrowes MP | ||
| Edward Garnier QC MP | ||
| Eleanor Laing MP | ||
| The Lord Henley | ||
| The Lord Kingsland QC TD DL | ||
| Law Officers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Attorney General | Dominic Grieve MP | |
| Shadow Solicitor General | Jonathan Djanogly MP | |
| Northern Ireland | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | Owen Paterson MP | |
| Shadow Minsters | Laurence Robertson MP | |
| The Lord Glentoran CBE DL | ||
| Parliament | ||
|---|---|---|
| Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords | The Rt. Hon. The Lord Strathclyde PC | |
| Deputy Leader | The Rt. Hon. The Lord Howell of Guildford PC | |
| Shadow Lord Chancellor | The Rt. Hon. The Lord Kingsland QC TD DL PC | |
| Shadow Leader of the House | The Rt. Hon. Theresa May MP | |
| Frontbench Team | Shailesh Vara MP | |
| Scotland | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland | David Mundell MP | |
| Shadow Ministers | Ben Wallace MP | |
| His Grace The Duke of Montrose | ||
| Transport | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Transport | Theresa Villiers MP | |
| Shadow Ministers | Julian Brazier TD MP | |
| Stephen Hammond MP | ||
| Robert Goodwill MP | ||
| The Lord Cllr. Hanningfield DL | ||
| Treasury | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer | George Osborne MP | |
| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | Philip Hammond MP | |
| Shadow Ministers | David Gauke MP | |
| Mark Hoban MP | ||
| Justine Greening MP | ||
| Shadow Ministers | The Baroness Noakes DBE | |
| Wales | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Wales | Cheryl Gillan MP | |
| Shadow Ministers | David Jones MP | |
| The Lord Glentoran CBE | ||
| Work and Pensions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | Chris Grayling MP | |
| Shadow Ministers | Nigel Waterson MP | |
| Mark Harper MP | ||
| James Clappison MP | ||
| Andrew Selous MP | ||
| The Lord Skelmersdale | ||
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