Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
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The Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland is a member of the UK Shadow Cabinet responsible for the scrutiny of the Secretary of State for Scotland and his/her department, the Scotland Office. The most recent incumbent was Lesley Laird.
Contents
1 Shadow Secretaries of State
2 References
3 See also
4 External links
Shadow Secretaries of State[edit]
Name | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Shadow Cabinet | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Fraser | 26 October 1951 | 7 December 1961 | Labour | Clement Attlee | ||
Hugh Gaitskell | ||||||
Harold Wilson | ||||||
Willie Ross | 7 December 1961 | 16 October 1964 | Labour | |||
Michael Noble | 16 October 1964 | 23 January 1969 | Conservative | Edward Heath | ||
Gordon Campbell | 23 January 1969 | 20 July 1970 | Conservative | |||
Willie Ross | 20 July 1970 | 4 March 1974 | Labour | Harold Wilson | ||
Unknown | 4 March 1974 | 18 February 1975 | Conservative | Edward Heath | ||
Alick Buchanan-Smith | 18 February 1975 | 9 December 1976 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | ||
Teddy Taylor | 9 December 1976 | 3 May 1979 | Conservative | |||
Bruce Millan | 4 May 1979 | 31 October 1983 | Labour | James Callaghan | ||
Michael Foot | ||||||
Donald Dewar | 31 October 1983 | 18 July 1992 | Labour | Neil Kinnock | ||
Tom Clarke | 18 July 1992 | 21 October 1993 | Labour | John Smith | ||
George Robertson | 21 October 1993 | 2 May 1997 | Labour | |||
Margaret Beckett | ||||||
Tony Blair | ||||||
Office not in use | 2 May 1997 | 14 September 2001 | Conservative | John Major | ||
Conservative | William Hague | |||||
Jacqui Lait | 14 September 2001 | 11 November 2003 | Conservative | Iain Duncan Smith | ||
Peter Duncan | 11 November 2003 | 6 May 2005 | Conservative | Michael Howard | ||
Eleanor Laing | 6 May 2005 | 7 December 2005 | Conservative | |||
David Mundell | 7 December 2005 | 11 May 2010 | Conservative | David Cameron | ||
Jim Murphy | 11 May 2010 | 8 October 2010 | Labour | Harriet Harman | ||
Ann McKechin | 8 October 2010 | 7 October 2011 | Labour | Ed Miliband | ||
Margaret Curran | 7 October 2011 | 8 May 2015 | Labour | |||
Ian Murray | 11 May 2015 | 26 June 2016 | Labour | Harriet Harman | ||
Jeremy Corbyn | ||||||
Dave Anderson | 1 July 2016 | 3 May 2017 | Labour | |||
Lesley Laird | 14 June 2017 | Incumbent | Labour |
References[edit]
See also[edit]
- Secretary of State for Scotland
- Scottish Office
- UK Shadow Cabinet
External links[edit]
Categories:
- Official Opposition (United Kingdom)
- Government of Scotland
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