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Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development
Shadow Cabinet office
Shadow Cabinet office
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development |
| image | Official portrait of Wendy Morton MP.jpg |
| incumbent | Wendy Morton |
| incumbentsince | 6 November 2024 |
| appointer | Leader of the Opposition |
| website | The Shadow Cabinet |
The shadow cabinet minister for international development is the lead spokesperson for the United Kingdom's Official Opposition on issues related to international aid, most notably to the Third World. The shadow cabinet minister holds the minister of state for development and Africa to account in Parliament. The role previously had no counterpart in the Government between 2020 and 2022 after the Department for International Development (DFID) and the role of international development secretary was abolished by the second Johnson government in 2020. The position was renamed from shadow secretary of state for international development in November 2021 and placed under the shadow foreign secretary.
The shadow minister also holds the foreign secretary and other FCDO ministers to account in Parliament. DFID was abolished in 2020 but Keir Starmer retained the role in his Shadow Cabinet.
Before Tony Blair established DfID in his first government after coming to power in 1997, there was a minister for overseas development ("minister of" before 1970) who was a part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Since 1989, the shadow minister or shadow secretary has usually been a member of the shadow cabinet.
Shadow ministers and secretaries
| Name | Took office | Left office | Political party | Leader | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Name | Took office | Left office | Political party | Leader | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Name | Took office | Left office | Political party | Leader | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Robert Carr | [[File:Robert Carr2.jpg | 75px]] | October 1964 | October 1965 | Conservative | Alec Douglas-Home | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Christopher Chataway | [[File:Tentoonstelling Europort 1972 geopend in de RAI, Minister Chris Chataway aan stu, Bestanddeelnr 926-0230 (cropped).jpg | 75px]] | October 1965 | 31 March 1966 | Conservative | Edward Heath | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Wood | [[File:no_image.svg | 75px]] | April 1966 | c. October 1967 | Conservative | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bernard Braine | [[File:Bernard Braine.jpg | 75px]] | c. October 1967 | 15 June 1970 | Conservative | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Judith Hart | [[File:no_image.svg | 75px]] | 19 June 1970 | 4 March 1974 | Labour | Harold Wilson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Wood | [[File:no_image.svg | 75px]] | 4 March 1974 | 18 February 1975 | Conservative | Edward Heath | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unclear; possibly none | [[File:no_image.svg | 75px]] | 18 February 1975 | 15 January 1976 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Luce | [[File:Official portrait of Lord Luce crop 2.jpg | 75px]] | 15 January 1976 | 4 May 1979 | Conservative | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Judith Hart | [[File:no_image.svg | 75px]] | 4 May 1979 | 8 December 1980 | Labour | James Callaghan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Frank McElhone | [[File:no_image.svg | 75px]] | 8 December 1980 | 22 September 1982 | Labour | Michael Foot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Guy Barnett | [[File:no_image.svg | 75px]] | 24 November 1982 | 31 October 1983 | Labour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stuart Holland | [[File:no_image.svg | 75px]] | 31 October 1983 | 13 July 1987 | Labour | Neil Kinnock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unclear | [[File:no_image.svg | 75px]] | 13 July 1987 | 2 November 1989 | Labour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ann Clwyd | [[File:Official portrait of Ann Clwyd crop 2.jpg | 75px]] | 2 November 1989 | 18 July 1992 | Labour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Meacher | [[File:Michael Meacher official portrait.jpg | 75px]] | 18 July 1992 | 21 October 1993 | Labour | John Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Clarke | [[File:TomClarkeMP.jpg | 75px]] | 21 October 1993 | 20 October 1994 | Labour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Margaret Beckett | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joan Lestor | 20 October 1994 | October 1996 | Labour | Tony Blair | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clare Short | [[File:Paris 2011 192 (5494065443) (cropped 2).jpg | 112x112px]] | 25 July 1996 | 2 May 1997 | Labour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Baroness Chalker of Wallasey | [[File:Madam Lynda Chalker & Richard Kasesela (cropped).JPG | 100x100px]] | 2 May 1997 | 30 June 1997 | Conservative | John Major | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alastair Goodlad | [[File:Official portrait of Lord Goodlad crop 2.jpg | 75px]] | 30 June 1997 | 1 June 1998 | Conservative | William Hague | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gary Streeter | [[File:Official portrait of Mr Gary Streeter crop 2.jpg | 100x100px]] | 1 June 1998 | 14 September 2001 | Conservative | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Caroline Spelman | [[File:Caroline Spelman, October 2009 1 cropped.jpg | 112x112px]] | 14 September 2001 | 10 November 2003 | Conservative | Iain Duncan Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Bercow | [[File:John Bercow.JPG | 75px]] | 10 November 2003 | 8 September 2004 | Conservative | Michael Howard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alan Duncan | [[File:Alanduncanmp.jpg | 92x92px]] | 8 September 2004 | 10 May 2005 | Conservative | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Andrew Mitchell | [[File:Andrew Mitchell, October 2009 1 cropped.jpg | 112x112px]] | 10 May 2005 | 11 May 2010 | Conservative | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Douglas Alexander | [[File:The Secretary of State, Department for International Development (DFID), UK, Mr. Douglas Alexander meeting the Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Shri Kamal Nath, in New Delhi on November 17, 2008 (cropped).jpg | 100x100px]] | 11 May 2010 | 8 October 2010 | Labour | Harriet Harman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harriet Harman | [[File:Harriet Harman 2009 cropped.jpg | 85x85px]] | 8 October 2010 | 7 October 2011 | Labour | Ed Miliband | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ivan Lewis | [[File:Ivan Lewis 2.jpg | 112x112px]] | 7 October 2011 | 7 October 2013 | Labour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Murphy | [[File:JimMurphyMP.jpg | 130x130px]] | 7 October 2013 | 2 November 2014 | Labour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mary Creagh | [[File:Mary Creagh, 2016 Labour Party Conference (cropped).jpg | 99x99px]] | 5 November 2014 | 12 September 2015 | Labour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harriet Harman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Diane Abbott | [[File:Diane Abbott, 2016 Labour Party Conference 2.jpg | 82x82px]] | 13 September 2015 | 27 June 2016 | Labour | Jeremy Corbyn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Kate Osamor | [[File:Official portrait of Kate Osamor crop 2.jpg | 100x100px]] | 27 June 2016 | 1 December 2018 | Labour & Co-op | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Dan Carden | [[File:Official portrait of Dan Carden MP crop 2.jpg | 75px]] | 1 December 2018 | 6 April 2020 | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Preet Kaur Gill | [[File:Official portrait of Preet Kaur Gill MP crop 2.jpg | frameless | 100x100px]] | 6 April 2020 | 29 November 2021 | Labour & Co-op | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Preet Gill | [[File:Official portrait of Preet Kaur Gill MP crop 2.jpg | frameless | 100x100px]] | 29 November 2021 | 4 September 2023 | Labour & Co-op | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Lisa Nandy | [[File:Lisa Nandy Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped) 2.jpg | frameless | 99x99px]] | 4 September 2023 | 5 July 2024 | Labour |
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