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Shadow Secretary of State for Defence

British cabinet secretary for the Ministry of Defence


British cabinet secretary for the Ministry of Defence

FieldValue
postShadow Secretary of State for Defence
imageOfficial portrait of James Cartlidge MP, 2024.jpg
incumbentJames Cartlidge
incumbentsince8 July 2024
member_ofOpposition Shadow Cabinet
appointerLeader of the Opposition
inauguralRichard Stokes

The shadow secretary of state for defence is a member of the UK Shadow Cabinet responsible for the scrutiny of the secretary of state for defence and the department, the Ministry of Defence. The post is currently held by James Cartlidge.

List of shadow secretaries for defence

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Richard Stokes[[File:Richard Stokes.jpg70px]]15 July 195530 November 1956LabourClement Attlee
Gaitskell
George Brown[[File:George Brown 1967 (3x4 cropped).jpg70px]]30 November 195630 November 1961Labour
Patrick Gordon Walker[[File:Patrick Gordon Walker.jpg70px]]30 November 196122 February 1963Labour
Brown
Denis Healey[[File:Denis Healey.jpg70px]]22 February 19631 April 1964LabourWilson I
Denis Healey[[File:Denis Healey.jpg70px]]1 April 196416 October 1964LabourWilson I
Peter Thorneycroft[[File:Peter Thorneycroft cropped.png70px]]16 October 196416 February 1965ConservativeDouglas-Home
Christopher Soames[[File:Christopher Soames.jpg84x84px]]16 February 19654 August 1965Conservative
Enoch Powell[[File:Enoch Powell 6 Allan Warren.jpg70px]]4 August 196521 April 1968ConservativeHeath I
Reginald Maudling[[File:Reginald Maudling, 1969 (Brightned) (cropped).jpg70px]]21 April 196814 November 1968Conservative
Geoffrey Rippon[[File:Geoffrey Rippon (1970).jpg70px]]14 November 196819 June 1970Conservative
Denis Healey[[File:Denis Healey.jpg70px]]19 June 197024 July 1970LabourWilson II
George Thomson[[File:George Thomson (1973).jpg70px]]24 July 197010 April 1972Labour
Roy Hattersley[[File:Roy Hattersley 2012 cropped 2.jpg92x92px]]11 April 19727 December 1972Labour
Fred Peart[[File:No image.svg70px]]7 December 19724 March 1974Labour
Ian Gilmour[[File:No image.svg70px]]4 March 197419 June 1974ConservativeHeath II
Peter Walker[[File:No image.svg70px]]19 June 197418 February 1975Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"George Younger[[File:George Younger.JPEG70px]]18 February 197515 January 1976ConservativeThatcher
Ian Gilmour[[File:No image.svg70px]]15 January 19764 May 1979Conservative
Fred Mulley[[File:Fred Mulley.PNG70px]]4 May 197914 June 1979LabourCallaghan
William Rodgers[[File:Official portrait of Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank crop 2.jpg70px]]14 June 19798 December 1980Labour
Brynmor John[[File:No image.svg70px]]8 December 198024 November 1981LabourFoot
John Silkin[[File:John Silkin.png70px]]24 November 198126 October 1984Labour
Kinnock
Denzil Davies[[File:No image.svg70px]]26 October 198414 June 1988Labour
Martin O'Neill[[File:Official portrait of Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan crop 2.jpg70px]]14 June 198818 July 1992Labour
David Clark[[File:Official portrait of Lord Clark of Windermere crop 2, 2019.jpg70px]]18 July 19922 May 1997LabourSmith
Beckett
Blair
John Major[[File:John Major 1996.jpg93x93px]]2 May 199711 June 1997ConservativeMajor
George Young[[File:Sir George Young2 cropped.jpg94x94px]]11 June 19971 June 1998ConservativeHague
John Maples[[File:No image.svg70px]]1 June 199815 June 1999Conservative
Iain Duncan Smith[[File:Iain Duncan Smith Nightingale 1 (cropped).JPG87x87px]]15 June 199918 September 2001Conservative
Bernard Jenkin[[File:Official portrait of Mr Bernard Jenkin crop 2.jpg93x93px]]18 September 20016 November 2003ConservativeDuncan Smith
Nicholas Soames[[File:Nicholas Soames in Prague (1) (cropped).jpg93x93px]]6 November 200310 May 2005ConservativeHoward
Michael Ancram[[File:Global Strategy Forum (6963381142) cropped.jpg85x85px]]10 May 20056 December 2005Conservative
Liam Fox[[File:Liam Fox MP, 2007 (cropped).jpg93x93px]]7 December 20056 May 2010ConservativeCameron
Bob Ainsworth[[File:Bob Ainsworth cropped.jpg70px]]12 May 20108 October 2010LabourHarman I
Jim Murphy[[File:JimMurphyMP.jpg121x121px]]8 October 20107 October 2013LabourMiliband
Vernon Coaker[[File:Official portrait of Vernon Coaker crop 2.jpg70px]]7 October 201314 September 2015Labour
Harman II
Maria Eagle[[File:Official portrait of Maria Eagle crop 2.jpg93x93px]]14 September 20155 January 2016LabourCorbyn
Emily Thornberry[[File:Emily Thornberry, 2016 Labour Party Conference 4.jpg93x93px]]5 January 201627 June 2016Labour
Clive Lewis[[File:Official portrait of Clive Lewis crop 2.jpg70px]]27 June 20166 October 2016Labour
Nia Griffith[[File:Official portrait of Nia Griffith MP crop 2.jpg70px]]6 October 20166 April 2020Labour
John Healey[[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon John Healey MP crop 2.jpg70px]]6 April 20205 July 2024LabourStarmer
James Cartlidge[[File:Official portrait of James Cartlidge MP crop 2, 2024.jpg70px]]8 July 2024IncumbentConservativeSunak
Badenoch

References

References

  1. (30 November 1956). "Labor Adds to "Cabinet"". The Windsor Daily Star.
  2. (17 February 1965). "Sir Alec Reshuffles Shadow Cabinet". The Glasgow Herald.
  3. (5 August 1965). "Party unify seen factor in Heath "cabinet" choices". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix.
  4. (15 November 1968). "Maudling Leads Tory General Election Drive". The Glasgow Herald.
  5. (12 April 1972). "Wilson acts to sten defections". The Glasgow Herald.
  6. (13 April 1972). "Wilson patches up front ranks". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  7. (7 December 1972). "Wilson gives Shore key prices post". The Glasgow Herald.
  8. "The Marquess of Lothian". UK Parliament.
  9. "Dr Liam Fox". UK Parliament.
  10. "Mr Bob Ainsworth". UK Parliament.
  11. "Mr Jim Murphy". UK Parliament.
  12. "Lord Coaker". UK Parliament.
  13. "Maria Eagle". UK Parliament.
  14. "Emily Thornberry". UK Parliament.
  15. "Clive Lewis". UK Parliament.
  16. "Dame Nia Griffith". UK Parliament.
  17. "John Healey". UK Parliament.
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