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Shadow Secretary of State for Education

Shadow Cabinet office


Shadow Cabinet office

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postShadow Secretary of State for Education
imageLaura Trott Official Cabinet Portrait, November 2023.jpg
altLaura Trott
incumbentLaura Trott
incumbentsince4 November 2024
appointerLeader of the Opposition
websiteHis Majesty's Official Opposition: The Shadow Cabinet

The shadow secretary of state for education, also called the shadow education secretary, is an office in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet responsible for Opposition policy on education and for holding the secretary of state for education, junior education ministers, and the Department for Education to account.

Departments shadowed

  • Ministry of Education (1944–1964)
  • Department of Education and Science (1964–1992)
  • Department for Education (1992–1995, 2010–present)
  • Department for Education and Employment (1995–2001)
  • Department for Education and Skills (2001–2007)
  • Department for Children, Schools and Families (2007–2010)

List of shadow secretaries of state

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Michael Stewart[[File:Michael Stewart.jpg81x81px]]15 July 195516 November 1959LabourAttlee
Gaitskell
Tony Greenwood[[File:Anthony Greenwood.jpg82x82px]]16 November 195914 October 1960Labour
Eirene White[[File:3x4.svg80x80px]]14 October 196028 November 1960Labour
Fred Willey[[File:3x4.svg80x80px]]28 November 19601 April 1964Labour
Wilson
Fred Willey[[File:3x4.svg80x80px]]1 April 196416 October 1964LabourWilson
Quintin Hogg[[File:Lord Hailsham 1959.jpg86x86px]]16 October 196416 February 1965ConservativeDouglas-Home
Sir Edward Boyle[[File:3x4.svg80x80px]]16 February 196515 October 1969
Heath
Margaret Thatcher[[File:Margaret Thatcher in September 1975.jpg75x75px]]21 October 196920 June 1970
Edward Short[[File:3x4.svg80x80px]]20 June 19706 December 1972LabourWilson II
Roy Hattersley[[File:Roy Hattersley 2012 cropped 2.jpg60px]]6 December 19725 March 1974
William van Straubenzee[[File:3x4.svg80x80px]]12 March 197412 June 1974ConservativeHeath II
Norman St John-Stevas[[File:3x4.svg80x80px]]12 June 19746 November 1978
Thatcher
Mark Carlisle[[File:3x4.svg80x80px]]6 November 19784 May 1979
Gordon OakesSecretary of State for Education and Science Shirley Williams lost her seat in the General Election.[[File:3x4.svg80x80px]]4 May 197914 July 1979LabourCallaghan
Neil Kinnock[[File:Start campagne voor Europese verkiezingen van PvdA (Rotterdam) Neal Kinnoch , k, Bestanddeelnr 932-9811.jpg60px]]14 July 19792 October 1983
Foot
Giles Radice[[File:Giles Radice.jpg80x80px]]2 October 198313 July 1987Kinnock
Jack Straw[[File:Jack Straw small.jpg75x75px]]13 July 198718 July 1992
Ann Taylor[[File:Official portrait of Baroness Taylor of Bolton crop 2.jpg60px]]18 July 199220 October 1994LabourSmith
Beckett
David Blunkett[[File:David Blunkett DfEE.jpg60px]]20 October 199419 October 1995Blair
David Blunkett[[File:David Blunkett DfEE.jpg60px]]19 October 19952 May 1997LabourBlair
Gillian Shephard[[File:Gillian Shephard official portrait (cropped).jpg60px]]2 May 199711 June 1997ConservativeMajor
Stephen Dorrell[[File:Stephen Dorrell 2011 (cropped).jpg60px]]11 June 199715 June 1998Hague
David Willetts[[File:Official portrait of Lord Willetts crop 2.jpg60px]]1 June 199815 June 1999
Theresa May[[File:Theresa May - Home Secretary and minister for women and equality.jpg60px]]15 June 199918 September 2001
Damian Green[[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Damian Green MP crop 2.jpg60px]]18 September 200111 November 2003ConservativeDuncan Smith
Tim Yeo[[File:From left to right Oliver Morton, David Odling and Tim Yeo MP.jpg60px]]11 November 200314 July 2004Howard
Tim Collins[[File:3x4.svg80x80px]]14 July 20045 May 2005
David Cameron[[File:David Cameron 2006 (cropped).jpg60px]]10 May 20056 December 2005
David Willetts[[File:Official portrait of Lord Willetts crop 2.jpg60px]]8 December 20053 July 2007Cameron
Michael Gove[[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Michael Gove MP crop 2.jpg60px]]3 July 20076 May 2010ConservativeCameron
Ed Balls[[File:Ed Balls cropped.png89x89px]]12 May 20108 October 2010LabourHarman
Andy Burnham[[File:Andy Burnham2.jpg60px]]8 October 20107 October 2011Miliband
Stephen Twigg[[File:Official portrait of Stephen Twigg crop 2.jpg60px]]7 October 20117 October 2013
Tristram Hunt[[File:Tristram Cropped (cropped).jpg81x81px]]7 October 201314 September 2015
Harman II
Lucy Powell[[File:Official portrait of Lucy Powell MP crop 2.jpg60px]]14 September 201526 June 2016Corbyn
Pat Glass[[File:Pat Glass.jpg60px]]27 June 201629 June 2016
Angela Rayner[[File:Official portrait of Angela Rayner crop 2.jpg80x80px]]1 July 20165 April 2020
Rebecca Long-Bailey[[File:Rebecca Long-Bailey, 2020 Labour Party leadership election hustings, Bristol 1 (cropped).jpg80x80px]]6 April 202025 June 2020Starmer
Kate Green[[File:Official portrait of Kate Green crop 2.jpg60px]]27 June 202029 November 2021
Bridget Phillipson[[File:Official portrait of Bridget Phillipson MP crop 2.jpg60px]]29 November 20215 July 2024
Damian Hinds[[File:Official portrait of Damian Hinds MP crop 2.jpg60px]]8 July 20244 November 2024ConservativeSunak
Laura Trott[[File:Laura Trott Official Cabinet Portrait, November 2023 (cropped).jpgframeless80x80px]]4 November 2024IncumbentBadenoch

References

Notes

References

  1. (17 February 1965). "Sir Alec Reshuffles Shadow Cabinet". The Glasgow Herald.
  2. (15 October 1969). "Boyle's "I Quit" shock for Heath". Evening Times.
  3. (22 October 1969). "Shadow Cabinet's Three Changes". The Glasgow Herald.
  4. (8 December 1972). "New 'shadow' ministry". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  5. "Mr Tim Collins". UK Parliament.
  6. "Mr David Cameron". UK Parliament.
  7. "Lord Willetts". UK Parliament.
  8. "Michael Gove". UK Parliament.
  9. "Ed Balls". UK Parliament.
  10. "Andy Burnham". UK Parliament.
  11. "Stephen Twigg". UK Parliament.
  12. "Tristram Hunt". UK Parliament.
  13. "Lucy Powell". UK Parliament.
  14. "Pat Glass". UK Parliament.
  15. "Angela Rayner". UK Parliament.
  16. "Rebecca Long Bailey". UK Parliament.
  17. "Kate Green". UK Parliament.
  18. "Bridget Phillipson". UK Parliament.
  19. "UK politics live: Lord Cameron resigns as Rishi Sunak announces interim shadow cabinet".
  20. "Politics latest: New Tory leader makes key shadow cabinet appointment".
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