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Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland

Shadow Cabinet office


Shadow Cabinet office

FieldValue
postShadow Secretary of State for Scotland
imageOfficial portrait of Andrew Bowie MP crop 2.jpg
incumbentAndrew Bowie
incumbentsince5 November 2024
appointerLeader of the Opposition
inauguralTom Fraser
formation26 October 1951

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 incumbent holder of the office is Andrew Bowie.

Shadow secretaries of state

NameEntered officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow CabinetLabour Party (UK)}}"Labour Party (UK)}}"Conservative Party (UK)}}"Conservative Party (UK)}}"Conservative Party (UK)}}"Labour 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)}}"Conservative Party (UK)}}"Conservative Party (UK)}}"Conservative Party (UK)}}"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)}}"Labour Party (UK)}}"Labour Party (UK)}}"Labour Party (UK)}}"Conservative Party (UK)}}"Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Tom Fraser[[File:3x4.svg70px]]26 October 19517 December 1961LabourAttlee
Gaitskell
Wilson
Willie Ross[[File:3x4.svg70px]]7 December 196116 October 1964Labour
Michael Noble[[File:3x4.svg70px]]16 October 196423 January 1969ConservativeDouglas-Home
Heath
Gordon Campbell[[File:3x4.svg70px]]23 January 196919 June 1970Conservative
Willie Ross[[File:3x4.svg70px]]19 June 19704 March 1974LabourWilson II
Henry Hepburne-Scott[[File:3x4.svg70px]]4 March 197412 March 1974ConservativeHeath II
Alick Buchanan-Smith[[File:3x4.svg60px]]12 March 19749 December 1976Conservative
Thatcher
Teddy Taylor[[File:Sir Teddy Taylor (3x4 crop).jpg70px]]9 December 19763 May 1979Conservative
Bruce Millan[[File:Bruce Millan.tif70px]]4 May 197931 October 1983LabourCallaghan
Foot
Donald Dewar[[File:Donald Dewar First Minister.jpg70px]]31 October 198318 July 1992LabourKinnock
Tom Clarke[[File:TomClarkeMP.jpg70px]]18 July 199221 October 1993LabourSmith
George Robertson[[File:Defense.gov News Photo 980603-D-9880W-177 (cropped).jpg70px]]21 October 19932 May 1997Labour
Beckett
Blair
Office not in use2 May 199719 June 1997ConservativeMajor
Michael Ancram
MP for Devizes
As Constitutional Affairs spokesperson[[File:Official portrait of The Marquess of Lothian crop 2.jpg70px]]19 June 19971 June 1998ConservativeHague
Liam Fox
MP for Woodspring
As Constitutional Affairs spokesperson[[File:Liam Fox MP, 2007 (cropped).jpg93x93px]]1 June 199815 June 1999Conservative
Sir George Young
MP for North West Hampshire
As Constitutional Affairs spokesperson[[File:George Young Minister.jpg93x93px]]15 June 199926 September 2000Conservative
Angela Browning
MP for Tiverton and Honiton
As Constitutional Affairs spokesperson26 September 200018 September 2001Conservative
Jacqui Lait[[File:3x4.svg70px]]14 September 200111 November 2003ConservativeDuncan Smith
Peter Duncan[[File:Peter Duncan (British politician).jpg70px]]11 November 20036 May 2005ConservativeHoward
James Gray[[File:James Gray MP.jpg93x93px]]9 May 200512 May 2005Conservative
Eleanor Laing[[File:Eleanor Laing, MP for Epping Forest.jpg104x104px]]19 May 20057 December 2005Conservative
David Mundell[[File:David Mundell visiting Stornoway Black Pudding.jpg106x106px]]7 December 200511 May 2010ConservativeCameron
Jim Murphy[[File:Official portrait of Jim Murphy.jpg70px]]11 May 20108 October 2010LabourHarman
Ann McKechin[[File:AnnMcKechinMP.jpg70px]]8 October 20107 October 2011LabourMiliband
Margaret Curran[[File:MargaretCurranMP.jpg70px]]7 October 201111 May 2015Labour
Ian Murray[[File:Official portrait of Ian Murray crop 2.jpg70px]]11 May 201526 June 2016LabourHarman II
Corbyn
Dave Anderson[[File:Dave Anderson MP outside his Blaydon office.jpg70px]]1 July 201614 June 2017Labour
Lesley Laird[[File:Lesley_Laird_Official_Parliamentary_Photo.jpg70px]]14 June 201713 December 2019Labour
Tony Lloyd[[File:Official portrait of Tony Lloyd crop 2.jpg70px]]19 December 20196 April 2020Labour
Ian Murray[[File:Ian Murray Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped) 2.jpg93x93px]]6 April 20205 July 2024LabourStarmer
John Lamont[[File:Official portrait of John Lamont MP crop 2, 2024.jpg70px]]8 July 20245 November 2024ConservativeSunak
Andrew Bowie[[File:Official portrait of Andrew Bowie MP crop 2.jpg70px]]5 November 2024IncumbentConservativeBadenoch

Notes

References

References

  1. (19 May 2005). "Shadow Scottish secretary resigns". BBC News.
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