The frontbench of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the Parliament of the United Kingdom consists of the Shadow Cabinet and other official spokespersons of the political party currently serving as the Official Opposition. Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition is currently the parliamentary Conservative Party. The Opposition's full frontbench team as of September 2009 is listed below (there are over 150 members) (not all parliamentary spokespersons are members of the shadow cabinet; the list however includes all shadow secretaries who are in the shadow cabinet and other spokespersons who are in the shadow departments).
Key:
| Shadow Minister in the House of Commons | |
| Shadow Minister in the House of Lords |
| Office of the Leader of the Opposition | ||
|---|---|---|
| Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition |
The Rt. Hon. David Cameron MP | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition | Desmond Swayne TD MP | |
| Party Officers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the Conservative Party | Eric Pickles MP | |
| Chairman of the Policy Review Chairman of the Conservative Research Department |
The Rt Hon. Oliver Letwin MP | |
| Deputy Chairman (Local Government) | Bob Neill AM MP | |
| Deputy Chairman (National Convention) | Don Porter | |
| Deputy Chairman (Field Campaigning) | The Lord Ashcroft KCMG | |
| Deputy Chairman (Development) | Alistair Burt MP | |
| Deputy Chairman (Candidates) | John Maples MP | |
| Vice Chairman (Cities) | Tariq Ahmad | |
| Vice Chairman (Women) | Margot James | |
| Vice Chairman (Business) | Richard Spring MP | |
| Vice Chairman (Youth) | Justine Greening MP | |
| Vice Chairman (Campaigning) | Grant Shapps MP | |
| Chairman, International Office | David Lidington MP | |
| Deputy Chairman, International Office | Philip Dunne MP | |
| Chairman, Ethnic Diversity Council | The Lord Sheikh | |
| Business, Innovation and Skills|Business | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Business | The Rt Hon. Ken Clarke QC MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Business and Enterprise | Mark Prisk MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Corporate Governance and Solicitor General | Jonathan Djanogly MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform | John Penrose MP | |
| Shadow Ministers | The Lord de Mauley TD | |
| The Lord Hunt of Wirral MBE | ||
| Cabinet Office | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister for Cabinet Office Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster |
The Rt Hon. Francis Maude MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Charities, Social Enterprise and Volunteering | Nick Hurd MP | |
| Shadow Ministers | The Lord Bates | |
| The Lord Howard | ||
| Children, Schools and Families | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families | Michael Gove MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Schools | Nick Gibb MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Education | Maria Miller MP | |
| Shadow Minister | Tim Loughton MP | |
| Shadow Ministers | The Lord de Mauley TD | |
| The Lady Verma | ||
| Communities and Local Government | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government | Caroline Spelman MP | |
| Shadow Minister | Stewart Jackson MP | |
| Shadow Minister | Justine Greening MP | |
| Shadow Minister | Paul Goodman MP | |
| Shadow Minister for London | Bob Neill MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Housing | Grant Shapps MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion and Social Action | The Baroness Warsi | |
| Shadow Minister | The Lord Bates | |
| Shadow Minister | The Earl Cathcart | |
| Culture, Media and Sport | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | Jeremy Hunt MP | |
| Shadow Minister for the Olympics | Hugh Robertson MP | |
| Shadow Minister for the Arts | Ed Vaizey MP | |
| Shadow Minister | Tobias Ellwood MP | |
| Shadow Minister | The Lord Howard of Rising | |
| Shadow Minister | The Lord Luke | |
| Shadow Minister for the Olympics | The Lord Glentoran CBE DL | |
| Defence | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Defence | Dr. Liam Fox MP | |
| Shadow Ministers | Gerald Howarth MP | |
| Dr. Julian Lewis MP | ||
| Dr. Andrew Murrison MP | ||
| Shadow Ministers | The Lord Astor of Hever DL | |
| The Lord Luke | ||
| Energy and Climate Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change | Greg Clark MP | ||
| Shadow Ministers | Gregory Barker MP | ||
| Charles Hendry MP | |||
| Shadow Minister | The Baroness Wilcox | ||
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Nick Herbert MP | |
| Shadow Minister for the Environment | Anne McIntosh MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs | James Paice MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries | Bill Wiggin MP | |
| Shadow Minister | The Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE | |
| Foreign Affairs | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Foreign Secretary Senior Member of the Shadow Cabinet |
The Rt Hon. William Hague MP | |
| Shadow Foreign Office Minister | David Lidington MP | |
| Shadow Ministers | Keith Simpson MP | |
| Mark Francois MP | ||
| The Rt. Hon. The Lord Howell of Guildford PC | ||
| Health | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Health | Andrew Lansley CBE MP | |
| Shadow Ministers | Anne Milton MP | |
| Stephen O'Brien MP | ||
| Mike Penning MP | ||
| Mark Simmonds MP | ||
| Shadow Ministers | The Rt Hon. The Earl Howe | |
| Prof. The Rt Hon. The Lord McColl of Dulwich CBE | ||
| Home Affairs | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Home Secretary | Chris Grayling MP | |
| Shadow Minister | David Ruffley MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Immigration | Damian Green MP | |
| Shadow Minister | James Brokenshire MP | |
| Shadow Minister | Andrew Rosindell MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Security and National Security Adviser to the Leader of the Opposition |
The Baroness Neville-Jones DCMG | |
| Shadow Minister | The Baroness Hanham CBE | |
| Innovation, Universities and Skills | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister for Universities and Skills with special responsibility for family policy[1] | David Willetts MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Higher Education | Adam Afriyie MP | |
| Shadow Minister for Vocational Education | John Hayes MP | |
| Shadow Minister | Rob Wilson MP | |
| Shadow Minister | The Baroness Verma | |
| International Development | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for International Development | Andrew Mitchell MP | |
| Shadow Ministers | Mark Lancaster TD MP | |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP | ||
| Shadow Minister | The Baroness Rawlings | |
| Justice | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Justice | Dominic Grieve QC MP | |
| Shadow Ministers | Henry Bellingham MP | |
| David Burrowes MP | ||
| Alan Duncan MP | ||
| Eleanor Laing MP | ||
| Shadow Ministers | The Lord Henley | |
| Law Officers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Attorney General | Edward Garnier QC MP | |
| Shadow Solicitor General and Shadow Minister for Corporate Governance | Jonathan Djanogly MP | |
| Northern Ireland | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | Owen Paterson MP | |
| Shadow Minster | Laurence Robertson MP | |
| Shadow Minster | The Lord Glentoran CBE DL | |
| Parliament | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Leader of the House | Sir George Young, Bt. MP | |
| Shadow Deputy Leader of the Commons | Shailesh Vara MP | |
| Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords | The Rt. Hon. The Lord Strathclyde PC | |
| Deputy Leader of the Lords | The Rt. Hon. The Lord Howell of Guildford PC | |
| Shadow Lord Chancellor | vacant | |
| Scotland | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland | David Mundell MP | |
| Shadow Minister | Ben Wallace MP | |
| Shadow Minister | His Grace The Duke of Montrose | |
| Transport | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Transport | Theresa Villiers MP | |
| Shadow Ministers | Julian Brazier TD MP | |
| Stephen Hammond MP | ||
| Robert Goodwill MP | ||
| Shadow Minister | The Lord Cllr. Hanningfield DL | |
| Treasury | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer and General Election Campaign Co-ordinator | George Osborne MP | |
| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | Philip Hammond MP | |
| Shadow Ministers | David Gauke MP | |
| Mark Hoban MP | ||
| Justine Greening MP | ||
| Shadow Minister | The Baroness Noakes DBE | |
| Wales | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Wales | Cheryl Gillan MP | |
| Shadow Minister | David Jones MP | |
| Shadow Minister | The Lord Glentoran CBE | |
| Work and Pensions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | The Rt Hon. Theresa May MP | |
| Shadow Ministers | Nigel Waterson MP | |
| Mark Harper MP | ||
| James Clappison MP | ||
| Andrew Selous MP | ||
| Shadow Ministers | The Lord Skelmersdale | |
| The Baron Freud | ||
See also
- Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)
- Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)
- Opposition (parliamentary)
- Cabinet of the United Kingdom
- Her Majesty's Government frontbench
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