List of British shadow cabinets
This is a list of the shadow cabinets of the United Kingdom, including the unofficial the frontbench team of spokespersons of other parties from 1964 to the present date.
Shadow Cabinets
Party key | Conservative | |
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Labour Party | ||
Liberal Party | ||
Social Democratic Party | ||
Liberal Democrat | ||
Scottish National Party | ||
Democratic Unionist Party |
1964–present
Date | Leader of the Opposition | Official Shadow Cabinet
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Government | Other opposition | ||
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1964 | Alec Douglas-Home | Douglas-Home | Wilson I
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Grimond Frontbench Team
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1965 | Edward Heath | Heath I | Wilson II
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1970 | Harold Wilson | Wilson II | Heath | Thorpe Frontbench Team
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1974 | Edward Heath | Heath II | Wilson III
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Wilson IV
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1975 | Margaret Thatcher | Thatcher | Callaghan
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1979 | James Callaghan | Callaghan | Thatcher I | |||
1980 | Michael Foot | Foot | ||||
1983 | Neil Kinnock | Kinnock | Thatcher II | |||
1987 | Thatcher III | |||||
1990 | Major I | |||||
1992 | John Smith | Smith | Major II | |||
May 1994 | Margaret Beckett | Beckett | ||||
Jul 1994 | Tony Blair | Blair | ||||
May 1997 | John Major | Major | Blair I | Ashdown Frontbench Team
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Jun 1997 | William Hague | Hague | ||||
1999 | Kennedy Frontbench Team
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2001 | Iain Duncan Smith | Duncan Smith | Blair II | |||
2003 | Michael Howard | Howard | ||||
2005 | David Cameron | Cameron | Blair III | |||
2006 | Campbell Frontbench Team
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Oct 2007 | Brown | First Cable Frontbench Team
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Dec 2007 | Clegg Frontbench Team
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May 2010 | Harriet Harman | Harman I | ) | None
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Sep 2010 | Ed Miliband | Miliband | ||||
May 2015 | Harriet Harman | Harman II | Cameron II | Farron Frontbench Team
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Sep 2015 | Jeremy Corbyn | Corbyn | ||||
2016 | May I | |||||
2017 | May II | Swinson Frontbench Team
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Jul 2019 | Johnson I | |||||
Dec 2019 | Johnson II | Donaldson Frontbench Team
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Apr 2020 | Keir Starmer | Starmer | ||||
Sep 2022 | Truss | |||||
Oct 2022 | Sunak |