Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
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Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs | |
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Alfred Robens | |
Formation | 14 December 1955 |
Website | The Shadow Cabinet |
In
Foreign Office. If elected, the person serving as shadow foreign secretary may be designated to serve as the new Foreign Secretary
.
The current shadow secretary of state for foreign and Commonwealth affairs is MP
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and other FCDO ministers to account in Parliament
.
Although
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, Preet Gill. This however is no longer the case after the November 2021 British shadow cabinet reshuffle
.
List of shadow foreign secretaries
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Shadow Cabinet | ||
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Alfred Robens | 14 December 1955 | 6 November 1956 | Labour | Gaitskell
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Aneurin Bevan | 6 November 1956 | 11 October 1959 | Labour | |||
Denis Healey | 11 October 1959 | 2 November 1961 | Labour | |||
Harold Wilson | 2 November 1961 | 14 February 1963 | Labour | |||
Patrick Gordon Walker | 14 February 1963 | 15 October 1964 | Labour | Wilson I | ||
R. A. Butler | 15 October 1964 | 16 February 1965[1] | Conservative | Douglas-Home | ||
Reginald Maudling | 16 February 1965[1] | 11 November 1965 | Conservative | Heath I | ||
Christopher Soames | 11 November 1965 | 13 April 1966 | Conservative | |||
Alec Douglas-Home | 13 April 1966 | 18 June 1970 | Conservative | |||
Denis Healey | 20 June 1970 | 19 April 1972 | Labour | Wilson II | ||
James Callaghan | 19 April 1972 | 4 March 1974 | Labour | |||
Geoffrey Rippon | 4 March 1974 | 11 February 1975 | Conservative | Heath II | ||
Reginald Maudling | 11 February 1975 | 11 April 1976 | Conservative | Thatcher | ||
John Davies | 11 April 1976 | 6 November 1978 | Conservative | |||
Francis Pym[a]
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6 November 1978 | 4 May 1979 | Conservative | |||
David Owen | 4 May 1979 | 14 July 1979 | Labour | Callaghan | ||
Peter Shore | 14 July 1979 | 8 December 1980 | Labour | |||
Denis Healey | 8 December 1980 | 13 June 1987 | Labour | Foot | ||
Kinnock | ||||||
Gerald Kaufman | 13 June 1987 | 24 July 1992 | Labour | |||
Jack Cunningham | 24 July 1992 | 20 October 1994 | Labour | Smith | ||
Beckett | ||||||
Robin Cook | 20 October 1994 | 2 May 1997 | Labour | Blair | ||
John Major | 7 May 1997 | 11 June 1997 | Conservative | Major | ||
Michael Howard | 11 June 1997 | 15 June 1999 | Conservative | Hague | ||
John Maples | 15 June 1999 | 2 February 2000 | Conservative | |||
Francis Maude | 2 February 2000 | 18 September 2001 | Conservative | |||
Michael Ancram | 18 September 2001 | 10 May 2005 | Conservative | Duncan Smith | ||
Howard | ||||||
Liam Fox | 10 May 2005 | 6 December 2005 | Conservative | |||
William Hague | 6 December 2005 | 11 May 2010 | Conservative | Cameron | ||
David Miliband | 11 May 2010 | 8 October 2010 | Labour | Harman I | ||
Yvette Cooper | 8 October 2010 | 20 January 2011 | Labour | Miliband | ||
Douglas Alexander | 20 January 2011 | 11 May 2015 | Labour | |||
Hilary Benn | 11 May 2015 | 26 June 2016
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Labour | Harman II | ||
Corbyn | ||||||
Emily Thornberry | 27 June 2016
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5 April 2020 | Labour | |||
Lisa Nandy | 5 April 2020 | 29 November 2021 | Labour | Starmer | ||
David Lammy | 29 November 2021 | Incumbent | Labour |
Notes
- Norman St John-Stevas had replaced him as Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, and Pym continued as Shadow Foreign Secretary through the end of the Parliament in 1979.
References
- ^ ISBN 0-7509-2924-3.
- ^ Geoffrey Parkhouse (7 November 1978). "Pym favourite for top Thatcher post". The Glasgow Herald. p. 1.