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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 Secretary of State for Scotland | |
|---|---|
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| Appointer | Leader of the Opposition |
| Inaugural holder | Tom Fraser |
| Formation | 26 October 1951 |
Shadow secretaries of state
edit| Name | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Shadow Cabinet | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Fraser | 26 October 1951 | 7 December 1961 | Labour | Clement Attlee | ||
| Hugh Gaitskell | ||||||
| Harold Wilson | ||||||
| Willie Ross | 7 December 1961 | 16 October 1964 | Labour | |||
| Michael Noble | 16 October 1964 | 23 January 1969 | Conservative | Alec Douglas-Home | ||
| Edward Heath | ||||||
| Gordon Campbell | 23 January 1969 | 20 July 1970 | Conservative | |||
| Willie Ross | 20 July 1970 | 4 March 1974 | Labour | Harold Wilson | ||
| Alick Buchanan-Smith | 4 March 1974 | 9 December 1976 | Conservative | Edward Heath | ||
| Margaret Thatcher | ||||||
| Teddy Taylor | 
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9 December 1976 | 3 May 1979 | Conservative | ||
| Bruce Millan | 
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4 May 1979 | 31 October 1983 | Labour | James Callaghan | |
| Michael Foot | ||||||
| Donald Dewar | 
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31 October 1983 | 18 July 1992 | Labour | Neil Kinnock | |
| Tom Clarke | 
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18 July 1992 | 21 October 1993 | Labour | John Smith | |
| George Robertson | 
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21 October 1993 | 2 May 1997 | Labour | ||
| Margaret Beckett | ||||||
| Tony Blair | ||||||
| Office not in use | 2 May 1997 | 14 September 2001 | Conservative | John Major | ||
| William Hague | ||||||
| Jacqui Lait | 14 September 2001 | 11 November 2003 | Conservative | Iain Duncan Smith | ||
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11 November 2003 | 6 May 2005 | Conservative | Michael Howard | |
| James Gray | 
|
9 May 2005 | 12 May 2005 [1] | Conservative | ||
| Eleanor Laing | 
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19 May 2005 | 7 December 2005 | Conservative | ||
| David Mundell | 
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7 December 2005 | 11 May 2010 | Conservative | David Cameron | |
| Jim Murphy | 
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11 May 2010 | 8 October 2010 | Labour | Harriet Harman | |
| Ann McKechin | 
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8 October 2010 | 7 October 2011 | Labour | Ed Miliband | |
| Margaret Curran | 
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7 October 2011 | 11 May 2015 | Labour | ||
| Ian Murray | 
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11 May 2015 | 26 June 2016 | Labour | Harriet Harman | |
| Jeremy Corbyn | ||||||
| Dave Anderson | 
|
1 July 2016 | 14 June 2017 | Labour | ||
| Lesley Laird | 
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14 June 2017 | 13 December 2019 | Labour | ||
| Tony Lloyd | 
|
19 December 2019 | 6 April 2020 | Labour | ||
| Ian Murray |
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6 April 2020 | 5 July 2024 | Labour | Keir Starmer | |
| John Lamont | 
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8 July 2024 | 5 November 2024 | Conservative | Rishi Sunak | |
| Andrew Bowie |
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5 November 2024 | Incumbent | Conservative | Kemi Badenoch | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Shadow Scottish secretary resigns". BBC News. 19 May 2005. Retrieved 3 July 2021.