Second Shadow Cabinet of Bill English explained
The second Shadow Cabinet of Bill English formed the official Opposition in the 52nd New Zealand Parliament from 2 November 2017 until 11 March 2018, during Bill English's second term as Leader of the Opposition.
The Shadow Cabinet was formed after the 2017 New Zealand general election, when a new Government was formed by the New Zealand Labour Party, New Zealand First party and Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. As the largest party not in government, the New Zealand National Party became the official opposition. National Party leader Bill English assigned spokesperson roles to his MPs in order to scrutinise the policies and actions of the government, as well to offer an alternative program. As many National MPs were Ministers in the previous National-led Government, many of them were named Spokespersons for areas in which they had previously had ministerial responsibility. Most other MPs picked up minor portfolios, although new MPs were not assigned any particular responsibilities.[1]
In early 2018, English resigned from the leadership and was replaced as National Party leader by Simon Bridges on 27 February 2018. Other than Bridges' succession to the leadership, no changes to portfolio responsibilities were named until 11 March 2018, when Bridges announced his own Shadow Cabinet.
List of spokespersons
The Opposition portfolio spokespersons were as follows:[2]
| Rank | Spokesperson | Portfolio |
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| bgcolor= | | 2 | | - Deputy Leader of the Opposition
- Spokesperson for Children
- Spokesperson for Women
- Spokesperson for Social Investment
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| bgcolor= | | 3 | | - Spokesperson for Finance
- Spokesperson for Infrastructure
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| bgcolor= | | 4 | | - Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs
- Spokesperson for Fisheries
- Spokesperson for Land Information
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| bgcolor= | | 5 | |
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| bgcolor= | | 6 | | - Spokesperson for Justice
- Spokesperson for Workplace Relations and Safety (including Pike River)
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| bgcolor= | | 7 | | - Spokesperson for Health
- Spokesperson for Sport and Recreation
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| bgcolor= | | 8 | | - Shadow Attorney General
- Spokesperson for Commerce
- Spokesperson for Government Communications Security Bureau
- Spokesperson for New Zealand Security and Intelligence Service
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| bgcolor= | | 9 | | - Spokesperson for Transport
- Spokesperson for Revenue
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| bgcolor= | | 10 | | - Spokesperson for Housing
- Spokesperson for Social Housing
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| bgcolor= | | 11 | | - Spokesperson for Primary Industries
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| bgcolor= | | 12 | | - Spokesperson for Education
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| bgcolor= | | 13 | | - Spokesperson for Trade
- Spokesperson for State Services
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| bgcolor= | | 14 | | - Spokesperson for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
- Spokesperson for Arts, Culture and Heritage
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| bgcolor= | | 15 | | - Spokesperson for Social Development
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| bgcolor= | | 16 | |
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| bgcolor= | | 17 | | - Spokesperson for State Owned Enterprises
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| bgcolor= | | 18 | | - Spokesperson for Forestry
- Spokesperson for Aquaculture
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| bgcolor= | | 19 | | - Spokesperson for Conservation
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| bgcolor= | | 20 | | - Spokesperson for Courts
- Spokesperson for the Community and Voluntary Sector
- Spokesperson for Pacific Peoples
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| bgcolor= | | 21 | |
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| bgcolor= | | 22 | | - Spokesperson for Disability Issues
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| bgcolor= | | 23 | | - Spokesperson for Tourism
- Spokesperson for Small Business
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| bgcolor= | | 24 | | - Spokesperson for Food Safety
- Spokesperson for Racing
- Associate Spokesperson for Immigration
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| bgcolor= | | 25 | |
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| bgcolor= | | 26 | | - Spokesperson for the Environment
- Spokesperson for Planning
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| bgcolor= | | 27 | | - Senior Whip
- Spokesperson for Local Government
- Associate spokesperson for Transport
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| bgcolor= | | 28 | | - Junior Whip
- Spokesperson for Biosecurity
- Spokesperson for Rural Communities
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| bgcolor= | | 29 | | - Third Whip
- Spokesperson for Greater Christchurch Regeneration
- Spokesperson for Mental Health
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| bgcolor= | | 30 | | - Spokesperson for Internal Affairs
- Associate spokesperson for Police
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| bgcolor= | | 31 | | - Spokesperson for Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media
- Spokesperson for Ethnic Affairs
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| bgcolor= | | 32 | | - Spokesperson for Energy and Resources
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| bgcolor= | | 33 | | - Spokesperson for Whānau Ora
- Associate spokesperson for Children
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| bgcolor= | | 34 | | - Spokesperson for Seniors
- Spokesperson for Veterans
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| bgcolor= | | 35 | | - Spokesperson for Corrections
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| bgcolor= | | 36 | | - Spokesperson for Statistics
- Associate Spokesperson for Ethnic Affairs
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| bgcolor= | | 37 | | - Spokesperson for Building Regulation
- Associate Spokesperson for Commerce
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| bgcolor= | | 38 | | - Spokesperson for Police
- Spokesperson for Youth
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| bgcolor= | | 39 | | - Spokesperson for Early Childhood Education
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| bgcolor= | | 40 | | - Spokesperson for ICT
- Spokesperson for Government Digital Services
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| bgcolor= | | 41 | | - Spokesperson for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations
- Spokesperson for Māori Development
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| bgcolor= | | 42 | | - Spokesperson for Climate Change
- Spokesperson for Crown/Māori Relations
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| bgcolor= | | 43 | | - Spokesperson for Science and Innovation
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| bgcolor= | | 44 | | - Spokesperson for Data
- Associate spokesperson for Health
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| bgcolor= | | 45 | | - Spokesperson for Customs
- Associate Spokesperson for Regional Development
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| bgcolor= | | 46 | | - Spokesperson for Civil Defence
- Spokesperson for the Earthquake Commission
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The ten MPs who entered Parliament at the 2017 general election (Simeon Brown, Andrew Falloon, Harete Hipango, Matt King, Denise Lee, Chris Penk, Erica Stanford, Tim van de Molen, Hamish Walker, and Lawrence Yule) were not ranked or given portfolio allocations.
Notes and References
- News: National's underwhelming reshuffle. Sachdeva. Sam. Newsroom. 3 November 2017. 12 March 2018.
- Web site: National unveils strong Opposition team. Scoop.co.nz. 2 November 2017. 2 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171102024359/http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1711/S00010/national-unveils-strong-opposition-team.htm. 2 November 2017.
