Cabinet Name: | First Heath Shadow Cabinet |
Cabinet Type: | Shadow Cabinet |
Jurisdiction: | the United Kingdom |
Flag Border: | true |
Incumbent: | 1965 – 1970 |
Date Formed: | 28 July 1965 |
Date Dissolved: | 19 June 1970 |
Government Head Title: | Leader of the Opposition |
Government Head: | Edward Heath |
Other Government Minister Title: | Shadow Deputy Prime Minister |
State Head Title: | Monarch |
State Head: | Elizabeth II |
Legislature Status: | Official Opposition (1964) (1966) |
Election: | 1965 Conservative Party leadership election |
Legislature Term: | 43th UK Parliament 44th UK Parliament |
Previous: | Shadow Cabinet of Alec Douglas-Home |
Successor: | Second Shadow Cabinet of Harold Wilson |
Deputy Government Head Title: | Deputy Leader of the Opposition |
The First Shadow Cabinet of Edward Heath was created on 28 July 1965 after the Conservative Party elected Edward Heath as its leader, replacing Sir Alec Douglas-Home.
Portfolio | Shadow Minister | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition Leader of the Conservative Party | Edward Heath | 1965–70 | |
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer | Edward Heath | 1965 | |
Iain Macleod | 1965–70 | ||
Shadow Foreign Secretary | Reginald Maudling | 1965 | |
Christopher Soames | 1965–66 | ||
Sir Alec Douglas-Home | 1966–70 | ||
Shadow Home Secretary | Peter Thorneycroft | 1965–66 | |
Quintin Hogg | 1966–70 | ||
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence | Enoch Powell | 1965–68 | |
Reginald Maudling | 1968–69 | ||
Geoffrey Rippon | 1969–70 | ||
Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Science | Margaret Thatcher | 1967–70 | |
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland | Michael Noble | 1965–69 | |
Gordon Campbell | 1969–70 | ||
Shadow Commonwealth Secretary | Selwyn Lloyd | 1965–68 | |
Chairman of the Conservative Party | Edward du Cann | 1965–67 | |
Anthony Barber | 1967–70 | ||
Opposition Chief Whip | William Whitelaw | 1965–70 | |
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords | Lord Carington | 1965–70 |
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