Post: | Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health |
Incumbent: | Abena Oppong-Asare |
Incumbentsince: | 5 September 2023 |
Department: | Shadow Cabinet |
Appointer: | Leader of the Opposition |
Formation: | 14 September 2015 |
First: | Luciana Berger |
Website: | Shadow Cabinet |
The Shadow Minister for Women's Health and Mental Health is a position in the United Kingdom's Shadow Cabinet that was created on 14 September 2015. It is a ministerial position, but for a brief period it was Shadow Secretary of State for Mental Health in the May 2021 cabinet reshuffle.[1] It was renamed to its current name in September 2023.
Shadow Secretary | Term of Office | Political Party | Leader of the Opposition | ||||
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14 September 2015 | 27 June 2016 | Labour | Jeremy Corbyn | ||||
7 October 2016 | 6 April 2020 | Labour | Jeremy Corbyn | ||||
6 April 2020 | 9 May 2021 | Labour | Keir Starmer |