Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development explained

Post:Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development
Incumbent:Harriet Baldwin
Incumbentsince:19th July 2024
Appointer:Leader of the Opposition
Website:The Shadow Cabinet

The shadow cabinet minister for international development is the lead spokesperson for the United Kingdom's Official Opposition on issues related to international aid, most notably to the Third World. The shadow cabinet minister holds the minister of state for development and Africa to account in Parliament. The role previously had no counterpart in the Government between 2020 and 2022 after the Department for International Development (DFID) and the role of international development secretary was abolished by the second Johnson government in 2020. The position was renamed from shadow secretary of state for international development in November 2021 and placed under the shadow foreign secretary.

The shadow minister also holds the foreign secretary and other FCDO ministers to account in Parliament. DFID was abolished in 2020 but Keir Starmer retained the role in his Shadow Cabinet.

Before Tony Blair established DfID in his first government after coming to power in 1997, there was a minister for overseas development ("minister of" before 1970) who was a part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Since 1989, the shadow minister or shadow secretary has usually been a member of the shadow cabinet.

Shadow ministers and secretaries

Shadow Minister for Overseas Development

NameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyLeader
Robert CarrOctober 1964October 1965ConservativeAlec Douglas-Home
Christopher ChatawayOctober 196531 March 1966ConservativeEdward Heath
Richard WoodApril 1966c. October 1967Conservative
Bernard Brainec. October 196715 June 1970Conservative
Judith Hart19 June 19704 March 1974LabourHarold Wilson
Richard Wood4 March 197418 February 1975ConservativeEdward Heath
Unclear; possibly none18 February 197515 January 1976ConservativeMargaret Thatcher
Richard Luce15 January 19764 May 1979Conservative
Judith Hart4 May 19798 December 1980LabourJames Callaghan
Frank McElhone8 December 198022 September 1982LabourMichael Foot
Guy Barnett24 November 198231 October 1983Labour
Stuart Holland31 October 198313 July 1987LabourNeil Kinnock
Unclear13 July 19872 November 1989Labour
Ann Clwyd2 November 1989[1] 18 July 1992Labour
Michael Meacher18 July 1992[2] 21 October 1993LabourJohn Smith
Tom Clarke21 October 1993[3] 20 October 1994Labour
Margaret Beckett
Joan Lestor20 October 1994[4] October 1996LabourTony Blair
Clare Short25 July 1996[5] 2 May 1997Labour

Shadow Secretary of State for International Development

NameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyLeader
The Baroness Chalker of Wallasey2 May 199730 June 1997ConservativeJohn Major
Alastair Goodlad30 June 1997[6] 1 June 1998ConservativeWilliam Hague
Gary Streeter1 June 1998[7] 14 September 2001Conservative
Caroline Spelman14 September 2001[8] 10 November 2003ConservativeIain Duncan Smith
John Bercow10 November 2003[9] 8 September 2004ConservativeMichael Howard
Alan Duncan8 September 2004[10] 10 May 2005Conservative
Andrew Mitchell10 May 2005[11] [12] 11 May 2010Conservative
Douglas Alexander11 May 20108 October 2010LabourHarriet Harman
Harriet Harman8 October 2010[13] 7 October 2011LabourEd Miliband
Ivan Lewis7 October 2011[14] 7 October 2013Labour
Jim Murphy7 October 2013[15] 2 November 2014Labour
Mary Creagh5 November 2014[16] 12 September 2015Labour
Harriet Harman
Diane Abbott13 September 2015[17] 27 June 2016LabourJeremy Corbyn
Kate Osamor27 June 2016[18] 1 December 2018Labour & Co-op
Dan Carden1 December 20186 April 2020Labour
Preet Gill6 April 202029 November 2021Labour & Co-opKeir Starmer

Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development

NameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyLeader
Preet Gill29 November 20214 September 2023Labour & Co-opKeir Starmer
Lisa Nandy4 September 20235 July 2024Labour

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kinnock splits his top Treasury team . The Glasgow Herald . 1 . 2 November 1989.
  2. Web site: Timmins . Nicholas . Smith revamps Shadow Cabinet: Nicholas Timmins analyses the Labour line-up and looks at the backgrounds of the newcomers . . London . 25 July 1992 . 2 June 2011.
  3. News: Linton . Martin . Women's lists 'not illegal': The New Shadow Cabinet . . Manchester . 22 October 1993 . 2 June 2011.
  4. Web site: Blair uses reshuffle to put own sta on Shadow Cabinet: Brown stays as shadow Chancellor—Cook takes foreign affairs—Straw is shadow Home Secretary—Beckett moves to health . The Independent . 21 October 1994 . 18 July 2011 . Timms . Nicholas.
  5. News: A rare national treasure in peril . John . Rentoul . The Independent . 26 July 1996.
  6. Web site: Hague Makes Final Appointments . Politics 97 . BBC News . 24 June 1997 . 22 August 2012.
  7. Web site: Hague reshuffles shadow cabinet . 1 June 1998 . 22 August 2012.
  8. Web site: Eurosceptics prosper under Duncan Smith . BBC News . 14 September 2001 . 22 August 2012.
  9. Web site: Howard unveils his top team . 10 November 2003 . 21 August 2012 . BBC News.
  10. Web site: Howard expands shadow cabinet in reshuffle . 8 September 2005 . 21 August 2012 . The Telegraph.
  11. Web site: Reshuffle deals Tories mixed hand . The Scotsman . 11 May 2005 . 21 August 2012.
  12. Web site: Cameron's frontlilne team unveiled . 8 December 2005 . BBC News.
  13. Web site: Ed Miliband unveils shocks in shadow cabinet selections . The Telegraph . Rosa . Prince . 8 October 2010.
  14. Web site: Labour's Shadow Cabinet . 7 October 2011 . Labour.org.uk . https://web.archive.org/web/20111009192022/http://www.labour.org.uk/labours-shadow-cabinet . dead . 9 October 2011.
  15. Web site: Goodbye to Defence. Hello to International Development . 13 October 2013 . 12 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131012104524/http://www.jimmurphymp.com/jims-blog/blog.aspx?b=33 . dead .
  16. News: Labour reshuffle: Dugher and Powell promoted by ed Miliband. BBC News. 5 November 2014.
  17. Web site: Shadow Cabinet: Who's In And Who's Out?. Sky News. 14 September 2015 . 14 September 2015.
  18. News: Jeremy Corbyn unveils new shadow cabinet after raft of resignations . Jamie Grierson . Anushka Asthana . 27 June 2016 . The Guardian .

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