Post: | Shadow Minister without Portfolio |
Incumbent: | Vacant |
Incumbentsince: | 6 July 2024 |
Appointer: | Leader of the Opposition |
Website: | The Conservative Party |
Department: | Shadow Cabinet |
The Shadow Minister without Portfolio is a member of the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet. The postholder shadows the Minister without portfolio.
The position is currently vacant after the 2024 United Kingdom general election.
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Length of term of office | Party | Shadow Cabinet | |||||
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Cecil Parkinson[1] | 11 June 1997 | 2 December 1998 | Conservative | Hague | ||||||
Michael Ancram[2] | 2 December 1998 | 18 September 2001 | Conservative | |||||||
David Davis[3] | 18 September 2001 | 23 July 2002 | Conservative | Duncan Smith |
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Length of term of office | Party | Shadow Cabinet | |||
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Liam Fox[4] | 10 November 2003 | 10 May 2005 | Conservative | Howard | ||||
Francis Maude[5] | 10 May 2005 | 3 July 2007 | Conservative | |||||
Cameron | ||||||||
Oliver Letwin[6] | 8 December 2005 | 6 May 2010 | Conservative | |||||
Caroline Spelman[7] | 3 July 2007 | 19 January 2009 | Conservative |
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Length of term of office | Party | Shadow Cabinet | |||
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Michael Dugher[8] | 60px | 7 October 2011 | 7 October 2013 | Labour | Miliband | |||
The Lord Wood of Anfield[9] [10] | 17 October 2011 | 27 May 2015 | Labour | |||||
Jon Trickett[11] | 8 October 2013 | 14 September 2015 | Labour | |||||
Harman II | ||||||||
Jonathan Ashworth[12] | 14 September 2015 | 7 October 2016 | Labour | Corbyn | ||||
Andrew Gwynne[13] | 7 October 2016 | 14 June 2017 | Labour | |||||
Ian Lavery | 9 February 2017 | 5 April 2020 | Labour | |||||
Vacant | 5 April 2020 | 4 December 2021 | Labour | Starmer | ||||
Conor McGinn[14] [15] | 4 December 2021 | 22 September 2022 | Labour | |||||
Vacant | 23 September 2022 | 4 September 2023 | Labour | |||||
Nick Thomas-Symonds[16] | 4 September 2023 | 6 July 2024 | Labour |
* Incumbent's length of term last updated: .