Shadow Secretary of State for Education explained

Post:Shadow Secretary of State for Education
Incumbent:Damian Hinds
Incumbentsince:8 July 2024
Appointer:Leader of the Opposition
Inaugural:Roy Hattersley
Website:His Majesty's Official Opposition: The Shadow Cabinet

The shadow secretary of state for education, also called the shadow education secretary, is an office in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet responsible for Opposition policy on education and for holding the secretary of state for education, junior education ministers, and the Department for Education to account.

List of shadow secretaries of state

Shadow Secretaries of State for Education and Science

Shadow SecretaryTook officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
Roy Hattersley4 May 19735 March 1974LabourWilson II
Norman St John-Stevas28 February 19746 November 1978ConservativeThatcher
Mark Carlisle6 November 19784 May 1979
Gordon Oakes[1] 4 May 197914 July 1979LabourCallaghan
Neil Kinnock14 July 19792 October 1983
Foot
Giles Radice2 October 198313 July 1987Kinnock
Jack Straw13 July 198718 July 1992

Shadow Secretaries of State for Education

Shadow SecretaryTook officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
Ann Taylor18 July 199220 October 1994LabourSmith
Beckett
David Blunkett20 October 199419 October 1995Blair

Shadow Secretaries of State for Education and Employment

Shadow SecretaryTook officeLeft officePolitical PartyShadow Cabinet
David Blunkett19 October 19952 May 1997LabourBlair
Gillian Shephard2 May 199711 June 1997ConservativeMajor
Stephen Dorrell11 June 199715 June 1998Hague
David Willetts1 June 199815 June 1999
Theresa May15 June 199918 September 2001

Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Skills

Shadow SecretaryTook officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
Damian Green18 September 200111 November 2003ConservativeDuncan Smith
Tim Yeo11 November 200314 July 2004Howard
Tim Collins[2] 14 July 20045 May 2005
David Cameron[3] 10 May 20056 December 2005
David Willetts[4] 8 December 20053 July 2007Cameron

Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families

Shadow SecretaryTook officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
Michael Gove[5] 3 July 20076 May 2010ConservativeCameron

Shadow Secretaries of State for Education

Shadow SecretaryTook officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
Ed Balls[6] 12 May 20108 October 2010LabourHarman I
Andy Burnham[7] 8 October 20107 October 2011Miliband
Stephen Twigg[8] 7 October 20117 October 2013
Tristram Hunt[9] 7 October 201314 September 2015
Harman II
Lucy Powell[10] 14 September 201526 June 2016Corbyn
Pat Glass[11] 27 June 201629 June 2016
Angela Rayner[12] 1 July 20165 April 2020
Rebecca Long-Bailey[13] 6 April 202025 June 2020Starmer
Kate Green[14] 27 June 202029 November 2021
Bridget Phillipson[15] 29 November 20215 July 2024
Damian Hinds[16] 8 July 2024incumbentConservativeSunak

See also

Notes and References

  1. Secretary of State for Education and Science Shirley Williams lost her seat in the General Election.
  2. Web site: Mr Tim Collins . UK Parliament . 20 October 2021.
  3. Web site: Mr David Cameron . UK Parliament . 20 October 2021.
  4. Web site: Lord Willetts . UK Parliament . 20 October 2021.
  5. Web site: Michael Gove . UK Parliament . 20 October 2021.
  6. Web site: Ed Balls . UK Parliament . 20 October 2021.
  7. Web site: Andy Burnham . UK Parliament . 20 October 2021.
  8. Web site: Stephen Twigg . UK Parliament . 20 October 2021.
  9. Web site: Tristram Hunt . UK Parliament . 20 October 2021.
  10. Web site: Lucy Powell . UK Parliament . 20 October 2021.
  11. Web site: Pat Glass . UK Parliament . 20 October 2021.
  12. Web site: Angela Rayner . UK Parliament . 20 October 2021.
  13. Web site: Rebecca Long Bailey . UK Parliament . 20 October 2021.
  14. Web site: Kate Green . UK Parliament . 20 October 2021.
  15. Web site: Bridget Phillipson . UK Parliament . 29 November 2021.
  16. Web site: UK politics live: Lord Cameron resigns as Rishi Sunak announces interim shadow cabinet . 2024-07-08 . BBC News . en-GB.