Shadow Secretary of State for Transport explained

Post:Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
Incumbent:Helen Whately
Incumbentsince:8 July 2024
Appointer:Leader of the Opposition
Website:The Shadow Cabinet
Department:Shadow Cabinet of the United Kingdom
Reports To:Leader of the Opposition

The shadow secretary of state for transport is a political post in the United Kingdom. It has been consistently held by a member of the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet since May 1979. The shadow secretary helps hold the transport secretary and junior ministers to account and is the lead spokesperson on transport matters for their party. Should the relevant party take office, the shadow secretary would be a likely candidate to become the transport secretary.

At various times, the post has been called Shadow Minister for Transport (including from 1979 to 1981), Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, and Shadow Secretary of State for Environment and Transport.

Shadow secretaries of state

Shadow Secretary of State for Transport

NameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
William Rodgers4 May 197914 June 1979LabourCallaghan
Albert Booth[1] [2] 14 June 197931 October 1983Labour
Foot
John Prescott[3] 31 October 198326 October 1984LabourKinnock
Gwyneth Dunwoody[4] 26 October 19844 November 1985Labour
Robert Hughes[5] 4 November 198523 November 1988Labour
John Prescott23 November 198821 October 1993Labour
Smith
Frank Dobson[6] 21 October 199320 October 1994Labour
Beckett
Michael Meacher[7] 20 October 199419 October 1995LabourBlair
Clare Short[8] 19 October 199525 July 1996Labour
Andrew Smith[9] [10] 25 July 19962 May 1997Labour
Sir George Young[11] 2 May 1997June 1997ConservativeMajor

Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

NameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
Norman FowlerJune 19971 June 1998ConservativeHague
Gillian Shepherd[12] 1 June 199814 June 1999Conservative
John Redwood[13] 14 June 19992 February 2000Conservative
Archie Norman2 February 200018 September 2001Conservative

Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

NameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
Theresa May[14] [15] 18 September 200123 July 2002ConservativeDuncan Smith

Shadow Secretary of State for Transport

NameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
Tim Collins[16] 23 July 200210 November 2003ConservativeDuncan Smith
Damian Green10 November 20038 September 2004ConservativeHoward

Shadow Secretary of State for Environment and Transport

NameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
Tim Yeo8 September 200410 May 2005ConservativeHoward

Shadow Secretary of State for Transport

NameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
Alan Duncan[17] 6 May 20058 December 2005ConservativeHoward
Chris Grayling[18] 8 December 20052 July 2007ConservativeCameron
Theresa Villiers[19] 2 July 200711 May 2010Conservative
Sadiq Khan[20] 14 May 20108 October 2010LabourHarman I
Maria Eagle[21] 8 October 20107 October 2013LabourMiliband
Mary Creagh[22] 7 October 20135 November 2014Labour
Michael Dugher[23] 5 November 201413 September 2015Labour
Harman II
Lilian Greenwood13 September 201526 June 2016LabourCorbyn
Andy McDonald27 June 20166 April 2020Labour
Jim McMahon6 April 202029 November 2021LabourStarmer
Louise Haigh29 November 20215 July 2024Labour
Helen Whately8 July 2024 IncumbentConservativeSunak

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shore steps up as Owen is demoted . The Glasgow Herald . 15 June 1979 . Geoffrey . Parkhouse . 1.
  2. Booth was Shadow Minister of Transport until September 1981, when the Minister of Transport became Secretary of State for Transport.
  3. News: Protest by Nationalists as Dewar takes over . 1 November 1983 . The Glasgow Herald . Geoffrey . Parkhouse . 7.
  4. Web site: Smith chosen to shadow Tebbit . 27 October 1984 . The Glasgow Herald . Geoffrey . Parkhouse . 1.
  5. Web site: Transport job goes to Hugues . The Glasgow Herald . Stuart . Trotter . 5 November 1985 . 7.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Web site: New MPs promoted by Blair . 22 October 1995 . 26 July 2011 . The Independent.
  9. Web site: Opposition Front Bench Spokespersons 1996/97 . 26 October 1996 . 26 July 2011 . Weekly Information Bulletin . House of Commons Information Office.
  10. News: A rare national treasure in peril . John . Rentoul . The Independent . 26 July 1996.
  11. Web site: Opposition Frontbench Spokespersons as at 13 May 1997 (Interim List) . 1 October 2011 . Weekly Information Bulletin . House of Commons Information Office.
  12. Web site: Hague reshuffles shadow cabinet . BBC News . 1 June 1998 . 10 March 2013.
  13. Web site: Lilley sacked in Hague reshuffle . The Guardian . 15 June 1999 . 10 March 2013.
  14. Web site: Eurosceptics prosper under Duncan Smith . BBC News . 14 September 2001 . 10 March 2013.
  15. Web site: Opposition Front Bench Team as at 16 October 2001 . Weekly Information Bulletin . House of Commons Information Office . 20 October 2001 . 10 March 2013.
  16. Web site: Tory shadow cabinet . The Telegraph . 23 July 2002 . 10 March 2013.
  17. Web site: Howard reshuffles top Tory team . BBC News . 10 May 2005 . 10 March 2013.
  18. Web site: At-a-glance: New shadow cabinet . BBC News . 8 December 2005 . 10 March 2013.
  19. Web site: In full: Cameron's shadow cabinet . BBC News . 2 July 2007 . 10 March 2013.
  20. News: EXCLUSIVE: 'Bitter-sweet' promotion for Sadiq Khan MP . 14 May 2010 . Wandsworth Guardian . 10 March 2013.
  21. Web site: Ed Miliband unveils shocks in shadow cabinet selections . The Telegraph . Rosa . Prince . 8 October 2010 . 10 March 2013.
  22. Web site: Coalition government and Labour reshuffle . The Guardian . Paul . Owen . 7 October 2013 . 7 October 2013.
  23. Web site: Labour reshuffle: Dugher and Powell promoted by Ed Miliband . BBC News . 5 November 2014 . 12 December 2014.

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