Post: | Shadow Solicitor General for England and Wales |
Appointer: | Leader of the Opposition |
Formation: | Around 2004 |
Inaugural: | Jonathan Djanogly |
Termlength: | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Nominator: | Leader of the Opposition |
Style: | Shadow Minister |
Incumbentsince: | 6 November 2024 |
Incumbent: | Helen Grant |
The shadow solicitor general is a member of the Official Opposition frontbench.
The shadow solicitor general shadows the solicitor general for England and Wales and deputises for the shadow attorney general for England and Wales.
Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Leader ofthe Opposition | ||
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Nick Hawkins | June 2003 | May 2004 | Conservative | ||||
Jonathan Djanogly | May 2004 | 6 May 2010 | Michael Howard David Cameron | ||||
Maria Eagle | 11 May 2010 | 8 October 2010 | Labour | Harriet Harman | |||
Catherine McKinnell | 8 October 2010 | 7 October 2011 | Ed Miliband | ||||
Karl Turner | 3 December 2014 | 11 January 2016 | |||||
Jo Stevens | 13 January 2016 | 6 October 2016 | Jeremy Corbyn | ||||
Nick Thomas-Symonds | 9 October 2016 | 5 April 2020 | |||||
Ellie Reeves | 9 April 2020[1] | 4 December 2021 | Sir Keir Starmer | ||||
Andy Slaughter | 4 December 2021 | 27 November 2023 | |||||
Karl Turner | 27 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 | |||||
Alberto Costa | 19 July 2024 | 6 November 2024 | Conservative | ||||
Helen Grant | 6 November 2024 | Incumbent | Conservative | Kemi Badenoch |