Opposition frontbench of Rishi Sunak
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The frontbench of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the Parliament of the United Kingdom consists of the Shadow cabinet and other shadow ministers of the political party currently serving as the Official Opposition. Since 2024, His Majesty's Loyal Opposition is the Conservative Party, and the Leader of the Opposition is Rishi Sunak.
In July 2024, Sunak and interim opposition whip Stuart Andrew appointed a new Conservative front bench, accepting the resignations of David Cameron, the former foreign secretary, and Richard Holden, the former party chairman.[1]
List of shadow ministers
[edit]| Sits in the House of Commons | |
| Sits in the House of Lords | |
| Privy Counsellor | |
| Shadow Cabinet full members in bold | |
| Shadow Cabinet attendees in bold italics | |
Leader of the Opposition and Cabinet Office
[edit]| Office of the Leader of the Opposition | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leader of the Opposition
Leader of the Conservative Party Shadow First Lord of the Treasury Shadow Minister for the Civil Service |
Rishi Sunak | July 2024 – present | ||
| Deputy Leader of the Opposition | Oliver Dowden | July 2024 – present | ||
| Equalities Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities | Mims Davies | July 2024 – present | ||
Foreign relations
[edit]| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs | Andrew Mitchell | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister for Development | Harriet Baldwin | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs | Paul Holmes
(also with Northern Ireland Office and Whips Office) |
July 2024 – preesnt | ||
| Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs | Alicia Kearns | July 2024 – present | ||
| Defence | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Defence | James Cartlidge | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister for Veterans | Andrew Bowie
(also with Energy) |
July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister of State | Stuart Anderson
(also with Whips Office) |
July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | Danny Kruger | July 2024 – present | ||
Law and order
[edit]| Home Department | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department | James Cleverly | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister for Security | Tom Tugendhat | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire | Matt Vickers | July 2024 – present | ||
| Justice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Justice | Edward Argar | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister of State | Gareth Bacon
(also with Business and Trade) |
July 2024 – present | ||
| Law Officers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales
Shadow Advocate General for Northern Ireland |
Jeremy Wright | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Solicitor General | Alberto Costa | July 2024 – present | ||
Economy
[edit]| Treasury | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer | Jeremy Hunt | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | Laura Trott | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury | Nigel Huddleston | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury | Gareth Davies | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury | Alan Mak | July 2024 – present | ||
| Business and Trade | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade | Kevin Hollinrake | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister for London | Gareth Bacon
(also with Justice) |
July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister of State | Mike Wood
(also with Whips Office) |
July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | Jerome Mayhew | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | Greg Smith
(also with Transport) |
July 2024 – present | ||
| Science, Innovation and Technology | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology | Andrew Griffith | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister of State | Saqib Bhatti
(also with Health and Social Care) |
July 2024 – present | ||
Social services
[edit]| Education | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Education | Damian Hinds | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister of State | Gagan Mohindra | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | James Wild | July 2024 – present | ||
| Health and Social Care | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | Victoria Atkins | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister of State | John Whittingdale | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister of State | Saqib Bhatti
(also with Science, Innovation and Technology) |
July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | Caroline Johnson | July 2024 – present | ||
| Work and Pensions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | Mel Stride | July 2024 – present | ||
Environment
[edit]| Energy Security and Net Zero | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero | Claire Coutinho | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister of State | Andrew Bowie
(also with Defence) |
July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister of State | Joy Morrissey
(also with Whips Office) |
July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | Mark Garnier | July 2024 – present | ||
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Steve Barclay | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister of State | Robbie Moore | July 2024 – present | ||
Culture
[edit]| Culture, Media and Sport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | Julia Lopez | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | Luke Evans
(also with Whips Office) |
July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | Louie French | July 2024 – present | ||
Transport
[edit]| Transport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Transport | Helen Whately | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister of State | Alec Shelbrooke | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | Kieran Mullan | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | Greg Smith
(also with Business and Trade) |
July 2024 – present | ||
Devolved and local government
[edit]| Housing, Communities and Local Government | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government | Kemi Badenoch | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | David Simmonds
(also with Whips Office) |
July 2024 – present | ||
| Northern Ireland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | Alex Burghart | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Minister | Paul Holmes
(also with Foreign Office and Whips Office) |
July 2024 – present | ||
| Scotland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland | John Lamont | July 2024 – present | ||
| Wales | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Wales | Lord Davies of Gower | July 2024 – present | ||
Parliament
[edit]| House Leaders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Leader of the House of Commons | Chris Philp | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Leader of the House of Lords | The Lord True | July 2024 – present | ||
| Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords | The Earl Howe | July 2024 – present | ||
| House of Commons Whips | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons | Stuart Andrew | July 2024 – present | ||
| Opposition Whip | Paul Holmes
(also with Foreign Office and Northern Ireland Office) |
July 2024 – present | ||
| David Simmonds
(also with Housing, Communities and Local Government) |
July 2024 – present | |||
| Luke Evans
(also with Culture, Media and Sport) |
July 2024 – present | |||
| Joy Morrissey
(also with Energy and Net Zero) |
July 2024 – present | |||
| Mike Wood
(also with Business and Trade) |
July 2024 – present | |||
| House of Lords Whips | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords | Baroness Williams of Old Trafford | July 2024 – present | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Ebrahimi, Soraya (8 July 2024). "Rishi Sunak remains Tory leader and David Cameron resigns in shadow cabinet shake-up". The National. Retrieved 17 August 2024.