Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)

In British parliamentary practice, the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (usually known simply as the shadow cabinet) is made up of senior members of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition who criticize the current government ministers and create alternative policies.

Since the July 2024 election, the conservative party has been Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, and its leadership therefore forms the current shadow cabinet.

Current Shadow Cabinet

Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of the United Kingdom^[1]^[2]^[3] [edit]
Portfolio		Constituency	Term
Shadow cabinet ministers
Leader of the Opposition Leader of the Labour Party	Keir Starmer^[a]	Holborn and St Pancras	Apr 2020–present
Shadow First Secretary of State Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Chair of the Labour Party	Angela Rayner	Ashton-under-Lyne	Apr 2020–present
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer	Anneliese Dodds	Oxford East	Apr 2020–present
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	Lisa Nandy	Wigan	Apr 2020–present
Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department	Nick Thomas-Symonds	Torfaen	Apr 2020–present
Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office	Rachel Reeves	Leeds West	Apr 2020–present
Shadow Lord Chancellor Shadow Secretary of State for Justice	David Lammy^[a]	Tottenham	Apr 2020–present
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence	John Healey^[a]	Wentworth and Dearne	Apr 2020–present
Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	Ed Miliband^[a]	Doncaster North	Apr 2020–present
Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade	Emily Thornberry^[a]	Islington South and Finsbury	Apr 2020–present
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	Jonathan Reynolds	Stalybridge and Hyde	Apr 2020–present
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care	Jonathan Ashworth	Leicester South	Oct 2016–present
Shadow Secretary of State for Education	Kate Green	Stretford and Urmston	Jun 2020–present
Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	Jo Stevens	Cardiff Central	Apr 2020–present
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury	Bridget Phillipson	Houghton and Sunderland South	Apr 2020–present
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Luke Pollard	Plymouth Sutton and Devonport	Apr 2020–present
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government	Steve Reed	Croydon North	Apr 2020–present
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing	Thangam Debbonaire	Bristol West	Apr 2020–present
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport	Jim McMahon	Oldham West and Royton	Apr 2020–present
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development	Preet Gill	Birmingham Edgbaston	Apr 2020–present
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	Louise Haigh	Sheffield Heeley	Apr 2020–present
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland	Ian Murray	Edinburgh South	Apr 2020–present
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales	Nia Griffith	Llanelli	Apr 2020–present
Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities	Marsha de Cordova	Battersea	Apr 2020–present
Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights and Protections	Andy McDonald	Middlesbrough	Apr 2020–present
Also attending shadow cabinet meetings
Shadow Minister for Mental Health	Rosena Allin-Khan	Tooting	Apr 2020–present
Shadow Minister for Young People and Voter Engagement	Cat Smith	Lancaster and Fleetwood	Jun 2016–present
Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales	Charlie Falconer^[a]	Not applicable	Apr 2020–present
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons	Valerie Vaz^[a]	Walsall South	Oct 2016–present
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons	Nick Brown^[a]	Newcastle upon Tyne East	Oct 2016–present
Shadow Leader of the House of Lords	Angela Smith^[a]	Not applicable	May 2015–present
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords	Tommy McAvoy^[a]	Not applicable	Jan 2018–present