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| Shadow Minister without Portfolio | |
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The Shadow Minister without Portfolio is a member of the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet from 2011 to 2020, from 2021 onwards and sporadically before that.
The position is currently held by Conor McGinn, Labour MP for St Helens North. He was appointed to the role in December 2021 by Keir Starmer, succeeding Ian Lavery. McGinn shadows Conservative MP Oliver Dowden.
List of Shadow Ministers without Portfolio
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Length of term of office | Party | Shadow Cabinet | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Ancram[1] | 
|
2 December 1998 | 18 September 2001 | 2 years, 9 months and 16 days | Conservative | Hague | |
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Length of term of office | Party | Shadow Cabinet | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Dugher[2] | 
|
7 October 2011 | 7 October 2013 | 2 years | Labour | Miliband | |
| The Lord Wood of Anfield[3][4] | 
|
17 October 2011 | 27 May 2015 | 3 years, 7 months and 10 days | Labour | ||
| Jon Trickett[5] | 
|
8 October 2013 | 14 September 2015 | 1 year, 11 months and 6 days | Labour | ||
| Harman II | |||||||
| Jonathan Ashworth[6] | 
|
14 September 2015 | 7 October 2016 | 1 year and 23 days | Labour | Corbyn | |
| Andrew Gwynne[7] | 
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7 October 2016 | 14 June 2017 | 8 months and 7 days | Labour | ||
| Ian Lavery | 
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9 February 2017 | 5 April 2020 | 3 years, 1 month and 27 days | Labour | ||
| Vacant | 5 April 2020 | 4 December 2021 | 1 year, 7 months and 29 days | Labour | Starmer | ||
| Conor McGinn[8][9] |
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4 December 2021 | Present | 3 years and 28 days* | Labour | ||
* Incumbent's length of term last updated: 1 January 2025.
References
- ^ "The Marquess of Lothian". UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "Michael Dugher". UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "Lord Wood of Anfield". UK Parliament. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Lord Wood of Anfield:the crisis of Conservative values". Daily Telegraph. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
There is no doubt that David Cameron has had a terrible year, writes Shadow Minister without Portfolio, Lord Wood of Anfield.
- ^ "Jon Trickett". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Rt Hon Jonathan Ashworth MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Andrew Gwynne MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ https://members.parliament.uk/member/4458/career
- ^ https://members.parliament.uk/Opposition/Cabinet