Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
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| Appointer | Leader of the Opposition |
| Website | The Shadow Cabinet |
The Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury is the most junior member of the Shadow Cabinet, and is the deputy to the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury acts as the primary opposition to the equivalent Governmental position, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, who is deputy to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Currently the position of Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury is held by Bridget Phillipson of the Labour Party.
List of Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
- Joel Barnett (4 May 1979 - 14 July 1979)
| Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Leader of | |
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| rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Robert Sheldon
1939-2020 |
1 July 1981 | 1 July 1983 | Labour | Michael Foot | |
| Neil Kinnock | ||||||
| Unknown | 1 July 1986 | 30 October 1986 | Unknown | |||
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Bryan Gould
born 1939 |
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30 October 1986 | 13 July 1987 | Labour | |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Gordon Brown
born 1951 |
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13 July 1987 | 9 January 1989 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Dame Margaret Beckett
born 1943 |
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9 January 1989 | 18 July 1992 | ||
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Harriet Harman
born 1950 |
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18 July 1992 | 21 July 1994 | John Smith | |
| Margaret Beckett | ||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Andrew Smith
born 1951 |
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21 July 1994 | 25 July 1996 | ||
| Tony Blair | ||||||
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Alistair Darling
born 1953 |
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25 July 1996 | 2 May 1997 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | David Heathcoat-Amory
born 1949 |
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19 June 1997 | 26 September 2000 | Conservative | William Hague |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Sir Oliver Letwin
born 1956 |
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26 September 2000 | 18 September 2001 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | John Bercow
born 1963 |
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18 September 2001 | 11 November 2003 | Iain Duncan Smith | |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Howard Flight
born 1948 |
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11 November 2003 | 14 June 2004 | Michael Howard | |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | George Osborne
born 1971 |
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14 June 2004 | 10 May 2005 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Philip Hammond
born 1955 |
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10 May 2005 | 6 December 2005 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Theresa Villiers
born 1968 |
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6 December 2005 | 2 July 2007 | David Cameron | |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Philip Hammond
born 1955 |
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2 July 2007 | 11 May 2010 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Liam Byrne
born 1970 |
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11 May 2010 | 8 October 2010 | Labour | Harriet Harman |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Dame Angela Eagle
born 1961 |
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8 October 2010 | 7 October 2011 | Ed Miliband | |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Rachel Reeves
born 1979 |
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7 October 2011 | 7 October 2013 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Chris Leslie
born 1972 |
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7 October 2013 | 11 May 2015 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Shabana Mahmood
born 1980 |
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11 May 2015 | 13 September 2015 | Harriet Harman | |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Seema Malhotra
born 1972 |
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13 September 2015 | 26 June 2016 | Jeremy Corbyn | |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Rebecca Long-Bailey
born 1979 |
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27 June 2016 | 9 February 2017 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Peter Dowd
born 1957 |
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9 February 2017 | 6 April 2020 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Bridget Phillipson
born 1983 |
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6 April 2020 | Incumbent | Sir Keir Starmer | |