6-549: The shadow secretary of state for transport is a political post in the United Kingdom. It has been consistently held by a member of the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet since May 1979. The shadow secretary helps hold the transport secretary and junior ministers to account and is the lead spokesperson on transport matters for their party. Should the relevant party take office, the shadow secretary would be
12-1126: A likely candidate to become the transport secretary. At various times, the post has been called Shadow Minister for Transport (including from 1979 to 1981), Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions , Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions , and Shadow Secretary of State for Environment and Transport . Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom) King Charles III [REDACTED] William, Prince of Wales [REDACTED] Charles III ( King-in-Council ) [REDACTED] Starmer ministry ( L ) Keir Starmer ( L ) Angela Rayner ( L ) ( King-in-Parliament ) [REDACTED] Charles III [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The Lord Reed The Lord Hodge Andrew Bailey Monetary Policy Committee The Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet , or His Majesty’s Most Loyal Opposition Shadow Cabinet , but usually simply
18-762: The Shadow Cabinet , is the committee of senior members of the Official Opposition who scrutinise the work of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom . Each Shadow Cabinet member is typically given a position which corresponds to that of a government minister in Cabinet. Shadow Cabinet members, commonly known as shadow ministers, are usually appointed by the leader of the Opposition (currently Kemi Badenoch ). The roles of shadow ministers are to develop alternative policies, hold
24-1129: The Opposition and the Opposition chief whip in the House of Lords also receive a salary. Other parties may also form frontbench teams of spokespeople which may be referred to as shadow cabinets by the party (e.g. the Liberal Democrats in 2019), but these are not part of the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet. As of November 2024 , the members of the shadow cabinet are: MP for North West Essex MP for Central Devon MP for Witham MP for Croydon South MP for South Suffolk MP for Newark MP for Havant MP for Melton and Syston MP for Thirsk and Malton MP for Louth and Horncastle MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire MP for Arundel and South Downs MP for East Surrey Shadow Minister for Equalities Minister for Women and Equalities MP for Faversham and Mid Kent MP for Sevenoaks MP for Orpington List of British shadow cabinets This
30-640: The current Shadow Cabinet . Not all opposition frontbenchers are members of the Shadow Cabinet, which is composed of the most senior opposition members (usually they number around twenty). The leader of the Opposition, the Opposition chief whip and Opposition deputy chief whip are the only members of the Official Opposition in the House of Commons to be paid for their opposition roles in addition to their salaries as members of Parliament . The leader of
36-518: The government to account for its actions and responses, and act as spokespeople for the opposition party in their own specific policy areas. By convention, shadow ministers are drawn either from serving members of the House of Commons or the House of Lords , with most chosen from the former. Since July 2024, the Conservative Party has been the Official Opposition, and its leadership therefore forms
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