Shadow Leader of the House of Commons facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Shadow Leaderof the House of Commons |
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Incumbent
Vacant since 5 July 2024 |
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Appointer | Leader of the Opposition |
Website | The Shadow Cabinet |
The Shadow Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet responsible for working with the Leader of the House in arranging Commons business and holding the Government to account in its overall management of the House. The Shadow Leader also responds to the Business Statement of Leader of House each Thursday, though the Leader of the Opposition exercised this role until the late 1980s. The office is roughly equivalent to the Shadow Leader of the House of Lords.
Shadow Leaders
Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Political party | Leader of the Opposition | |
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Herbert Morrison | 1951 | c. 1955 | Labour | Clement Attlee | ||
Unknown | Labour | Hugh Gaitskell | ||||
George Brown | ||||||
Harold Wilson | ||||||
Selwyn Lloyd | 16 October 1964 | 4 August 1965 | Conservative | Alec Douglas-Home | ||
Unknown/Vacant | 4 August 1965 | 19 June 1970 | Conservative | Edward Heath | ||
Fred Peart | 19 June 1970 | 16 December 1971 | Labour | Harold Wilson | ||
Michael Foot | 16 December 1971 | 6 December 1972 | Labour | |||
Edward Short | 6 December 1972 | 4 March 1974 | Labour | |||
James Prior | 4 March 1974 | 29 October 1974 | Conservative | Edward Heath | ||
John Peyton | 29 October 1974 | 19 November 1976 | Conservative | |||
Margaret Thatcher | ||||||
Francis Pym | 19 November 1976 | Approx. 20 November 1978 | Conservative | |||
Norman St John-Stevas | Approx. 20 November 1978 | 5 May 1979 | Conservative | |||
Michael Foot | 4 May 1979 | 8 December 1980 | Labour | James Callaghan | ||
John Silkin | 8 December 1980 | 30 October 1983 | Labour | Michael Foot | ||
Peter Shore | 30 October 1983 | 13 July 1987 | Labour | Neil Kinnock | ||
Frank Dobson | 13 July 1987 | 2 November 1989 | Labour | |||
John Cunningham | 2 November 1989 | 24 July 1992 | Labour | |||
Margaret Beckett | 24 July 1992 | 13 May 1994 | Labour | John Smith | ||
Nick Brown (Acting) |
13 May 1994 | 21 July 1994 | Labour | Margaret Beckett | ||
Margaret Beckett | 21 July 1994 | 20 October 1994 | Labour | Tony Blair | ||
Ann Taylor | 20 October 1994 | 2 May 1997 | Labour | |||
Alastair Goodlad | May 1997 | 30 June 1997 | Conservative | John Major | ||
Gillian Shephard | 30 June 1997 | 2 June 1998 | Conservative | William Hague | ||
Sir George Young | 1 June 1998 | 22 September 2000 | Conservative | |||
Angela Browning | 26 September 2000 | 18 September 2001 | Conservative | |||
Eric Forth | 18 September 2001 | 10 November 2003 | Conservative | Iain Duncan Smith | ||
Oliver Heald | 10 November 2003 | 10 May 2005 | Conservative | Michael Howard | ||
Chris Grayling | 10 May 2005 | 8 December 2005 | Conservative | |||
Theresa May | 8 December 2005 | 19 January 2009 | Conservative | David Cameron | ||
Alan Duncan | 19 January 2009 | 7 September 2009 | Conservative | |||
Sir George Young | 8 September 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Conservative | |||
Rosie Winterton | 12 May 2010 | 8 October 2010 | Labour | Harriet Harman | ||
Hilary Benn | 8 October 2010 | 7 October 2011 | Labour | Ed Miliband | ||
Angela Eagle | 7 October 2011 | 13 September 2015 | Labour | |||
Harriet Harman | ||||||
Chris Bryant | 13 September 2015 | 26 June 2016 | Labour | Jeremy Corbyn | ||
Paul Flynn | 4 July 2016 | 6 October 2016 | Labour | |||
Valerie Vaz | 6 October 2016 | 9 May 2021 | Labour | |||
Sir Keir Starmer | ||||||
Thangam Debbonaire | 9 May 2021 | 4 September 2023 | Labour | |||
Lucy Powell | 4 September 2023 | 5 July 2024 | Labour |
See also
- Opposition House Leader (Canada)
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