Official Opposition frontbench

The frontbench of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the Parliament of the United Kingdom consists of the Shadow Cabinet and other official shadow ministers of the political party currently serving as the Official Opposition. The Opposition front bench provide Parliamentary opposition to the British Government front bench, and is currently the Labour Party led by Keir Starmer since April 2020.

Key

	Sits in the House of Commons
	Sits in the House of Lords
	Privy Counsellor
Shadow Cabinet full members in bold
Shadow Cabinet attendees in bold italics

Although listed, Parliamentary Private Secretaries do not sit on the front bench.^[1]^[2] Members of the front bench sitting on Labour's National Executive Committee are also listed.

Leader of the Opposition and Cabinet Office


Leader of the Opposition Leader of the Labour Party Shadow First Lord of the Treasury Shadow Minister for the Civil Service		Keir Starmer
Deputy Leader of the Opposition Shadow First Secretary of State Deputy Leader of the Labour Party		Angela Rayner
Chair of the Labour Policy Review	Anneliese Dodds
National Campaign Coordinator	Shabana Mahmood
Deputy National Campaign Coordinator	Conor McGinn^[a]
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition	Sharon Hodgson
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Deputy Leader of the Opposition	Florence Eshalomi^[b]


Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office		Angela Rayner
Shadow Minister of State at the Cabinet Office	The Baroness Chapman of Darlington
Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office (junior)	Florence Eshalomi
Shadow Paymaster General	Fleur Anderson
Parliamentary Private Secretary	Florence Eshalomi^[c]
Shadow Spokesperson for the Cabinet Office, Constitutional and Devolved issues		The Baroness Smith of Basildon

Equalities Office
	Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities	Anneliese Dodds
	Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities	Yasmin Qureshi
	Shadow Spokesperson for Women and Equalities	The Baroness Thornton

Foreign relations


Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs		David Lammy
Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development	Preet Gill
Shadow Minister for Africa^[d]	Stephen Doughty
Shadow Minister for Asia and the Pacific	Catherine West
Shadow Minister for Europe and the Americas	Lyn Brown
Shadow Minister for the Middle East and North Africa	Bambos Charalambous
Shadow Minister for Peace and Disarmament, Latin America and the Caribbean	Fabian Hamilton
Parliamentary Private Secretary	Janet Daby
Shadow Spokesperson for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs	The Lord Collins of Highbury


Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade		Nick Thomas-Symonds
Shadow Minister for International Trade	Gareth Thomas
	Nia Griffith
	Ruth Cadbury
Parliamentary Private Secretary	Charlotte Nichols
Shadow Spokesperson for International Trade		The Lord Bassam of Brighton
Shadow Spokesperson for International Trade	The Lord Lennie

Law and order


Shadow Secretary of State for Defence		John Healey
Shadow Minister for the Armed Forces	Luke Pollard
Shadow Minister for Defence Procurement	Chris Evans
Shadow Minister for Veterans	Rachel Hopkins
Shadow Spokesperson for Defence	The Lord Tunnicliffe
Shadow Spokesperson for Defence	The Lord Coaker


Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department		Yvette Cooper
Shadow Minister for Crime Reduction	Naz Shah
Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding	Jess Phillips
Shadow Minister for Immigration	Stephen Kinnock
Shadow Minister for Policing and the Fire Service	Sarah Jones
Shadow Minister for Security	Holly Lynch
Shadow Spokesperson for Home Affairs	The Lord Rosser
	The Lord Coaker
	The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede

Justice
	Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Shadow Lord Chancellor	Steve Reed
	Shadow Minister for Courts and Sentencing	Alex Cunningham
	Shadow Minister for Legal Aid	Afzal Khan
	Shadow Minister for Prisons and Probation	Ellie Reeves
	Shadow Minister for Victims and Youth Justice	Anna McMorrin
	Shadow Spokesperson for Justice	The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
	Shadow Spokesperson for Justice	The Baroness Chapman of Darlington

Law Officers
	Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales Shadow Advocate General for Northern Ireland		Emily Thornberry
	Shadow Solicitor General for England and Wales	Andy Slaughter

Economy


Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Industrial Strategy	Jonathan Reynolds
Shadow Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets	Seema Malhotra
Shadow Minister for Business and Industry	Bill Esterson
Shadow Minister for Employment Rights and Protections^[e]	Justin Madders
Shadow Minister for Science, Research and Innovation	Chi Onwurah
Shadow Spokesperson for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy		The Lord Bassam of Brighton
	The Lord Lennie
	The Baroness Chapman of Darlington
Shadow Spokesperson for Energy	The Lord Grantchester
Opposition Whip in the House of Lords	The Baroness Blake of Leeds


Shadow Secretary of State for the Future of Work		Angela Rayner
Shadow Minister for Employment Rights	Imran Hussain
Shadow Minister for Employment Rights and Protections^[f]	Justin Madders
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Shadow Future of Work Secretary	Florence Eshalomi^[g]


Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer	Rachel Reeves
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury		Pat McFadden
Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury	James Murray
Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury Shadow City Minister	Tulip Siddiq
Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury	Abena Oppong-Asare
Parliamentary Private Secretary	Debbie Abrahams
Shadow Spokesperson for the Treasury	The Lord Tunnicliffe

Social services

Education
	Shadow Secretary of State for Education	Bridget Phillipson
	Shadow Minister for Apprenticeships and Life-Long Learning	Toby Perkins
	Shadow Minister for Children and Early Years	Helen Hayes
	Shadow Minister for Further Education and Universities	Matt Western
	Shadow Minister for Schools	Stephen Morgan
	Parliamentary Private Secretary	Christian Wakeford
	Shadow Spokesperson for Education	The Lord Watson of Invergowrie
	Shadow Spokesperson for Education	The Baroness Sherlock
	Opposition Whip in the House of Lords	The Baroness Wilcox of Newport

Health and Social Care
	Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care	Wes Streeting
	Shadow Minister for Mental Health	Rosena Allin-Khan
	Shadow Minister for Primary Care and Patient Safety	Feryal Clark
	Shadow Minister for Public Health	Andrew Gwynne
	Shadow Minister for Social Care	Liz Kendall
	Shadow Minister for Social Care	Karin Smyth (acting)
	Shadow Spokesperson for Health and Social Care	The Baroness Merron
	Shadow Spokesperson for Social Care Opposition Whip in the House of Lords	The Baroness Wheeler


Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions		Jonathan Ashworth
Shadow Minister for Disabled People	Vicky Foxcroft
Shadow Minister for Employment	Alison McGovern
Shadow Minister for Pensions	Matt Rodda
Shadow Minister for Social Security	Karen Buck
Shadow Spokesperson for Work and Pensions	The Baroness Sherlock
Opposition Whip in the House of Lords	The Baroness Wilcox of Newport

Environment


Shadow Secretary of State of Climate Change and Net Zero		Ed Miliband
Shadow Minister for Climate Change	Kerry McCarthy
Shadow Minister for the Green New Deal and Energy	Alan Whitehead
Shadow Spokesperson for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy		The Lord Bassam of Brighton
	The Lord Lennie
	The Baroness Chapman of Darlington
Shadow Spokesperson for Energy	The Lord Grantchester
Opposition Whip in the House of Lords	The Baroness Blake of Leeds

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Jim McMahon
	Shadow Minister for Air Quality	Ruth Jones
	Shadow Minister for the Natural Environment and Climate Change	Alex Sobel
	Shadow Minister for Food, Farming and Rural Affairs	Daniel Zeichner
	Shadow Spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	Shadow Spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	The Baroness Hayman of Ullock

Culture


Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	Lucy Powell
Shadow Minister for Arts and Civil Society	Barbara Keeley
Shadow Minister for Media, Data and Digital Infrastructure	Stephanie Peacock
Shadow Minister for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Music	Jeff Smith
Shadow Minister for Tech, Gambling and Digital Economy	Alex Davies-Jones
Shadow Spokesperson for Sport		The Lord Bassam of Brighton
Shadow Spokesperson for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Opposition Whip in the House of Lords	The Baroness Merron

Transport

Transport
	Shadow Secretary of State for Transport	Louise Haigh
	Shadow Minister for Aviation and Maritime	Mike Kane
	Shadow Minister for Buses and Taxis	Simon Lightwood
	Shadow Minister for Railways	Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	Shadow Minister for Roads	Gill Furniss
	Shadow Spokesperson for Transport	The Lord Rosser
	Shadow Spokesperson for Transport	The Lord Tunnicliffe

Devolved and local government

Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government
	Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government	Lisa Nandy
	Shadow Minister for Homelessness, Rough Sleeping and Faith	Sarah Owen
	Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning^[h]	Matthew Pennycook
	Shadow Minister for Levelling Up	Alex Norris
	Shadow Minister for Local Government	vacant
	Shadow Spokesperson for Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government	The Baroness Hayman of Ullock
		The Lord Khan of Burnley
		The Baroness Wheeler


Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	Peter Kyle
Shadow Minister for Northern Ireland	Tonia Antoniazzi
Parliamentary Private Secretary	Kate Osborne
Shadow Spokesperson for Northern Ireland		The Baroness Smith of Basildon

Scotland
	Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland	Ian Murray
	Shadow Minister for Scotland	Liz Twist

Wales
	Shadow Secretary of State for Wales	Jo Stevens
	Shadow Minister for Wales	Gerald Jones
	Shadow Spokesperson for Wales	The Baroness Wilcox of Newport

Parliament


Shadow Leader of the House of Commons	Thangam Debbonaire
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons	Jessica Morden
Shadow Leader of the House of Lords		*The Baroness Smith of Basildon*
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords	The Lord Collins of Highbury


Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons		Alan Campbell
Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons	Lilian Greenwood
Opposition Pairing Whip in the House of Commons	Mark Tami
Shadow Vice Chamberlain of His Majesty's Household	Jessica Morden
Opposition Whip in the House of Commons	Chris Elmore
	Colleen Fletcher
	Liz Twist
	Mary Glindon
	Sarah Owen
	Taiwo Owatemi
	Gerald Jones
	Navendu Mishra

House of Lords Whips^{[n 1]}
	Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords	The Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords	The Lord Tunnicliffe
	Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords	The Baroness Wheeler (Health and Social Care)
	Opposition Whip in the House of Lords	The Baroness Blake of Leeds (BEIS, International Trade)
		The Baroness Chapman of Darlington
		The Lord Coaker
		The Lord Collins of Highbury
		The Baroness Hayman of Ullock
		The Lord Khan of Burnley (DEFRA)
		The Lord Lennie
		The Baroness Merron (DCMS)
		The Baroness Wilcox of Newport (Education, Work and Pensions)

Notes

^ Whips serving opposition teams are noted in brackets.

Notes

^ Attending shadow cabinet since December 2021.
^ Post joint with the Cabinet Office, Future of Work and LOTO teams due to Angela Rayner's several briefs.
^ Post joint with the Cabinet Office, Future of Work and LOTO teams due to Angela Rayner's several briefs.
^ Position jointly with the shadow Foreign Affairs and International Development teams from 2020 to 2021.
^ Position jointly with the shadow BIS and Future of Work teams.
^ Position jointly with the shadow BIS and Future of Work teams.
^ Post joint with the Cabinet Office, Future of Work and LOTO teams due to Angela Rayner's several briefs.
^ Position in the shadow Housing team from 2020 to 2021 and shadow LUHCLG team from 2021.

References

^ Maer, Lucinda (4 September 2017). "Parliamentary Private Secretaries". House of Commons Library: 4.
^ "Parliamentary private secretaries". instituteforgovernment.org.uk. Institute for Government. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021. As they are not members of the government, PPSs are also barred from speaking or answering questions from the frontbench in parliament.

External links

[11] Whips serving opposition teams are noted in brackets.

[3] Attending shadow cabinet since December 2021.

[4] Post joint with the Cabinet Office, Future of Work and LOTO teams due to Angela Rayner's several briefs.

[5] Post joint with the Cabinet Office, Future of Work and LOTO teams due to Angela Rayner's several briefs.

[6] Position jointly with the shadow Foreign Affairs and International Development teams from 2020 to 2021.

[7] Position jointly with the shadow BIS and Future of Work teams.

[8] Position jointly with the shadow BIS and Future of Work teams.

[9] Post joint with the Cabinet Office, Future of Work and LOTO teams due to Angela Rayner's several briefs.

[10] Position in the shadow Housing team from 2020 to 2021 and shadow LUHCLG team from 2021.

[1] Maer, Lucinda (4 September 2017). "Parliamentary Private Secretaries". House of Commons Library: 4.

[2] "Parliamentary private secretaries". instituteforgovernment.org.uk. Institute for Government. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021. As they are not members of the government, PPSs are also barred from speaking or answering questions from the frontbench in parliament.

[1]

[2]

[a]

[b]

[c]

[d]

[e]

[f]

[g]

[h]

[n 1]

v t e Frontbenches in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Government	Government frontbench
Opposition	Official Opposition frontbench Scottish National Party frontbench team Liberal Democrat frontbench team

v t e His Majesty's Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet
Official Opposition frontbench
Current	Leader of the Opposition Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Shadow Home Secretary Shadow Foreign Secretary Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster / Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office Shadow Defence Secretary Shadow Education Secretary Shadow Justice Secretary / Shadow Lord Chancellor Shadow Attorney General Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Industrial Strategy Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Shadow Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Shadow Leader of the House of Lords Shadow Scottish Secretary Shadow Welsh Secretary Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Shadow Women and Equalities Secretary Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health Shadow Minister of State at the Cabinet Office Shadow Chief Whip Shadow Minister without Portfolio
Junior	Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury (UK) Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Shadow Solicitor General Shadow Minister for Peace and Disarmament
Former	Shadow Secretary of State for Housing Shadow Secretary of State for Young People and Democracy Shadow Secretary of State for Child Poverty Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights and Protections Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union Shadow Secretary of State for the Family

Official Opposition frontbench

Contents

Key

Leader of the Opposition and Cabinet Office

Foreign relations

Law and order

Economy

Social services

Environment

Culture

Transport

Devolved and local government

Parliament

See also

Notes

Notes

References

External links

Navigation menu