Shadow Secretary of State for Education

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The Shadow Secretary of State for Education, also called the Shadow Education Secretary, is an office in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet responsible for Opposition policy on Education and for holding the Secretary of State for Education, junior Education ministers, and the Department for Education to account. The position is currently held by Lucy Powell.

List of Shadow Secretaries

Shadow Secretaries of State for Education and Science

Shadow Secretary Took office Left office Political party Shadow Cabinet
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Roy Hattersley 4 May 1973 5 March 1974 Labour Harold Wilson
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Norman St John-Stevas File:Lord St John of Fawsley.jpg 28 February 1974 6 November 1978 Conservative Margaret Thatcher
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mark Carlisle 6 November 1978 4 May 1979 Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Gordon Oakes[1] 4 May 1979 14 July 1979 Labour James Callaghan
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Neil Kinnock 14 July 1979 2 October 1983 Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Michael Foot
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Giles Radice 2 October 1983 13 July 1987 Labour Neil Kinnock
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Jack Straw 13 July 1987 18 July 1992 Labour

Shadow Secretaries of State for Education

Shadow Secretary Took office Left office Political party Leader of the Opposition
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Ann Taylor 18 July 1992 20 October 1994 Labour John Smith
Margaret Beckett (1994)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | David Blunkett 20 October 1994 19 October 1995 Labour Tony Blair

Shadow Secretaries of State for Education and Employment

Shadow Secretary Took office Left office Political Party Leader of the Opposition
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | David Blunkett 19 October 1995 2 May 1997 Labour Tony Blair
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Gillian Shephard 2 May 1997 11 June 1997 Conservative John Major
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Stephen Dorrell 11 June 1997 15 June 1998 Conservative William Hague
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | David Willetts 1 June 1998 15 June 1999 Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Theresa May 15 June 1999 18 September 2001 Conservative

Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Skills

Shadow Secretary Took office Left office Political party Leader of the Opposition
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Damian Green 18 September 2001 11 November 2003 Conservative Iain Duncan Smith
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Tim Yeo 11 November 2003 14 June 2004 Conservative Michael Howard
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Tim Collins 14 June 2004 6 May 2005 Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | David Cameron 6 May 2005 6 December 2005 Conservative

Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families

Shadow Secretary Took office Left office Political party Leader of the Opposition
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | David Willetts 6 December 2005 2 July 2007 Conservative David Cameron
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Michael Gove 2 July 2007 11 May 2010 Conservative

Shadow Secretaries of State for Education

Shadow Secretary Took office Left office Political party Leader of the Opposition
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Ed Balls 11 May 2010 8 October 2010 Labour Harriet Harman
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Andy Burnham 8 October 2010 7 October 2011 Labour Ed Miliband
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Stephen Twigg 7 October 2011 7 October 2013 Labour
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Tristram Hunt 7 October 2013 12 September 2015 Labour
Harriet Harman
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Lucy Powell File:Lucy Powell crop.jpeg 13 September 2015 26 June 2016 Labour Jeremy Corbyn
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Pat Glass 27 June 2016 Incumbent Labour

See also

References

  1. ^ Secretary of State for Education and Science Shirley Williams lost her seat in the General Election
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