Second Shadow Cabinet of Bill English

The second Shadow Cabinet of Bill English formed the official Opposition in the 52nd New Zealand Parliament from 2 November 2017 until 11 March 2018, during Bill English's second term as Leader of the Opposition.

The Shadow Cabinet was formed after the 2017 New Zealand general election, when a new Government was formed by the New Zealand Labour Party, New Zealand First party and Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. As the largest party not in government, the New Zealand National Party became the official opposition. National Party leader Bill English assigned spokesperson roles to his MPs in order to scrutinise the policies and actions of the government, as well to offer an alternative program. As many National MPs were Ministers in the previous National-led Government, many of them were named Spokespersons for areas in which they had previously had ministerial responsibility. Most other MPs picked up minor portfolios, although new MPs were not assigned any particular responsibilities.

In early 2018, English resigned from the leadership and was replaced as National Party leader by Simon Bridges on 27 February 2018. Other than Bridges' succession to the leadership, no changes to portfolio responsibilities were named until 11 March 2018, when Bridges announced his own Shadow Cabinet.

List of spokespersons

The Opposition portfolio spokespersons were as follows:

Rank		Spokesperson	Portfolio
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	1	Rt Hon Bill English	Leader of the Opposition Spokesperson for National Security and Intelligence
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	2	Hon Paula Bennett	Deputy Leader of the Opposition Spokesperson for Children Spokesperson for Women Spokesperson for Social Investment
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	3	Hon Steven Joyce	Spokesperson for Finance Spokesperson for Infrastructure
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	4	Hon Gerry Brownlee	Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs Spokesperson for Fisheries Spokesperson for Land Information
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	5	Hon Simon Bridges	Shadow Leader of the House Spokesperson for Economic and Regional Development Spokesperson for Immigration
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	6	Hon Amy Adams	Spokesperson for Justice Spokesperson for Workplace Relations and Safety (including Pike River)
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	7	Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman	Spokesperson for Health Spokesperson for Sport and Recreation
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	8	Hon Chris Finlayson	Shadow Attorney General Spokesperson for Commerce Spokesperson for Government Communications Security Bureau Spokesperson for New Zealand Security and Intelligence Service
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	9	Hon Judith Collins	Spokesperson for Transport Spokesperson for Revenue
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	10	Hon Michael Woodhouse	Spokesperson for Housing Spokesperson for Social Housing
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	11	Hon Nathan Guy	Spokesperson for Primary Industries
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	12	Hon Nikki Kaye	Spokesperson for Education
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	13	Hon Todd McClay	Spokesperson for Trade Spokesperson for State Services
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	14	Hon Paul Goldsmith	Spokesperson for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Spokesperson for Arts, Culture and Heritage
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	15	Hon Louise Upston	Spokesperson for Social Development
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	16	Hon Anne Tolley	Deputy Speaker
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	17	Rt Hon David Carter	Spokesperson for State Owned Enterprises
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	18	Hon Dr Nick Smith	Spokesperson for Forestry Spokesperson for Aquaculture
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	19	Hon Maggie Barry	Spokesperson for Conservation
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	20	Hon Alfred Ngaro	Spokesperson for Courts Spokesperson for the Community and Voluntary Sector Spokesperson for Pacific Peoples
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	21	Hon Mark Mitchell	Spokesperson for Defence
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	22	Hon Nicky Wagner	Spokesperson for Disability Issues
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	23	Hon Jacqui Dean	Spokesperson for Tourism Spokesperson for Small Business
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	24	Hon David Bennett	Spokesperson for Food Safety Spokesperson for Racing Associate Spokesperson for Immigration
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	25	Hon Tim Macindoe	Spokesperson for ACC
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	26	Hon Scott Simpson	Spokesperson for the Environment Spokesperson for Planning
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	27	Jami-Lee Ross	Senior Whip Spokesperson for Local Government Associate spokesperson for Transport
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	28	Barbara Kuriger	Junior Whip Spokesperson for Biosecurity Spokesperson for Rural Communities
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	29	Matt Doocey	Third Whip Spokesperson for Greater Christchurch Regeneration Spokesperson for Mental Health
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	30	Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi	Spokesperson for Internal Affairs Associate spokesperson for Police
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	31	Melissa Lee	Spokesperson for Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Spokesperson for Ethnic Affairs
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	32	Jonathan Young	Spokesperson for Energy and Resources
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	33	Jo Hayes	Spokesperson for Whānau Ora Associate spokesperson for Children
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	34	Ian McKelvie	Spokesperson for Seniors Spokesperson for Veterans
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	35	Simon O'Connor	Spokesperson for Corrections
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	36	Dr Jian Yang	Spokesperson for Statistics Associate Spokesperson for Ethnic Affairs
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	37	Andrew Bayly	Spokesperson for Building Regulation Associate Spokesperson for Commerce
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	38	Chris Bishop	Spokesperson for Police Spokesperson for Youth
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	39	Sarah Dowie	Spokesperson for Early Childhood Education
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	40	Brett Hudson	Spokesperson for ICT Spokesperson for Government Digital Services
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	41	Nuk Korako	Spokesperson for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Spokesperson for Māori Development
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	42	Todd Muller	Spokesperson for Climate Change Spokesperson for Crown/Māori Relations
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	43	Dr Parmjeet Parmar	Spokesperson for Science and Innovation
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	44	Dr Shane Reti	Spokesperson for Data Associate spokesperson for Health
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	45	Alastair Scott	Spokesperson for Customs Associate Spokesperson for Regional Development
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color |	46	Stuart Smith	Spokesperson for Civil Defence Spokesperson for the Earthquake Commission

The ten MPs who entered Parliament at the 2017 general election (Simeon Brown, Andrew Falloon, Harete Hipango, Matt King, Denise Lee, Chris Penk, Erica Stanford, Tim van de Molen, Hamish Walker, and Lawrence Yule) were not ranked or given portfolio allocations.