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Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Incumbent
Jonathan Ashworth
since 7 October 2016
AppointerLeader of the Opposition
Inaugural holderShirley Williams
Formation19 June 1970
WebsiteThe Shadow Cabinet

The Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is an office within British politics held by a member of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition. The duty of the office holder is to scrutinise the actions of the government's Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and develop alternative policies. The office holder is a member of the Shadow Cabinet and appointed by the Leader of the Opposition.

Until the election of Sir Keir Starmer in April 2020, unlike the Secretary of State the position shadows, the Shadow Secretary's official title did not include social care as this brief was reserved for the Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Social Care, Barbara Keeley. Ashworth gained the portfolio of social care in England in April 2020, following Starmer's Shadow Cabinet reshuffle.

List of Shadow Secretaries of State for Health

Name Entered office Left office Political party Notes Ref
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Shirley Williams 19 June 1970 19 October 1971 Labour Later SDP Founder and Liberal Democrats Leader in House of Lords
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Barbara Castle 19 October 1971 24 March 1972 Later Secretary of State for Health and Social Services
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Silkin 24 March 1972 4 March 1974
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Keith Joseph 4 March 1974 11 March 1974 Conservative Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Services (1970–1974)
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Geoffrey Howe 11 March 1974 18 February 1975
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Norman Fowler 18 February 1975 19 November 1976
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Patrick Jenkin 19 November 1976 4 May 1979
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | David Ennals 4 May 1979 14 June 1979 Labour Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Services (1976–1979)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Stanley Orme 14 June 1979 8 December 1980
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Gwyneth Dunwoody 8 December 1980 31 October 1983
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Michael Meacher 31 October 1983 13 July 1987
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Robin Cook 13 July 1987 18 July 1992 [1]
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | David Blunkett 18 July 1992 20 October 1994 [2]
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Margaret Beckett 20 October 1994 19 October 1995 [3]
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Harriet Harman 19 October 1995 1 July 1996 [4]
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Chris Smith 1 July 1996 2 May 1997
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Stephen Dorrell 2 May 1997 11 June 1997 Conservative Former Secretary of State for Health (1995–1997)
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Maples 11 June 1997 1 June 1998 [5][6]
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Ann Widdecombe 1 June 1998 13 January 1999 [7]
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Liam Fox 13 January 1999 6 November 2003 [8]
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Tim Yeo 6 November 2003 19 June 2004 Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Education [9]
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Andrew Lansley 19 June 2004 12 May 2010 Later Secretary of State for Health (2010–2012) [10][11]
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Andy Burnham 12 May 2010 8 October 2010 Labour Former Secretary of State for Health (2009–2010)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Healey 8 October 2010 6 October 2011
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Andy Burnham 7 October 2011 13 September 2015 Former Secretary of State for Health (2009–2010)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Heidi Alexander 13 September 2015 26 June 2016
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Diane Abbott 27 June 2016 6 October 2016
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Jonathan Ashworth 7 October 2016 Incumbent Shadow Secretary of State for Health (2016–2020)

Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (2020-present)

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  3. ^ "Hunting a second term". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 7 December 2000. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
  4. ^ "Politics 97; Harriet Harman". BBC Political Research Unit. British Broadcasting Corporation. 1997. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
  5. ^ "John Maples; Biographical details". Ask Aristotle. London: guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on November 13, 2005. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
  6. ^ Maples, John. "John Maples: Political Biography". John Maples. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
  7. ^ "Opposition front bench team as at 5 June 1998". House of Commons Weekly Information Bulletin. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 6 June 1998. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
  8. ^ "Opposition front bench team". House of Commons Weekly Information Bulletin. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 19 June 1999. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
  9. ^ "Tim Yeo; Biographical details". Ask Aristotle. London: guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
  10. ^ "House of Commons Weekly Information Bulletin Noticeboard". House of Commons Weekly Information Bulletin. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 19 June 2004. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
  11. ^ "Her Majesty's Official Opposition". Parliament of the United Kingdom. 7 October 2008. Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
  12. ^ "Jeremy Corbyn unveils new shadow cabinet after raft of resignations". The Guardian. 27 June 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
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