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The Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 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 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and develop alternative policies. The office holder is a member of the Shadow Cabinet.

List of Shadow Secretaries

Shadow Secretary of State for Industry

Name Entered office Left office Political party Shadow Cabinet
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Michael Heseltine 11 March 1974 19 November 1976 Conservative Edward Heath
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Margaret Thatcher
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Biffen 19 November 1976 4 May 1979 Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Eric Varley 4 May 1979 14 July 1979 Labour James Callaghan
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Silkin 14 July 1979 4 November 1980 Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Stanley Orme 4 November 1980 31 October 1983 Labour Michael Foot

Shadow Secretary of State for Trade

Name Entered office Left office Political party Shadow Cabinet
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Smith 4 May 1979 24 November 1982 Labour James Callaghan
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Michael Foot
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Peter Archer 24 November 1982 31 October 1983 Labour

Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry & President of the Board of Trade

Name Entered office Left office Political party Shadow Cabinet
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Peter Shore 31 October 1983 26 October 1984 Labour Neil Kinnock
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Smith 26 October 1984 13 July 1987 Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Bryan Gould 13 July 1987 2 November 1989 Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Gordon Brown 2 November 1989 18 July 1992 Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Robin Cook 18 July 1992 20 October 1994 Labour John Smith
Margaret Beckett
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Jack Cunningham 20 October 1994 19 October 1995 Labour Tony Blair
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Margaret Beckett 19 October 1995 2 May 1997 Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Michael Heseltine 2 May 1997 11 June 1997 Conservative John Major
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Redwood 11 June 1997 15 June 1999 Conservative William Hague
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Angela Browning 15 June 1999 26 September 2000 Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | David Heathcoat-Amory 26 September 2000 18 September 2001 Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Whittingdale 18 September 2001 23 July 2002 Conservative Iain Duncan Smith
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Tim Yeo 23 July 2002 11 November 2003 Conservative

Shadow Secretary of State for Industry

Shadow Secretary of State for Trade

 Entered office Left office Political party Shadow Cabinet
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Stephen O'Brien style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | James Arbuthnot 11 November 2003 6 May 2005 Conservative Michael Howard

Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry & President of the Board of Trade

Name Entered office Left office Political party Shadow Cabinet
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | David Willetts 6 May 2005 8 December 2005 Conservative Michael Howard
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Alan Duncan 8 December 2005 2 July 2007 Conservative David Cameron

Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Alan Duncan 2 July 2007 19 January 2009 Conservative David Cameron

Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kenneth Clarke 19 January 2009 11 May 2010 Conservative David Cameron
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Pat McFadden 11 May 2010 8 October 2010 Labour Harriet Harman
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Denham 8 October 2010 7 October 2011 Labour Ed Miliband
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Chuka Umunna 7 October 2011 13 September 2015 Labour
Harriet Harman
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Angela Eagle 13 September 2015 27 June 2016 Labour Jeremy Corbyn
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Jon Trickett 5 July 2016 6 October 2016 Labour

Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Clive Lewis 6 October 2016 8 February 2017 Labour Jeremy Corbyn
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Rebecca Long-Bailey 8 October 2016 Incumbent Labour Jeremy Corbyn
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