Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero
The Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change was a post in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet. The Shadow Secretary helped hold the Energy and Climate Change Secretary and junior ministers to account and is the lead spokesperson on energy and climate change issues for his or her party. Should the relevant party take office, the Shadow Secretary would be a likely candidate to become Energy Secretary.
A previous Official Opposition post of Shadow Secretary of State for Energy existed until the Department of Energy was merged into the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in 1992. In 2008, the Department for Energy and Climate Change was split from the DTI's successor department, effectively reviving the former department and the need for an Opposition shadow.
Following Theresa May's appointment as Prime Minister in July 2016, the department was disbanded and merged with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to form the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with the consequent ending of this shadow post.
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy (1974–1992)
Name | Took office | Left office | Political party | Leader of the Opposition | ||
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Patrick Jenkin | 18 February 1975 | 15 January 1976 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | John Biffen | 15 January 1976 | 19 November 1976 | Conservative | ||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Tom King | 19 November 1976 | 4 May 1979 | Conservative | ||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Tony Benn | 4 May 1979 | 14 July 1979 | Labour | James Callaghan | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | David Owen | 14 July 1979 | 4 November 1980 | Labour | ||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Merlyn Rees | 4 November 1980 | 24 November 1982 | Labour | Michael Foot | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | John Smith | 24 November 1982 | 2 October 1983 | Labour | ||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Stanley Orme | 2 October 1983 | 13 July 1987 | Labour | Neil Kinnock | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | John Prescott | 13 July 1987 | 23 November 1988 | Labour | ||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Tony Blair | 23 November 1988 | 2 November 1989 | Labour | ||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Frank Dobson | 2 November 1989 | 18 July 1992 | Labour |
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (2008–2016)
Name | Took office | Left office | Political party | Leader of the Opposition | ||
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Greg Clark | 6 October 2008 | 11 May 2010 | Conservative | David Cameron | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Ed Miliband | 11 May 2010 | 8 October 2010 | Labour | Harriet Harman | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Meg Hillier | 8 October 2010 | 7 October 2011 | Labour | Ed Miliband | |
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Caroline Flint | 7 October 2011 | 14 September 2015 | Labour | ||
Harriet Harman | ||||||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Lisa Nandy | 14 September 2015 | 27 June 2016 | Labour | Jeremy Corbyn | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Barry Gardiner | 27 June 2016 | 8 October 2016 | Labour |
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