Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland | |
|---|---|
| Appointer | Leader of the Opposition |
| Inaugural holder | Tom Fraser |
| Formation | 26 October 1951 |
| Website | The Shadow Cabinet |
The Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland is a member of the UK Shadow Cabinet responsible for the scrutiny of the Secretary of State for Scotland and his/her department, the Scotland Office. The incumbent holder of the office is Ian Murray.
Shadow Secretaries of State
| Name | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Shadow Cabinet | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Tom Fraser | 26 October 1951 | 7 December 1961 | Labour | Clement Attlee | |
| Hugh Gaitskell | ||||||
| Harold Wilson | ||||||
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Willie Ross | 7 December 1961 | 16 October 1964 | Labour | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Michael Noble | 16 October 1964 | 23 January 1969 | Conservative | Alec Douglas-Home | |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Edward Heath | |||||
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Gordon Campbell | 23 January 1969 | 20 July 1970 | Conservative | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Willie Ross | 20 July 1970 | 4 March 1974 | Labour | Harold Wilson | |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Alick Buchanan-Smith | 4 March 1974 | 9 December 1976 | Conservative | Edward Heath | |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Margaret Thatcher | |||||
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Teddy Taylor | 
|
9 December 1976 | 3 May 1979 | Conservative | |
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Bruce Millan | 
|
4 May 1979 | 31 October 1983 | Labour | James Callaghan |
| Michael Foot | ||||||
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Donald Dewar | 
|
31 October 1983 | 18 July 1992 | Labour | Neil Kinnock |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Tom Clarke | 
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18 July 1992 | 21 October 1993 | Labour | John Smith |
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | George Robertson | 
|
21 October 1993 | 2 May 1997 | Labour | |
| Margaret Beckett | ||||||
| Tony Blair | ||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Office not in use | 2 May 1997 | 14 September 2001 | Conservative | John Major | |
| William Hague | ||||||
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Jacqui Lait | 14 September 2001 | 11 November 2003 | Conservative | Iain Duncan Smith | |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Peter Duncan | .jpg)
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11 November 2003 | 6 May 2005 | Conservative | Michael Howard |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Eleanor Laing | 
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6 May 2005 | 7 December 2005 | Conservative | |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | David Mundell | 
|
7 December 2005 | 11 May 2010 | Conservative | David Cameron |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Jim Murphy | 
|
11 May 2010 | 8 October 2010 | Labour | Harriet Harman |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Ann McKechin | 
|
8 October 2010 | 7 October 2011 | Labour | Ed Miliband |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Margaret Curran | 
|
7 October 2011 | 11 May 2015 | Labour | |
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Ian Murray | 
|
11 May 2015 | 26 June 2016 | Labour | Harriet Harman |
| Jeremy Corbyn | ||||||
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Dave Anderson | 
|
1 July 2016 | 14 June 2017 | Labour | |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Lesley Laird | 
|
14 June 2017 | 13 December 2019 | Labour | |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Tony Lloyd | 
|
19 December 2019 | 6 April 2020 | Labour | |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Ian Murray |
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6 April 2020 | Incumbent | Labour | Keir Starmer |