Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
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 post has been allocated to Ian Murray (the last remaining Labour MP in Scotland) on May 8th 2015, having last been held by Margaret Curran. The holder is assisted by shadow ministers in the Commons and in the Lords.
Shadow Secretaries of State
| Name | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Leader of the Opposition | ||
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| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Michael Noble | 
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16 October 1964 | 23 January 1969 | Conservative | 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" | | Unknown | 4 March 1974 | 18 February 1975 | Conservative | Edward Heath | |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Alick Buchanan-Smith | 18 February 1975 | 9 December 1976 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Teddy Taylor | 
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9 December 1976 | 3 May 1979 | Conservative | |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Bruce Millan | 4 May 1979 | 31 October 1983 | Labour | James Callaghan | |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Michael Foot | |||||
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Donald Dewar | 
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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 |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | George Robertson | 
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21 October 1993 | 2 May 1997 | Labour | |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Margaret Beckett | |||||
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Tony Blair | |||||
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Office not in use | 2 May 1997 | 14 September 2001 | Conservative | John Major | |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | 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 | 11 November 2003 | 6 May 2005 | Conservative | Michael Howard | |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Eleanor Laing | 6 May 2005 | 7 December 2005 | Conservative | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | David Mundell | 
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7 December 2005 | 11 May 2010 | Conservative | David Cameron |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Jim Murphy | 
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11 May 2010 | 8 October 2010 | Labour | Harriet Harman |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Ann McKechin | 
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8 October 2010 | 7 October 2011 | Labour | Ed Miliband |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Margaret Curran | 
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7 October 2011 | 8 May 2015 | Labour | |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Ian Murray | 
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11 May 2015 | Incumbent | Labour | Harriet Harman |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Jeremy Corbyn | |||||