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 most recent incumbent was Lesley Laird.

Shadow Secretaries of State

Name			Entered office	Left office	Political party	Shadow Cabinet
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Tom Fraser		26 October 1951	7 December 1961	Labour	Clement Attlee
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |						Hugh Gaitskell
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |						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	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		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		31 October 1983	18 July 1992	Labour	Neil Kinnock
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Tom Clarke		18 July 1992	21 October 1993	Labour	John Smith
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	George Robertson		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		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	8 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	File:Dave Anderson.png	1 July 2016	3 May 2017	Labour
	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Lesley Laird		14 June 2017	Incumbent	Labour

See also

• Secretary of State for Scotland
• Scottish Office
• UK Shadow Cabinet