Second Shadow Cabinet of Bill English

The second Shadow Cabinet of Bill English formed the official Opposition in the 52nd New Zealand Parliament from 2 November 2017 until 11 March 2018, during Bill English's second term as Leader of the Opposition.

The Shadow Cabinet was formed after the 2017 New Zealand general election, when a new Government was formed by the New Zealand Labour Party, New Zealand First party and Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. As the largest party not in government, the New Zealand National Party became the official opposition. National Party leader Bill English assigned spokesperson roles to his MPs in order to scrutinise the policies and actions of the government, as well to offer an alternative program. As many National MPs were Ministers in the previous National-led Government, many of them were named Spokespersons for areas in which they had previously had ministerial responsibility. Most other MPs picked up minor portfolios, although new MPs were not assigned any particular responsibilities. ^[1]

In early 2018, English resigned from the leadership and was replaced as National Party leader by Simon Bridges on 27 February 2018. Other than Bridges' succession to the leadership, no changes to portfolio responsibilities were named until 11 March 2018, when Bridges announced his own Shadow Cabinet.

List of spokespersons

The Opposition portfolio spokespersons were as follows: ^[2]

Rank		Spokesperson	Portfolio
	1	Rt Hon Bill English	Leader of the Opposition Spokesperson for National Security and Intelligence
	2	Hon Paula Bennett	Deputy Leader of the Opposition Spokesperson for Children Spokesperson for Women Spokesperson for Social Investment
	3	Hon Steven Joyce	Spokesperson for Finance Spokesperson for Infrastructure
	4	Hon Gerry Brownlee	Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs Spokesperson for Fisheries Spokesperson for Land Information
	5	Hon Simon Bridges	Shadow Leader of the House Spokesperson for Economic and Regional Development Spokesperson for Immigration
	6	Hon Amy Adams	Spokesperson for Justice Spokesperson for Workplace Relations and Safety (including Pike River)
	7	Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman	Spokesperson for Health Spokesperson for Sport and Recreation
	8	Hon Chris Finlayson	Shadow Attorney General Spokesperson for Commerce Spokesperson for Government Communications Security Bureau Spokesperson for New Zealand Security and Intelligence Service
	9	Hon Judith Collins	Spokesperson for Transport Spokesperson for Revenue
	10	Hon Michael Woodhouse	Spokesperson for Housing Spokesperson for Social Housing
	11	Hon Nathan Guy	Spokesperson for Primary Industries
	12	Hon Nikki Kaye	Spokesperson for Education
	13	Hon Todd McClay	Spokesperson for Trade Spokesperson for State Services
	14	Hon Paul Goldsmith	Spokesperson for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Spokesperson for Arts, Culture and Heritage
	15	Hon Louise Upston	Spokesperson for Social Development
	16	Hon Anne Tolley	Deputy Speaker
	17	Rt Hon David Carter	Spokesperson for State Owned Enterprises
	18	Hon Dr Nick Smith	Spokesperson for Forestry Spokesperson for Aquaculture
	19	Hon Maggie Barry	Spokesperson for Conservation
	20	Hon Alfred Ngaro	Spokesperson for Courts Spokesperson for the Community and Voluntary Sector Spokesperson for Pacific Peoples
	21	Hon Mark Mitchell	Spokesperson for Defence
	22	Hon Nicky Wagner	Spokesperson for Disability Issues
	23	Hon Jacqui Dean	Spokesperson for Tourism Spokesperson for Small Business
	24	Hon David Bennett	Spokesperson for Food Safety Spokesperson for Racing Associate Spokesperson for Immigration
	25	Hon Tim Macindoe	Spokesperson for ACC
	26	Hon Scott Simpson	Spokesperson for the Environment Spokesperson for Planning
	27	Jami-Lee Ross	Senior Whip Spokesperson for Local Government Associate spokesperson for Transport
	28	Barbara Kuriger	Junior Whip Spokesperson for Biosecurity Spokesperson for Rural Communities
	29	Matt Doocey	Third Whip Spokesperson for Greater Christchurch Regeneration Spokesperson for Mental Health
	30	Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi	Spokesperson for Internal Affairs Associate spokesperson for Police
	31	Melissa Lee	Spokesperson for Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Spokesperson for Ethnic Affairs
	32	Jonathan Young	Spokesperson for Energy and Resources
	33	Jo Hayes	Spokesperson for Whānau Ora Associate spokesperson for Children
	34	Ian McKelvie	Spokesperson for Seniors Spokesperson for Veterans
	35	Simon O'Connor	Spokesperson for Corrections
	36	Dr Jian Yang	Spokesperson for Statistics Associate Spokesperson for Ethnic Affairs
	37	Andrew Bayly	Spokesperson for Building Regulation Associate Spokesperson for Commerce
	38	Chris Bishop	Spokesperson for Police Spokesperson for Youth
	39	Sarah Dowie	Spokesperson for Early Childhood Education
	40	Brett Hudson	Spokesperson for ICT Spokesperson for Government Digital Services
	41	Nuk Korako	Spokesperson for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Spokesperson for Māori Development
	42	Todd Muller	Spokesperson for Climate Change Spokesperson for Crown/Māori Relations
	43	Dr Parmjeet Parmar	Spokesperson for Science and Innovation
	44	Dr Shane Reti	Spokesperson for Data Associate spokesperson for Health
	45	Alastair Scott	Spokesperson for Customs Associate Spokesperson for Regional Development
	46	Stuart Smith	Spokesperson for Civil Defence Spokesperson for the Earthquake Commission

The ten MPs who entered Parliament at the 2017 general election (Simeon Brown, Andrew Falloon, Harete Hipango, Matt King, Denise Lee, Chris Penk, Erica Stanford, Tim van de Molen, Hamish Walker, and Lawrence Yule) were not ranked or given portfolio allocations.

References

1. Sachdeva, Sam (3 November 2017). "National's underwhelming reshuffle". Newsroom. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
2. "National unveils strong Opposition team". Scoop.co.nz. 2 November 2017. Archived from the original on 2 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.