Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales

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Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales
Official portrait of Lord Wolfson of Tredegar crop 2.jpg
since 6 November 2024
Member of Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet
Appointer Leader of the Opposition
Deputy Shadow Solicitor General

The shadow attorney general for England and Wales is an office within British politics held by a member of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition. The duty of the office holder is to scrutinise the actions of the attorney general for England and Wales and develop alternative policies. The shadow attorney general is not a member of the Shadow Cabinet, but attends its meetings. [1]

The shadow attorney general is deputised by the shadow solicitor general.

List of shadow attorneys general

NameEntered officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
Lynn Ungoed-Thomas 3x4.svg 15 July 195527 November 1956Labour Attlee
Gaitskell
Frank Soskice Frank Soskice 1961.jpg 27 November 195616 October 1964Labour
Brown
Wilson
John Hobson 3x4.svg 16 October 19644 December 1967Conservative Douglas-Home
Heath
Peter Rawlinson 3x4.svg April 1968 [2] 19 June 1970Conservative
Elwyn Jones Elwyn Jones in Romania (3x4).jpg 19 June 19704 March 1974Labour Wilson II
Peter Rawlinson 3x4.svg 4 March 197420 March 1974Conservative Heath II
Michael Havers 3x4.svg 20 March 1974 [3] 4 May 1979Conservative
Thatcher
Samuel Silkin 3x4.svg 4 May 197914 July 1979Labour Callaghan
John Morris Official portrait of Lord Morris of Aberavon crop 2.jpg 14 July 197924 November 1981Labour
Foot
Peter Archer 3x4.svg 24 November 198124 November 1982Labour
Arthur Davidson 3x4.svg 24 November 19829 June 1983Labour
John Morris Official portrait of Lord Morris of Aberavon crop 2.jpg 9 June 19832 May 1997Labour
Kinnock
Smith
Beckett
Blair
Nicholas Lyell 3x4.svg 2 May 199719 June 1997Conservative Major
Edward Garnier Official portrait of Lord Garnier crop 2, 2025.jpg 19 June 199713 September 2001Conservative Hague
Bill Cash Official portrait of Sir William Cash crop 2.jpg 14 September 20016 November 2003Conservative Duncan Smith
Dominic Grieve Official portrait of Mr Dominic Grieve crop 2.jpg 6 November 20038 September 2009Conservative Howard
Cameron
Edward Garnier Official portrait of Lord Garnier crop 2, 2025.jpg 8 September 200911 May 2010Conservative
The Baroness Scotland of Asthal PatriciaScotland2a.jpg 11 May 20107 October 2011Labour Harman
Miliband
Emily Thornberry Official portrait of Rt Hon Emily Thornberry MP crop 2.jpg 7 October 20113 December 2014Labour
The Lord Bach Official portrait of Lord Bach crop 2.jpg 3 December 201414 September 2015Labour
Harman II
Catherine McKinnell Official portrait of Catherine McKinnell crop 2.jpg 14 September 201511 January 2016Labour Corbyn
Karl Turner Official portrait of Karl Turner crop 2.jpg 11 January 2016 26 June 2016 Labour
Vacant 26 June 2016 6 October 2016
The Baroness Chakrabarti Official portrait of Baroness Chakrabarti crop 2.jpg 6 October 20166 April 2020Labour
The Lord Falconer of Thoroton Official portrait of Lord Falconer of Thoroton crop 2.jpg 6 April 2020 29 November 2021 Labour Starmer
Emily Thornberry Official portrait of Rt Hon Emily Thornberry MP crop 2.jpg 29 November 2021 5 July 2024Labour
Jeremy Wright Official portrait of Jeremy Wright MP crop 2, 2024.jpg 8 July 20246 November 2024Conservative Sunak
The Lord Wolfson of Tredegar Official portrait of Lord Wolfson of Tredegar crop 2.jpg 6 November 2024IncumbentConservative Badenoch

References

  1. ↑ "His Majesty's Official Opposition". www.parliament.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  2. ↑ Robert Malcolm Punnett (1973). Front-bench opposition; the role of the Leader of the Opposition, the Shadow Cabinet and Shadow Government in British politics. London. pp. 458–467. ISBN   978-0-435-83734-1 . Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Heath Names 13 For Front Bench". The Glasgow Herald. 21 March 1974. p. 30. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
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