Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

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Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Official portrait of Alex Burghart.jpg
Incumbent
Alex Burghart
since 5 November 2024
Shadow Cabinet
Appointer Leader of the Opposition
PrecursorShadow Lord President of the Council (2016-2020)
Formation18 July 1992
First holder Mo Mowlam
Website The Conservative Party

The shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is a position in the British Shadow Cabinet, appointed by the leader of the Opposition. The post involves holding to account the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who has control over the estates and rents of the Duchy of Lancaster. [1] The position was re-established by Keir Starmer in April 2020, replacing the position of shadow lord president of the council last held by Jon Trickett, which was split from shadow leader of the House of Commons by former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

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List of shadow chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster

NameTerm startTerm endConcurrent positionPolitical partyShadow Cabinet
Mo Mowlam Mo Mowlam official portrait 2 (cropped).jpg 18 July 199229 September 1992 Shadow Minister for the Citizen's Charter Labour Smith
Michael Meacher Michael Meacher official portrait.jpg 21 October 199320 October 1994
Beckett
Ann Taylor Official portrait of Baroness Taylor of Bolton crop 2.jpg 20 October 199419 October 1995 Blair
Derek Foster 19 October 19952 May 1997
Michael Heseltine Lord Heseltine (6969083278).jpg 2 May 199719 June 1997 Deputy Leader of the Opposition
Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 		Conservative Major
Gillian Shephard Gillian Shephard official portrait (cropped).jpg 19 June 19971 June 1998 Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Hague
George Young George Young Minister.jpg 1 June 199815 June 1999 Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
15 June 199926 September 2000Constitutional Affairs spokesman
Angela Browning Baroness Browning (cropped).jpg 26 September 200014 September 2001 Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Constitutional Affairs spokesman
Eric Forth 14 September 200111 November 2003 Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Duncan Smith
Vacant11 November 20038 December 2005Vacant
Oliver Heald Recent Picture of Oliver Heald QC MP Nov 2012 (cropped).jpg 8 December 20052 July 2007 Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Conservative Cameron
Francis Maude Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office.jpg 2 July 200711 May 2010 Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office
Vacant11 May 20105 April 2020Vacant
Rachel Reeves Official portrait of Rachel Reeves crop 2.jpg 5 April 2020 9 May 2021 Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office Labour Starmer
Angela Rayner Official portrait of Angela Rayner MP crop 2.jpg 9 May 2021 4 September 2023
Pat McFadden Official portrait of Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP crop 2.jpg 4 September 2023 5 July 2024
Oliver Dowden Official portrait of Oliver Dowden MP crop 2, 2024.jpg 8 July 20245 November 2024 Deputy Leader of the Opposition Conservative Sunak
Alex Burghart Alex Burghart MP (Brentwood and Ongar, Conservative) (cropped).jpg 5 November 2024Incumbent Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Conservative Badenoch

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster". GOV.UK. Retrieved 13 September 2022.


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