| Shadow Minister without Portfolio | |
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| Shadow Cabinet | |
| Appointer | Leader of the Opposition |
| Website | The Labour Party |
The Shadow Minister without Portfolio is a member of the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet. The postholder shadows the Minister without portfolio.
The position is currently held by Nick Thomas-Symonds, Labour MP for Torfaen. He was appointed to the role in September 2023 by Keir Starmer, succeeding Conor McGinn.
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| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Length of term of office | Party | Shadow Cabinet | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Parkinson [1] |  | 11 June 1997 | 2 December 1998 | 1 year, 5 months and 21 days | Conservative | Hague | |
| Michael Ancram [2] |  | 2 December 1998 | 18 September 2001 | 2 years, 9 months and 16 days | Conservative | ||
| David Davis [3] |  | 18 September 2001 | 23 July 2002 | 10 months and 5 days | Conservative | Duncan Smith | |
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Length of term of office | Party | Shadow Cabinet | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liam Fox [4] |  | 10 November 2003 | 10 May 2005 | 1 year and 6 months | Conservative | Howard | |
| Francis Maude [5] |  | 10 May 2005 | 3 July 2007 | 2 years, 1 month and 23 days | Conservative | ||
| Cameron | |||||||
| Oliver Letwin [6] |  | 8 December 2005 | 6 May 2010 | 4 years, 4 months and 28 days | Conservative | ||
| Caroline Spelman [7] |  | 3 July 2007 | 19 January 2009 | 1 year, 6 months and 16 days | Conservative | ||
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Length of term of office | Party | Shadow Cabinet | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Dugher [8] | | 7 October 2011 | 7 October 2013 | 2 years | Labour | Miliband | |
| The Lord Wood of Anfield [9] [10] |  | 17 October 2011 | 27 May 2015 | 3 years, 7 months and 10 days | Labour | ||
| Jon Trickett [11] |  | 8 October 2013 | 14 September 2015 | 1 year, 11 months and 6 days | Labour | ||
| Harman II | |||||||
| Jonathan Ashworth [12] |  | 14 September 2015 | 7 October 2016 | 1 year and 23 days | Labour | Corbyn | |
| Andrew Gwynne [13] |  | 7 October 2016 | 14 June 2017 | 8 months and 7 days | Labour | ||
| Ian Lavery |  | 9 February 2017 | 5 April 2020 | 3 years, 1 month and 27 days | Labour | ||
| Vacant | 5 April 2020 | 4 December 2021 | 1 year, 7 months and 29 days | Labour | Starmer | ||
| Conor McGinn [14] [15] |  | 4 December 2021 | 22 September 2022 | 9 months and 18 days | Labour | ||
| Vacant | 23 September 2022 | 4 September 2023 | 11 months and 12 days | Labour | |||
| Nick Thomas-Symonds [16] [15] |  | 4 September 2023 | Present | 11 days* | Labour | ||
* Incumbent's length of term last updated: 15 September 2023.
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There is no doubt that David Cameron has had a terrible year, writes Shadow Minister without Portfolio, Lord Wood of Anfield.
