Shadow Secretary of State for Education

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Shadow Secretary of State for Education
Laura Trott Official Cabinet Portrait, November 2023.jpg
Incumbent
Laura Trott
since 4 November 2024
Appointer Leader of the Opposition
Website His Majesty's Official Opposition: The Shadow Cabinet

The shadow secretary of state for education, also called the shadow education secretary, is an office in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet responsible for Opposition policy on education and for holding the secretary of state for education, junior education ministers, and the Department for Education to account.

Contents

Departments shadowed

List of shadow secretaries of state

Shadow Minister of Education

Shadow SecretaryTook officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
Michael Stewart Michael Stewart.jpg 15 July 195516 November 1959Labour Attlee
Gaitskell
Tony Greenwood Anthony Greenwood.jpg 16 November 195914 October 1960Labour
Eirene White 3x4.svg 14 October 196028 November 1960Labour
Fred Willey 3x4.svg 28 November 19601 April 1964Labour
Wilson

Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Science

Shadow SecretaryTook officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
Fred Willey 3x4.svg 1 April 196416 October 1964Labour Wilson
Quintin Hogg 3x4.svg 16 October 196416 February 1965 [1] Conservative Douglas-Home
Sir Edward Boyle 3x4.svg 16 February 196515 October 1969 [2]
Heath
Margaret Thatcher Margaret Thatcher in September 1975.jpg 21 October 1969 [3] 20 June 1970
Edward Short 3x4.svg 20 June 19706 December 1972Labour Wilson II
Roy Hattersley Roy Hattersley 2012 cropped 2.jpg 6 December 1972 [4] 5 March 1974
William van Straubenzee 3x4.svg 12 March 197412 June 1974Conservative Heath II
Norman St John-Stevas 3x4.svg 12 June 19746 November 1978
Thatcher
Mark Carlisle 3x4.svg 6 November 19784 May 1979
Gordon Oakes [n 1] 3x4.svg 4 May 197914 July 1979Labour Callaghan
Neil Kinnock Start campagne voor Europese verkiezingen van PvdA (Rotterdam) Neal Kinnoch , k, Bestanddeelnr 932-9811.jpg 14 July 19792 October 1983
Foot
Giles Radice Official portrait of Lord Radice crop 2.jpg 2 October 198313 July 1987 Kinnock
Jack Straw Jack Straw 2.jpg 13 July 198718 July 1992

Shadow Secretary of State for Education

Shadow SecretaryTook officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
Ann Taylor Official portrait of Baroness Taylor of Bolton crop 2.jpg 18 July 199220 October 1994Labour Smith
Beckett
David Blunkett David Blunkett DfEE.jpg 20 October 199419 October 1995 Blair

Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Employment

Shadow SecretaryTook officeLeft officePolitical PartyShadow Cabinet
David Blunkett David Blunkett DfEE.jpg 19 October 19952 May 1997Labour Blair
Gillian Shephard Gillian Shephard official portrait (cropped).jpg 2 May 199711 June 1997Conservative Major
Stephen Dorrell Stephen Dorrell 2011 (cropped).jpg 11 June 199715 June 1998 Hague
David Willetts Official portrait of Lord Willetts crop 2.jpg 1 June 199815 June 1999
Theresa May Theresa May - Home Secretary and minister for women and equality.jpg 15 June 199918 September 2001

Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Skills

Shadow SecretaryTook officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
Damian Green Official portrait of Rt Hon Damian Green MP crop 2.jpg 18 September 200111 November 2003Conservative Duncan Smith
Tim Yeo From left to right Oliver Morton, David Odling and Tim Yeo MP.jpg 11 November 200314 July 2004 Howard
Tim Collins [5] 3x4.svg 14 July 20045 May 2005
David Cameron [6] David Cameron 2006 (cropped).jpg 10 May 20056 December 2005
David Willetts [7] Official portrait of Lord Willetts crop 2.jpg 8 December 20053 July 2007 Cameron

Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families

Shadow SecretaryTook officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
Michael Gove [8] Official portrait of Rt Hon Michael Gove MP crop 2.jpg 3 July 20076 May 2010Conservative Cameron

Shadow Secretary of State for Education

Shadow SecretaryTook officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
Ed Balls [9] Ed Balls 2.jpg 12 May 20108 October 2010Labour Harman
Andy Burnham [10] Andy Burnham2.jpg 8 October 20107 October 2011 Miliband
Stephen Twigg [11] Official portrait of Stephen Twigg crop 2.jpg 7 October 20117 October 2013
Tristram Hunt [12] Tristram Cropped.jpg 7 October 201314 September 2015
Harman II
Lucy Powell [13] Official portrait of Lucy Powell MP crop 2.jpg 14 September 2015 26 June 2016 Corbyn
Pat Glass [14] Pat Glass.jpg 27 June 2016 29 June 2016
Angela Rayner [15] Official portrait of Angela Rayner MP crop 2.jpg 1 July 20165 April 2020
Rebecca Long-Bailey [16] Official portrait of Rebecca Long Bailey crop 2.jpg 6 April 202025 June 2020 Starmer
Kate Green [17] Official portrait of Kate Green crop 2.jpg 27 June 2020 29 November 2021
Bridget Phillipson [18] Official portrait of Bridget Phillipson MP crop 2.jpg 29 November 2021 5 July 2024
Damian Hinds [19] Official portrait of Damian Hinds MP crop 2.jpg 8 July 20244 November 2024Conservative Sunak
Laura Trott [20] Laura Trott Official Cabinet Portrait, November 2023 (cropped).jpg 4 November 2024Incumbent Badenoch

See also

References

  1. "Sir Alec Reshuffles Shadow Cabinet". The Glasgow Herald. 17 February 1965. p. 1. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  2. "Boyle's "I Quit" shock for Heath". The Glasgow Herald. Evening Times. 15 October 1969. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  3. John Warden (22 October 1969). "Shadow Cabinet's Three Changes". The Glasgow Herald. p. 24. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  4. "New 'shadow' ministry". The Sydney Morning Herald. AAP-Reuter. 8 December 1972. p. 5. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  5. "Mr Tim Collins". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  6. "Mr David Cameron". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  7. "Lord Willetts". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  8. "Michael Gove". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  9. "Ed Balls". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  10. "Andy Burnham". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  11. "Stephen Twigg". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  12. "Tristram Hunt". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  13. "Lucy Powell". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  14. "Pat Glass". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  15. "Angela Rayner". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  16. "Rebecca Long Bailey". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  17. "Kate Green". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  18. "Bridget Phillipson". UK Parliament. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  19. "UK politics live: Lord Cameron resigns as Rishi Sunak announces interim shadow cabinet". BBC News. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  20. "Politics latest: New Tory leader makes key shadow cabinet appointment". Sky News. Retrieved 4 November 2024.

Notes

  1. Secretary of State for Education and Science Shirley Williams lost her seat in the General Election.