| Shadow Secretary of State for Justice | |
|---|---|
| Appointer | Leader of the Opposition |
| Inaugural holder | Bill Cash |
| Website | The Shadow Cabinet |
In British politics the Shadow Secretary of State for Justice is the member of the Shadow Cabinet who shadows the Secretary of State for Justice, an office which has existed since 2007. Prior to 2007, the office was known as Shadow Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs. The current Shadow Secretary of State for Justice is Shabana Mahmood.
Shadow Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Entered office | Left office | Party | Shadow Cabinet | ||
| Bill Cash [1] |  | 1 July 2003 | 13 November 2003 | Conservative | Duncan Smith | |
| Alan Duncan [2] |  | 13 November 2003 | 14 June 2004 | Conservative | Howard | |
| Oliver Heald [3] |  | 15 June 2004 | 8 May 2007 | Conservative | ||
| Cameron | ||||||
Shadow Secretary of State for Justice | ||||||
| Name | Entered office | Left office | Party | Shadow Cabinet | ||
| Oliver Heald [3] | | 9 May 2007 | 3 July 2007 | Conservative | Cameron | |
| Nick Herbert [4] |  | 3 July 2007 | 19 January 2009 | Conservative | ||
| Dominic Grieve [5] |  | 19 January 2009 [n 1] | 11 May 2010 | Conservative | ||
| Jack Straw [6] |  | 12 May 2010 | 8 October 2010 | Labour | Harman I | |
| Sadiq Khan [7] |  | 8 October 2010 | 30 March 2015 | Labour | Miliband | |
| The Lord Falconer of Thoroton [8] |  | 11 May 2015 | 26 June 2016 | Labour | Harman II | |
| Corbyn | ||||||
| Richard Burgon [9] |  | 27 June 2016 | 6 April 2020 | Labour | ||
| David Lammy [10] |  | 6 April 2020 | 29 November 2021 | Labour | Starmer | |
| Steve Reed |  | 29 November 2021 | 4 September 2023 | Labour | ||
| Shabana Mahmood |  | 4 September 2023 | Incumbent | Labour | ||
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