Shadow Secretary of State for Transport

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Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
Official portrait of Mr Gareth Bacon MP.jpg
Incumbent
Gareth Bacon
since 5 November 2024
Shadow Cabinet of the United Kingdom
Reports to Leader of the Opposition
Appointer Leader of the Opposition
Website The Shadow Cabinet

The shadow secretary of state for transport is a political post in the United Kingdom. It has been consistently held by a member of the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet since May 1979. The shadow secretary helps hold the transport secretary and junior ministers to account and is the lead spokesperson on transport matters for their party. Should the relevant party take office, the shadow secretary would be a likely candidate to become the transport secretary.

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At various times, the post has been called Shadow Minister for Transport (including from 1979 to 1981), Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, and Shadow Secretary of State for Environment and Transport.

Shadow secretaries of state

Shadow Secretary of State for Transport

NameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
William Rodgers Official portrait of Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank crop 2.jpg 4 May 197914 June 1979Labour Callaghan
Albert Booth [1] [n 1] No image.svg 14 June 197931 October 1983Labour
Foot
John Prescott [2] John Prescott on his last day as Deputy Prime Minister, June 2007.jpg 31 October 198326 October 1984Labour Kinnock
Gwyneth Dunwoody [3] Dunwoody (cropped).jpg 26 October 19844 November 1985Labour
Robert Hughes [4] Official portrait of Lord Hughes of Woodside crop 2.jpg 4 November 198523 November 1988Labour
John Prescott John Prescott on his last day as Deputy Prime Minister, June 2007.jpg 23 November 198821 October 1993Labour
Smith
Frank Dobson [5] Frank Dobson MP, crop.jpg 21 October 199320 October 1994Labour
Beckett
Michael Meacher [6] Michael Meacher official portrait.jpg 20 October 199419 October 1995Labour Blair
Clare Short [7] Paris 2011 192 (5494065443) (cropped 2).jpg 19 October 199525 July 1996Labour
Andrew Smith [8] [9] Andrew Smith MP 20050127.jpg 25 July 19962 May 1997Labour
Sir George Young [10] Official portrait of Lord Young of Cookham, 2020.jpg 2 May 1997June 1997Conservative Major

Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

NameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
Norman Fowler Official portrait of Lord Fowler crop 2.jpg June 19971 June 1998Conservative Hague
Gillian Shepherd [11] Official portrait of Baroness Shephard of Northwold crop 2.jpg 1 June 199814 June 1999Conservative
John Redwood [12] Official portrait of Rt Hon John Redwood MP crop 2.jpg 14 June 19992 February 2000Conservative
Archie Norman Archie Norman.jpg 2 February 200018 September 2001Conservative

Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

NameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
Theresa May [13] [14] Theresa May - Home Secretary and minister for women and equality.jpg 18 September 200123 July 2002Conservative Duncan Smith

Shadow Secretary of State for Transport

NameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
Tim Collins [15] No image.svg 23 July 200210 November 2003Conservative Duncan Smith
Damian Green [n 2] Official portrait of Rt Hon Damian Green MP crop 2.jpg 10 November 20038 September 2004Conservative Howard

Shadow Secretary of State for Environment and Transport

NameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
Tim Yeo [17] Tim Yeo MP (15216846249).jpg 8 September 200410 May 2005Conservative Howard

Shadow Secretary of State for Transport

NameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
Alan Duncan [18] Official portrait of Sir Alan Duncan crop 2.jpg 6 May 20058 December 2005Conservative Howard
Chris Grayling [19] Official portrait of Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP crop 2.jpg 8 December 20052 July 2007Conservative Cameron
Theresa Villiers [20] Theresa Villiers Official Portrait.jpg 2 July 200711 May 2010Conservative
Sadiq Khan [21] Sadiq Khan, September 2009 cropped.jpg 14 May 20108 October 2010Labour Harman I
Maria Eagle [22] Official portrait of Maria Eagle MP crop 2.jpg 8 October 20107 October 2013Labour Miliband
Mary Creagh [23] Official portrait of Mary Creagh crop 2.jpg 7 October 20135 November 2014Labour
Michael Dugher [24] No image.svg 5 November 201413 September 2015Labour
Harman II
Lilian Greenwood Official portrait of Lilian Greenwood MP crop 2.jpg 13 September 2015 26 June 2016 Labour Corbyn
Andy McDonald Official portrait of Andy McDonald MP crop 2.jpg 27 June 2016 6 April 2020Labour
Jim McMahon Official portrait of Jim McMahon crop 2.jpg 6 April 2020 29 November 2021 Labour Starmer
Louise Haigh Official portrait of Louise Haigh MP crop 2.jpg 29 November 2021 5 July 2024Labour
Helen Whately Official portrait of Helen Whately MP crop 2.jpg 8 July 20245 November 2024Conservative Sunak
Gareth Bacon Official portrait of Mr Gareth Bacon MP crop 2.jpg 5 November 2024IncumbentConservative Badenoch

Notes

  1. ↑ Booth was Shadow Minister of Transport until September 1981, when the Minister of Transport became Secretary of State for Transport.
  2. ↑ During this period, Michael Howard had a small Shadow Cabinet, with members heading "super" Shadow Departments. The Shadow Transport Secretary was part of the Shadow Environment and Transport team, which was headed by the Shadow Secretary of State for Environment and Transport. Theresa May first held thislatter office, and was replaced by Tim Yeo on 14 June 2004. [16] When Damian Green resigned from the frontbench during a reshuffle on 8 September 2004, Yeo took on his responsibilities. [17]

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