Shadow Secretary of State for Wales

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Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
Mims Davies.jpg
Incumbent
Mims Davies
since 5 November 2024
Member of Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet
Appointer Leader of the Opposition

The shadow secretary of state for Wales (or shadow Welsh secretary) is a member of the UK Shadow Cabinet responsible for the scrutiny of the secretary of state for Wales and their department, the Wales Office. [1] The incumbent holder of the office is Mims Davies.

Contents

List of Shadow Secretaries

Frontbench spokesmen for Wales

NameEntered officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
Jim Griffiths 3x4.svg November 195916 October 1964Labour Gaitskell
Brown
Wilson

Shadow Secretary of State for Wales

NameEntered officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow Cabinet
Keith Joseph 3x4.svg 29 October 19645 August 1965Conservative Douglas-Home
Peter Thorneycroft 3x4.svg 5 August 19656 October 1965Conservative Heath
David Gibson-Watt 3x4.svg 6 October 196519 June 1970Conservative
George Thomas 3x4.svg 19 June 19704 March 1974Labour Wilson II
Peter Thomas 3x4.svg 4 March 197418 February 1975Conservative Heath II
Nicholas Edwards
MP for Pembrokeshire
3x4.svg 18 February 19754 May 1979Conservative Thatcher
John Morris
MP for Aberavon
Official portrait of Lord Morris of Aberavon crop 2.jpg 4 May 197914 June 1979Labour Callaghan
Alec Jones
MP for Rhondda
3x4.svg 14 June 197920 March 1983Labour
Foot
Denzil Davies
MP for Llanelli
3x4.svg 20 March 198331 October 1983Labour
Barry Jones
MP for Alyn and Deeside
Official portrait of Lord Jones crop 2.jpg 31 October 198313 July 1987Labour Kinnock
Alan Williams
MP for Swansea West
3x4.svg 13 July 19879 January 1989Labour
Barry Jones
MP for Alyn and Deeside
Official portrait of Lord Jones crop 2.jpg 9 January 198924 July 1992Labour
Ann Clwyd
MP for Cynon Valley
Official portrait of Ann Clwyd crop 2.jpg 24 July 199221 October 1993Labour Smith
Ron Davies
MP for Caerphilly
Rondavies1998 (cropped).jpg 21 October 19932 May 1997Labour
Beckett
Blair
William Hague
MP for Richmond
William Hague with poppy (3x4).jpg 2 May 199719 June 1997Conservative Major
Michael Ancram
MP for Devizes
Official portrait of The Marquess of Lothian crop 2.jpg 19 June 19971 June 1998Conservative Hague
Liam Fox
MP for Woodspring
Official portrait of Dr Liam Fox crop 2.jpg 1 June 199815 June 1999Conservative
Sir George Young
MP for North West Hampshire
Official portrait of Lord Young of Cookham, 2020.jpg 15 June 199926 September 2000Conservative
Angela Browning
MP for Tiverton and Honiton
Official portrait of Baroness Browning crop 2.jpg 26 September 200018 September 2001Conservative
Nigel Evans
MP for Ribble Valley
Official portrait of Mr Nigel Evans crop 2.jpg 18 September 200111 November 2003Conservative Duncan Smith
Bill Wiggin
MP for Leominster
Official portrait of Bill Wiggin MP crop 2.jpg 11 November 20036 December 2005Conservative Howard
Cheryl Gillan
MP for Chesham and Amersham
Official portrait of Rt Hon Dame Cheryl Gillan MP crop 2.jpg 6 December 200511 May 2010Conservative Cameron
Peter Hain
MP for Neath
Official portrait of Lord Hain crop 2, 2019.jpg 11 May 201015 May 2012Labour Harman
Miliband
Owen Smith
MP for Pontypridd
Official portrait of Owen Smith crop 2.jpg 15 May 201214 September 2015Labour
Harman II
Nia Griffith
MP for Llanelli
Official portrait of Nia Griffith MP crop 2.jpg 14 September 2015 27 June 2016 Labour Corbyn
Paul Flynn
MP for Newport West
3x4.svg 3 July 20166 October 2016Labour
Jo Stevens
MP for Cardiff Central
Official portrait of Jo Stevens MP crop 2.jpg 6 October 201627 January 2017Labour
Christina Rees
MP for Neath
Official portrait of Christina Rees MP crop 2.jpg 9 February 20176 April 2020Labour
Nia Griffith
MP for Llanelli
Official portrait of Nia Griffith MP crop 2.jpg 6 April 2020 29 November 2021 Labour Starmer
Jo Stevens
MP for Cardiff Central
Official portrait of Jo Stevens MP crop 2.jpg 29 November 2021 8 July 2024Labour
Byron Davies
Baron Davies of Gower
Official portrait of Lord Davies of Gower crop 2, 2025.jpg 8 July 20245 November 2024Conservative Sunak
Mims Davies Mims Davies.jpg 5 November 2024IncumbentConservative Badenoch

References

  1. Robert Malcolm Punnett (1973). Front-bench opposition; the role of the Leader of the Opposition, the Shadow Cabinet and Shadow Government in British politics. London. pp. 458–467. Retrieved 18 April 2025.

See also