This is a list of the shadow cabinets of the United Kingdom, including unofficial frontbench teams of spokespeople from other parties from 1964 to the present date.
Shadow Cabinets
| Party key | Conservative | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | ||
| Liberal Party | ||
| Social Democratic Party | ||
| Liberal Democrat | ||
| Scottish National Party | ||
| Democratic Unionist Party |
1964–present
| Date | Leader of the Opposition | Official Shadow Cabinet | Government | Other opposition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Alec Douglas-Home | Douglas-Home | Wilson I | Grimond Frontbench Team | ||
| 1965 | Edward Heath | Heath I | Wilson II | |||
| 1970 | Harold Wilson | Wilson II | Heath | Thorpe Frontbench Team | ||
| 1974 | Edward Heath | Heath II | Wilson III | |||
| Wilson IV | ||||||
| 1975 | Margaret Thatcher | Thatcher | Callaghan | |||
| 1979 | James Callaghan | Callaghan | Thatcher I | Steele Frontbench Team Jenkins Frontbench team | ||
| 1980 | Michael Foot | Foot | ||||
| 1983 | Neil Kinnock | Kinnock | Thatcher II | |||
| 1987 | Thatcher III | |||||
| 1990 | Major I | |||||
| 1992 | John Smith | Smith | Major II | |||
| May 1994 | Margaret Beckett | Beckett | ||||
| Jul 1994 | Tony Blair | Blair | ||||
| May 1997 | John Major | Major | Blair I | Ashdown Frontbench Team | ||
| Jun 1997 | William Hague | Hague | ||||
| 1999 | Kennedy Frontbench Team | |||||
| 2001 | Iain Duncan Smith | Duncan Smith | Blair II | |||
| 2003 | Michael Howard | Howard | ||||
| 2005 | David Cameron | Cameron | Blair III | |||
| 2006 | Campbell Frontbench Team | |||||
| Oct 2007 | Brown | First Cable Frontbench Team | ||||
| Dec 2007 | Clegg Frontbench Team | |||||
| May 2010 | Harriet Harman | Harman I | Cameron I (Cons.–Lib.Dem.) | None | ||
| Sep 2010 | Ed Miliband | Miliband | ||||
| May 2015 | Harriet Harman | Harman II | Cameron II | Robertson Frontbench Team Farron Frontbench Team | ||
| Sep 2015 | Jeremy Corbyn | Corbyn | ||||
| 2016 | May I | |||||
| 2017 | May II | Blackford Frontbench Team Farron Frontbench Team Second Cable Frontbench Team Swinson Frontbench Team | ||||
| Jul 2019 | Johnson I | |||||
| Dec 2019 | Johnson II | Blackford Frontbench Team Flynn Frontbench Team Davey Frontbench Team Donaldson Frontbench Team | ||||
| 2020 | Keir Starmer | Starmer | ||||
| Sep 2022 | Truss | |||||
| Oct 2022 | Sunak | |||||
| Jul 2024 | Rishi Sunak | Sunak | Starmer | Davey Frontbench Team Flynn Frontbench Team Robinson Frontbench Team | ||
| Nov 2024 | Kemi Badenoch | Badenoch | ||||
See also
- List of British governments
- Official Opposition of the United Kingdom
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