Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury

In British politics, the shadow financial secretary to the Treasury (or colloquially Shadow Financial Secretary) is a shadow ministerial position of the Official Opposition that acts as the primary opposition to the equivalent position Financial Secretary to the Treasury, a government minister in HM Treasury. The position is currently held by Gareth Davies.

Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Incumbent
Gareth Davies
since 8 November 2024
AppointerLeader of the Opposition
WebsiteThe Shadow Cabinet

Office-holders

Former office holders include:

  • Stuart Holland (1987-1989)
  • Sir Oliver Letwin (23 July 1999 - 10 January 2000)
  • Sir David Lidington (8 October 2001 - 1 October 2002)
  • Sir Stephen O'Brien (1 June 2002 - 30 June 2002)
  • Mark Prisk (1 June 2002 - 1 June 2003)
  • Andrew Tyrie (11 November 2003 - 15 March 2004)
Name Portrait Entered office Left office Political party Leader of

the Opposition

Mark Field

born 1964

10 May 2005 8 December 2005 Conservative Michael Howard
Mark Hoban

born 1964

8 December 2005 6 May 2010 David Cameron
Stephen Timms

born 1955

12 May 2010 8 October 2010 Labour Harriet Harman

(Acting)

Chris Leslie

born 1972

8 October 2010 7 October 2013 Ed Miliband
Shabana Mahmood

born 1980

7 October 2013 8 May 2015
Alison McGovern

born 1980

8 May 2015 18 September 2015 Harriet Harman

(Acting)

Rob Marris

born 1955

18 September 2015 30 June 2016 Jeremy Corbyn
Peter Dowd

born 1957

6 October 2016 9 February 2017
Anneliese Dodds

born 1978

3 July 2017 5 April 2020
Dan Carden

born 1986

6 April 2020 15 October 2020 Sir Keir Starmer
James Murray

born 1983

16 October 2020 5 July 2024
Nigel Huddleston

born 1970

19 July 2024 8 November 2024 Conservative Rishi Sunak
Gareth Davies

born 1970

8 November 2024 Incumbent Conservative Kemi Badenoch

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