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The current Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet is listed below. The Conservative Party has been, since 1997, Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition and therefore forms the Shadow Cabinet.In the UK, the Parliamentary Labour Party elects most members of the Shadow Cabinet when in opposition, although when in government, the choice of Cabinet members is left wholly to the Prime Minister.
- Leader of the Opposition - Michael Howard
- Shadow Chancellor - Oliver Letwin
- Deputy Leader and Shadow Foreign Secretary - The Marquess of Lothian
- Shadow Defence Secretary - Nicholas Soames
- Shadow Deregulation Secretary - John Redwood
- Shadow Education Secretary - Tim CollinsTimothy William George Collins (born May 7, 1964) has been Conservative Party member of Parliament for Westmorland and Lonsdale in north-west England since the 1997 election. He was educated at Chigwell School, and then the London School of Economics and
- Shadow Family Secretary - Theresa MayThe Right Honourable Theresa May (born 1956) is a British politician, former chairman of the Conservative Party, and MP for Maidenhead. She studied at St Hugh's College, Oxford and obtained a Geography MA. From 1985 to 1997, she was a consultant for a fin
- Shadow Health SecretaryMinister of Health redirects here. For the Canadian Minister of Health please see Minister of Health (Canada Secretary of State for Health is a UK cabinet position responsible for the Department of Health. The first Boards of Health were created by Orders - Andrew LansleyAndrew David Lansley (born 11 December 1956) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Conservative member of Parliament for South Cambridgeshire. He was first elected in the 1997 general election. Currently he is the Shadow Secretary of State for Heal
- Shadow Home SecretaryThe Secretary of State for the Home Department (the Home Secretary is the chief United Kingdom government minister responsible for law and order in the United Kingdom; his or her remit includes policing, the criminal justice system, the prison service, in - David DavisThis article is about the British politician. For others with the same name see David Davis (disambiguation). The Right Honourable David Davis (born December 23, 1948) is a British politician, and Conservative MP for Haltemprice and Howden. He has graduat
- Shadow Leader of the House of LordsLeader of the House of Lords is a function in the British government that is always held in combination with a formal Cabinet position, most often Lord President of the Council, Lord Privy Seal or Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Leader of the Ho - The Lord StrathclydeThomas Galloway Dunlop du Roy de Blicquy Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde PC, is a United Kingdom politician and the leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords. He is an elected hereditary peer, and had been a junior minister under John Major
- Shadow Local and Devolved Government Secretary - Caroline Spelman
- Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary - David Willetts
- Shadow Transport Secretary and Environment Secretary - Tim Yeo
- Chairman - Liam Fox and The Lord Saatchi
- Deputy Chairman - David Cameron (Policy Chief)
- Chief Whip - David Maclean
Other major posts on the opposition front bench:
