Official Shadow Cabinet (Scottish Government)
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Unlike the Westminster arrangement where there is an 'Official Opposition' to the government of the day, there is no such thing as an 'official' opposition to the Scottish Government. Instead, all parties that are not in government are merely 'opposition parties'. With the current Scottish Government being Scottish National Party (SNP), the three other main parties are all opposition parties and each will have a Shadow Cabinet composed of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) with a responsibility to shadow a government minister or area of government.
The following MSPs were appointed by Labour leader Wendy Alexander to serve as the Labour Shadow Cabinet to the Scottish Government in September 2007.
[edit] The Labour Shadow Cabinet
Shadow Cabinet Ministers
- Leader of the Opposition - Wendy Alexander
- Deputy Leader - Cathy Jamieson
- Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth - Iain Gray
- Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Public Services - Andy Kerr
- Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning - Rhona Brankin
- Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Well-being - Margaret Curran
- Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Justice - Pauline McNeill
- Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, the Environment and Climate Change - Sarah Boyack
- Shadow Minister for Parliamentary Business and Constitutional Issues - Jackie Baillie
- Shadow Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture - Malcolm Chisholm
- Chief Whip and Deputy Business Manager - Michael McMahon
- Campaign Director (attending as appropriate) - Tom McCabe
Shadow Junior Ministers
- Shadow Minister for Enterprise - Elaine Murray
- Shadow Minister for Energy and Tourism - Lewis Macdonald
- Shadow Minister for Transport - position vacant, following resignation of Charlie Gordon
- Shadow Minister for Schools - Kenneth Macintosh
- Shadow Minister for Children and Early Years - Mary Mulligan
- Shadow Minister for Public Health - Richard Simpson
- Shadow Minister for Communities - Johann Lamont
- Shadow Minister for Community Safety - Paul Martin
- Shadow Minister for Environment - Des McNulty
- Shadow Minister for Rural Development - Karen Gillon
- Spokesperson for Higher Education and Student Support - Richard Baker
- Spokesperson for Skills - John Park
- Spokesperson for Sport - Frank McAveety
