Shadow Home Secretary

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In British politics, the Shadow Home Secretary is the person within the shadow cabinet who 'shadows' the Home Secretary; this effectively means scrutinising government policy on home affairs including policing, national security, immigration, the criminal justice system, the prison service, and matters of citizenship. If and when the opposition party is elected to government, the Shadow Home Secretary often becomes the new Home Secretary though this is not always the case. The current Shadow Home Secretary is Conservative MP David Davis.

[edit] List of Shadow Home Secretaries

Name Portrait Entered office Left office Political party
Kenneth Younger 14 December 1955 13 May 1957 Labour
Patrick Gordon Walker 13 May 1957 12 March 1962 Labour
George Brown 12 March 1962 15 February 1963 Labour
Frank Soskice 15 February 1963 15 October 1964 Labour
Edward Boyle 15 October 1964 28 July 1965 Conservative
Peter Thorneycroft 28 July 1965 13 April 1966 Conservative
Quintin McGarel Hogg 13 April 1966 18 June 1970 Conservative
James Callaghan 18 June 1970 19 October 1971 Labour
Shirley Williams 19 October 1971 4 May 1973 Labour
Roy Jenkins 19 April 1972 4 March 1974 Labour
Keith Joseph 4 March 1974 11 February 1975 Conservative
Ian Gilmour 11 February 1975 11 April 1976 Conservative
William Whitelaw 11 April 1976 4 May 1979 Conservative
Merlyn Rees 4 May 1979 4 November 1980 Labour
Roy Hattersley 4 November 1980 2 October 1983 Labour
Gerald Kaufman 2 October 1983 13 June 1987 Labour
Roy Hattersley 13 June 1987 19 July 1992 Labour
Tony Blair 19 July 1992 22 July 1994 Labour
Jack Straw 22 July 1994 2 May 1997 Labour
Brian Mawhinney 11 June 1997 2 June 1998 Conservative
Norman Fowler 2 June 1998 15 June 1999 Conservative
Ann Widdecombe 15 June 1999 18 September 2001 Conservative
Oliver Letwin 18 September 2001 6 November 2003 Conservative
David Davis 6 November 2003 present Conservative
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