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Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

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The Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is an office within British politics held by a member of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition. The duty of the office holder is to scrutinise the actions of the government's Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and develop alternative policies. The office holder is a member of the Shadow Cabinet and appointed by the Leader of the Opposition. It is currently held by Wes Streeting

Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Incumbent
Wes Streeting
since 29 November 2021
AppointerLeader of the Opposition
Inaugural holderShirley Williams
Formation19 June 1970
WebsiteThe Shadow Cabinet

List of Shadow Secretaries of State for Health edit

NameEntered officeLeft officePolitical partyNotesRef
Shirley Williams19 June 197019 October 1971LabourLater SDP Founder and Liberal Democrats Leader in House of Lords
Barbara Castle19 October 197124 March 1972Later Secretary of State for Health and Social Services
John Silkin24 March 19724 March 1974
Keith Joseph4 March 197411 March 1974ConservativeFormer Secretary of State for Health and Social Services (1970–1974)
Geoffrey Howe11 March 197418 February 1975
Norman Fowler18 February 197519 November 1976
Patrick Jenkin19 November 19764 May 1979
David Ennals4 May 197914 June 1979LabourFormer Secretary of State for Health and Social Services (1976–1979)
Stanley Orme14 June 19798 December 1980[1]
Gwyneth Dunwoody8 December 198031 October 1983
Michael Meacher31 October 198313 July 1987
Robin Cook13 July 198718 July 1992[2]
David Blunkett18 July 199220 October 1994[3]
Margaret Beckett20 October 199419 October 1995[4]
Harriet Harman19 October 19951 July 1996[5]
Chris Smith1 July 19962 May 1997
Stephen Dorrell2 May 199711 June 1997ConservativeFormer Secretary of State for Health (1995–1997)
John Maples11 June 19971 June 1998[6][7]
Ann Widdecombe1 June 199813 January 1999[8]
Liam Fox13 January 19996 November 2003[9]
Tim Yeo6 November 200319 June 2004Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Education[10]
Andrew Lansley19 June 200412 May 2010Later Secretary of State for Health (2010–2012)[11][12]
Andy Burnham12 May 20108 October 2010LabourFormer Secretary of State for Health (2009–2010)
John Healey8 October 20106 October 2011
Andy Burnham7 October 201113 September 2015Former Secretary of State for Health (2009–2010)
Heidi Alexander13 September 201526 June 2016
Diane Abbott27 June 20166 October 2016[13]
Jonathan Ashworth7 October 201629 November 2021Shadow Secretary of State for Health (2016–2020)

Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (2020-present)

[14]
Wes Streeting29 November 2021Incumbent[15]

References edit

  1. ^ "Parliamentary career for Lord Orme". Parliament of the United Kingdom.
  2. ^ "Former minister Robin Cook dies". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 6 August 2005. Retrieved 29 September 2008.
  3. ^ Brown, Colin (21 March 2005). "David Blunkett: 'I'd like to come back but I have to earn it. That means the graft of getting round the country'". The Independent. London: Independent News & Media. Retrieved 29 September 2008.
  4. ^ "Hunting a second term". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 7 December 2000. Retrieved 29 September 2008.
  5. ^ "Politics 97; Harriet Harman". BBC Political Research Unit. British Broadcasting Corporation. 1997. Retrieved 30 September 2008.
  6. ^ "John Maples; Biographical details". Ask Aristotle. London: guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 November 2005. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
  7. ^ Maples, John. "John Maples: Political Biography". John Maples. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
  8. ^ "Opposition front bench team as at 5 June 1998". House of Commons Weekly Information Bulletin. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 6 June 1998. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
  9. ^ "Opposition front bench team". House of Commons Weekly Information Bulletin. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 19 June 1999. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
  10. ^ "Tim Yeo; Biographical details". Ask Aristotle. London: guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 May 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
  11. ^ "House of Commons Weekly Information Bulletin Noticeboard". House of Commons Weekly Information Bulletin. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 19 June 2004. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
  12. ^ "Her Majesty's Official Opposition". Parliament of the United Kingdom. 7 October 2008. Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2008.
  13. ^ Turnbull, Alex (27 June 2016). "Diane Abbott appointed shadow health secretary". www.independentnurse.co.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  14. ^ Jamie Grierson; Anushka Asthana (27 June 2016). "Jeremy Corbyn unveils new shadow cabinet after raft of resignations". The Guardian.
  15. ^ Launder, Mimi (30 November 2021). "Wes Streeting appointed as shadow health secretary in reshuffle". Nursing in Practice. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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