Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury

Summary

The Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury is the most junior member of the Shadow Cabinet, and is the deputy to the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury acts as the primary opposition to the equivalent Governmental position, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, who is deputy to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Currently the position of Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury is held by Darren Jones of the Labour Party.

Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Incumbent
Darren Jones
since 4 September 2023
AppointerLeader of the Opposition
WebsiteThe Shadow Cabinet

List of Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury edit

Name Portrait Entered office Left office Political party Leader of

the Opposition

Robert Sheldon

1939-2020

1 July 1981 1 July 1983 Labour Michael Foot
Neil Kinnock
Unknown 1 July 1986 30 October 1986 Unknown
Bryan Gould

born 1939

  30 October 1986 13 July 1987 Labour
Gordon Brown

born 1951

  13 July 1987 9 January 1989
Margaret Beckett

born 1943

  9 January 1989 18 July 1992
Harriet Harman

born 1950

  18 July 1992 21 July 1994 John Smith
Margaret Beckett
Andrew Smith

born 1951

  21 July 1994 25 July 1996
Tony Blair
Alistair Darling

born 1953

  25 July 1996 2 May 1997
David Heathcoat-Amory

born 1949

  19 June 1997 26 September 2000 Conservative William Hague
Sir Oliver Letwin

born 1956

  26 September 2000 18 September 2001
John Bercow

born 1963

  18 September 2001 11 November 2003 Iain Duncan Smith
Howard Flight

born 1948

  11 November 2003 14 June 2004 Michael Howard
George Osborne

born 1971

  14 June 2004 10 May 2005
Philip Hammond

born 1955

  10 May 2005 6 December 2005
Theresa Villiers

born 1968

  6 December 2005 2 July 2007 David Cameron
Philip Hammond

born 1955

  2 July 2007 11 May 2010
Liam Byrne

born 1970

  11 May 2010 8 October 2010 Labour Harriet Harman
Dame Angela Eagle

born 1961

  8 October 2010 7 October 2011 Ed Miliband
Rachel Reeves

born 1979

  7 October 2011 7 October 2013
Chris Leslie

born 1972

  7 October 2013 11 May 2015
Shabana Mahmood

born 1980

  11 May 2015 13 September 2015 Harriet Harman
Seema Malhotra

born 1972

  13 September 2015 26 June 2016 Jeremy Corbyn
Rebecca Long-Bailey

born 1979

  27 June 2016 9 February 2017
Peter Dowd

born 1957

  9 February 2017 6 April 2020
Bridget Phillipson

born 1983

  6 April 2020 29 November 2021 Sir Keir Starmer
Pat McFadden

born 1965

  29 November 2021 4 September 2023
Darren Jones

born 1986

  4 September 2023 Incumbent

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