The shadow secretary of state for defence is a member of the UK Shadow Cabinet responsible for the scrutiny of the secretary of state for defence and...
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The secretary of state for defence, also known as the defence secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility...
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holder of the position shadows the First Secretary of State and/or Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and deputises for the Leader of the Opposition...
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Jim Murphy (category Secretaries of State for Scotland)
of State for Defence and Shadow Secretary of State for International Development. Following Johann Lamont's resignation, Murphy was elected Leader of the...
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Emily Thornberry (category Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies)
appointed Shadow Minister of State for Employment in September 2015, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence in January 2016 and Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign...
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then Shadow Secretary of State for Defence in the Shadow Cabinet of Edward Heath, strongly criticised the rates of immigration from the Commonwealth of Nations...
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Vernon Coaker (category Department for Children, Schools and Families)
to 2010. In opposition, he was Shadow Secretary of State for Defence from 2013 to 2015 and Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2011 to...
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John Healey (category Secretaries of State for Defence (UK))
has served as Secretary of State for Defence since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rawmarsh and...
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Maria Eagle (category Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies)
Affairs Secretary, Shadow Defence Secretary and finally Shadow Culture, Media and Sport Secretary. She resigned from the Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet...
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Liam Fox (redirect from Disgraced former defence secretary)
who served as Secretary of State for International Trade from 2016 to 2019 and Secretary of State for Defence from 2010 to 2011. A member of the Conservative...
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Coaker was replaced as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence by Maria Eagle Angela Eagle was replaced as Shadow Leader of the House of Commons by Chris Bryant...
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Enoch Powell (category Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Down constituencies (since 1922))
of Health from 1960 to 1963 in the second Macmillan ministry and was Shadow Secretary of State for Defence from 1965 to 1968 in the Shadow Cabinet of...
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Shadow Cabinet, or His Majesty’s Most Loyal Opposition Shadow Cabinet, but usually simply the Shadow Cabinet, is the committee of senior members of the...
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Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords Rt Hon. Sir George Young Bt MP — Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Rt Hon. John Redwood MP — Shadow Secretary...
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Nicholas Soames (redirect from Baron Soames of Fletching)
the Ministry of Defence under Prime Minister John Major between 1994 and 1997, and later as the Shadow Secretary of State for Defence from 2003 to 2005...
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our party for years to come". Subsequently, two days later, Jenrick was appointed both Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice...
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and Shadow Foreign Secretary, respectively, while Miliband was moved from Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Industrial Strategy to Shadow Secretary...
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became shadow chancellor, and former Home Secretary James Cleverly, who became Shadow Home Secretary. Cameron, who previously served as Foreign Secretary, chose...
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Michael Ancram (redirect from Michael Ker, Earl of Ancram)
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence but remained deputy leader. He stood down from the Shadow Cabinet in December 2005, following the election of David...
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Iain Duncan Smith (category Secretaries of state for work and pensions)
me went." In 1999, Duncan Smith replaced John Maples as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence. William Hague resigned after the Labour Party continued...
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MP – Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, International Affairs John Bercow MP – Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, International...
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Silkin – Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Peter Shore – Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and Shadow Leader of the House of Commons...
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position, and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1972–74). From late 1974 to February 1975, Walker served as Shadow Defence Secretary. When Margaret...
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The shadow secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs, commonly called the shadow foreign secretary, is a position within the...
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life peer in 1992. He was Secretary of State for Defence in 1974, in the government of Edward Heath. In the government of Margaret Thatcher, he was Lord...
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Veterans and People is a ministerial position in the Ministry of Defence in British government, currently...
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James Cartlidge (category Shadow cabinet of Kemi Badenoch)
Member of Parliament (MP) for South Suffolk since 2015. A member of the Conservative Party, he was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Defence in 2024...
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British politics the Shadow Secretary of State for Justice is the member of the Shadow Cabinet who shadows the Secretary of State for Justice, an office...
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Wentworth and Dearne (UK Parliament constituency) (category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2010)
House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by John Healey, a member of the Labour Party who served as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence...
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John Major (redirect from Chancellorship of John Major)
He formed a temporary shadow cabinet, and Major himself was shadow foreign secretary and shadow secretary of state for defence. His resignation as Conservative...
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