Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury

In British politics, the Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury (or colloquially Shadow Financial Secretary) is a shadow ministerial position of the Official Opposition that acts as the primary opposition to the equivalent position Financial Secretary to the Treasury, a government minister in HM Treasury.[1] The position is currently held by James Murray.

Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Incumbent
James Murray
since 16 October 2020
AppointerLeader of the Opposition
WebsiteThe Shadow Cabinet

Office-holders edit

Former office holders include:

Name Portrait Entered office Left office Political party Leader of

the Opposition

Mark Field

born 1964

  10 May 2005 [7] 8 December 2005 Conservative Michael Howard
Mark Hoban

born 1964

  8 December 2005 6 May 2010 David Cameron
Stephen Timms

born 1955

  12 May 2010 8 October 2010 Labour Harriet Harman

(Acting)

Chris Leslie

born 1972

  8 October 2010 7 October 2013 Ed Miliband
Shabana Mahmood

born 1980

  7 October 2013 8 May 2015
Alison McGovern

born 1980

  8 May 2015 18 September 2015 Harriet Harman

(Acting)

Rob Marris

born 1955

  18 September 2015 30 June 2016 Jeremy Corbyn
Peter Dowd

born 1957

  6 October 2016 9 February 2017
Anneliese Dodds

born 1978

  3 July 2017 5 April 2020
Dan Carden

born 1986

  6 April 2020 15 October 2020 Sir Keir Starmer
James Murray

born 1983

  16 October 2020 Incumbent

References edit

  1. ^ "Financial Secretary to the Treasury questioned by Committee - News from Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. ^ Richardson, Joanna, ed. (2011). From Recession to Renewal: The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Public Services and Local Government. Bristol: Policy Press. pp. v. ISBN 978-1-84742-700-7. OCLC 713928829.
  3. ^ Letwin, Oliver, 1956- (2017). Hearts and minds : the battle for the Conservative Party from Thatcher to the present. London. ISBN 978-1-78590-311-3. OCLC 994417960.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Parliamentary career for Sir David Lidington - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Parliamentary career for Mr Stephen O'Brien - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Parliamentary career for Mr Mark Prisk - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Parliamentary career for Mark Field - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2020.