Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Position in the British Shadow Cabinet
Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
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![]() Oliver Dowden since 8 July 2024 | |
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Appointer | Leader of the Opposition |
Precursor | Shadow Lord President of the Council (2016-2020) |
Formation | 18 July 1992 |
First holder | Mo Mowlam |
Website | The Labour Party |
The shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is a position in the British Shadow Cabinet, appointed by the leader of the Opposition. The post involves holding the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to account, who has control over the estates and rents of the Duchy of Lancaster.[1] The position was re-established by Keir Starmer in April 2020, replacing the position of Shadow Lord President of the Council last held by Jon Trickett, which was split from Shadow Leader of the House of Commons by former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
List of shadow chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster
Name | Term start | Term end | Concurrent position | Political party | Shadow Cabinet | ||
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Mo Mowlam | 18 July 1992 | 29 September 1992 | Shadow Minister for the Citizen's Charter | Labour | Smith | ||
Michael Meacher | ![]() | 21 October 1993 | 20 October 1994 | ||||
Beckett | |||||||
Ann Taylor | ![]() | 20 October 1994 | 19 October 1995 | Blair | |||
Derek Foster | 19 October 1995 | 2 May 1997 | |||||
Michael Heseltine | ![]() | 2 May 1997 | 19 June 1997 | Deputy Leader of the Opposition Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry | Conservative | Major | |
Gillian Shephard | ![]() | 19 June 1997 | 1 June 1998 | Shadow Leader of the House of Commons | Hague | ||
George Young | ![]() | 1 June 1998 | 15 June 1999 | Shadow Leader of the House of Commons | |||
15 June 1999 | 26 September 2000 | Constitutional Affairs spokesman | |||||
Angela Browning | ![]() | 26 September 2000 | 14 September 2001 | Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Constitutional Affairs spokesman | |||
Eric Forth | 14 September 2001 | 11 November 2003 | Shadow Leader of the House of Commons | Duncan Smith | |||
Vacant | 11 November 2003 | 8 December 2005 | Vacant | ||||
Oliver Heald | ![]() | 8 December 2005 | 2 July 2007 | Shadow Secretary of State for Justice | Conservative | Cameron | |
Francis Maude | ![]() | 2 July 2007 | 11 May 2010 | Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office | |||
Vacant | 11 May 2010 | 5 April 2020 | Vacant | ||||
Rachel Reeves | ![]() | 5 April 2020 | 9 May 2021 | Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office | Labour | Starmer | |
Angela Rayner | ![]() | 9 May 2021 | 4 September 2023 | ||||
Pat McFadden | ![]() | 4 September 2023 | 5 July 2024 | ||||
Oliver Dowden | ![]() | 8 July 2024 | Incumbent | Deputy Leader of the Opposition | Conservative | Sunak |
See also
- Official Opposition frontbench
- Shadow Cabinet of Rishi Sunak
- Shadow First Secretary of State
- Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office
References
- ^ "Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster". GOV.UK. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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His Majesty's Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet
- Leader of the Opposition
- Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Shadow Deputy Prime Minister
- Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Shadow Home Secretary
- Shadow Foreign Secretary
- Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster / Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office
- Shadow Defence Secretary
- Shadow Education Secretary
- Shadow Justice Secretary / Shadow Lord Chancellor
- Shadow Attorney General
- Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
- Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade
- Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
- Shadow Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary
- Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
- Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
- Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
- Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
- Shadow Scottish Secretary
- Shadow Welsh Secretary
- Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary
- Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities
- Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
- Shadow Paymaster General
- Shadow Minister for Security
- Shadow Minister for Veterans
- Opposition Chief Whip
- Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development
- Shadow Minister without Portfolio
- Shadow Minister of State at the Cabinet Office
- Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health
- Shadow Secretary of State for Housing
- Shadow Secretary of State for Young People and Democracy
- Shadow Secretary of State for Child Poverty
- Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights and Protections
- Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
- Shadow Secretary of State for the Family
- Shadow Secretary of State for the Future of Work
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