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Shadow Minister

Great Britain · Politics / Labour Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

19Records
1955–1992Date range
11Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1955

Harold Wilson1955

Politics / Labour Party

Appointed Shadow Chancellor after Gaitskell wins the leadership election

1961

Harold Wilson1961

Politics / Labour Party

Appointed Shadow Foreign Secretary after the leadership election

1963

James Callaghan1963

Politics / Labour Party

Appointed Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2nd term

Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker Gordon-Walker1963

Politics / Labour Party

Appointed Shadow Foreign Secretary

1970

Denis Winston Healey1970

Politics / Labour Party

Healey becomes Shadow Foreign Secretary after Labour returns to opposition.

1972

Denis Winston HealeyApril 1972

Politics / Labour Party

Healey is appointed Shadow Chancellor after Roy Jenkins resigned in a row over Europe.

1982

Gerald Kaufman1982

Politics / Labour Party

Appointed Member of Shadow Cabinet with 142 Labour Party votes

Neil Kinnock1982

Politics / Labour Party

Appointed Member of Shadow Cabinet with 131 Labour Party votes

Peter David Shore1982

Politics / Labour Party

Appointed Member of Shadow Cabinet with 129 Labour Party votes

1983

Donald Dewar1983

Politics / Labour Party

Appointed Spokesman for Scottish Affairs

Denis Winston Healey1983

Politics / Labour Party

Healey is appointed Shadow Foreign Secretary under Labour leader Neil Kinnock.

1984

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair7 November 1984

Politics / Labour Party

Appointed Junior Treasury spokesman

1987

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair8 July 1987

Politics / Labour Party

Appointed Spokesman on the City & Consumer Affairs. Appointed Deputy to Bryan Gould, Shadow Trade & Industry Secretary

Arthur Smith1987

Politics / Labour Party

Appointed Shadow Chancellor

1988

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair1988

Politics / Labour Party

Appointed Member of Shadow Cabinet, Shadow Energy Secretary

1989

Anthony Charles Lynton BlairNovember 1989

Politics / Labour Party

Appointed Member of Shadow Cabinet, Shadow Employment Secretary

Robin Finlayson Cook1989

Politics / Labour Party

Appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Health & Social Security

1992

Anthony Charles Lynton BlairJuly 1992

Politics / Labour Party

Appointed Member of Shadow Cabinet, Shadow Home Secretary

Donald Dewar1992

Politics / Labour Party

Appointed Spokesman for Social Security

Names involved

Anthony Charles Lynton BlairArthur SmithDenis Winston HealeyDonald DewarGerald KaufmanHarold WilsonJames CallaghanNeil KinnockPatrick Chrestien Gordon Walker Gordon-WalkerPeter David ShoreRobin Finlayson Cook

Provenance

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