Shadow Minister for Employment

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Employment.png Shadow Minister for Employment 
(British Shadow Cabinet)

The MP in charge of shadowing the Secretary of State for Employment.

The office of Shadow Minister for Employment is a position on the United Kingdom's Official Opposition frontbench, and has occasionally been a position in the Shadow Cabinet.

From 1970 to 1995, the duty of the office holder was to scrutinise the actions of the government's Secretary of State for Employment and develop alternative policies. From 1995, the office shadowed the Secretary of State for Education and Employment. In 2001, the office was replaced by that of Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions after the creation of the Department for Work and Pensions.

In 2019, the office was reformed in the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn as Shadow Minister for Labour; later renamed Secretary of State for Employment Rights and, in the Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer, Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights and Protections.


 

Office Holders on Wikispooks

NameFromTo
Stephen Timms8 October 201013 September 2015
Harriet Harman21 July 199419 October 1995
John Prescott21 October 199321 July 1994
Frank Dobson18 July 199221 October 1993
Tony Blair2 November 198924 July 1992
Michael Meacher13 July 19872 November 1989
John Prescott26 October 198413 July 1987
John Smith2 October 198326 October 1984
Jim Prior29 October 19744 May 1979
James Callaghan19 October 197119 April 1972
Barbara Castle19 June 197019 October 1971
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