Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

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Employment.png Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 
(UK Shadow Cabinet)

Post in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet.

The Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero is a post in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet. The Shadow Secretary originally helped hold the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and junior ministers to account and is the lead spokesperson on energy and "climate change" issues for their party. The post currently holds the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero to account in Parliament.

A previous Official Opposition post of Shadow Secretary of State for Energy existed until the Department of Energy was merged into the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in 1992. In 2008, the Department for Energy and Climate Change was split from the DTI's successor department, effectively reviving the former department and the need for an Opposition shadow.



 

Office Holders on Wikispooks

NameFromTo
Barry Gardiner27 June 20168 October 2016
Meg Hillier8 October 20107 October 2011
Ed Miliband11 May 20108 October 2010
Greg Clark6 October 200811 May 2010
Frank Dobson2 November 198918 July 1992
Tony Blair23 November 19882 November 1989
John Prescott13 July 198723 November 1988
John Smith24 November 19822 October 1983
Merlyn Rees4 November 198024 November 1982
David Owen14 July 19794 November 1980
Tom King19 November 19764 May 1979
John Biffen15 January 197619 November 1976
Patrick Jenkin18 February 197519 November 1976
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