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The Welsh Shadow Cabinet is constituted by members of the largest party not part of the Welsh Government. Since 6 April 2017 this has been the Welsh Conservatives, and since 7 May 2021 the Leader of the Opposition has been Andrew RT Davies.

Both the Welsh Conservatives and Plaid Cymru currently refer to their own front benches as Shadow Cabinets. As of May 2021 the following speak for their respective party and question the relevant minister in plenary session.

Conservative Shadow Cabinet[]

Conservative Shadow Cabinet (as of 27 May 2021)

Portfolio	Name			Constituency	Term
Leader of the Opposition Leader of the Welsh Conservatives			Andrew RT Davies MS	South Wales Central	2021–
Shadow Minister for Finance			Peter Fox MS	Monmouth	2021–
Shadow Minister for Health			Russell George MS	Montgomeryshire	2021–
Shadow Minister for the Economy			Paul Davies MS	Preseli Pembrokeshire	2021–
Shadow Minister for Climate Change			Janet Finch-Saunders MS	Aberconwy	2021–
Shadow Minister for Education			Laura Anne Jones MS	South Wales East	2021–
Shadow Minister for Social Justice and Shadow Counsel General			Mark Isherwood MS	North Wales	2021–
Shadow Minister for the Constitution and North Wales, and Chief Whip			Darren Millar MS	Clwyd West	2021–
Shadow Minister for Equalities			Altaf HussainMS	South Wales West	2021–
Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs and the Welsh Language			Samuel Kurtz MS	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	2021–
Shadow Minister for Local Government			Sam Rowlands MS	North Wales	2021–
Shadow Minister for Mental Health, Wellbeing and Mid Wales			James Evans MS	Brecon and Radnorshire	2021–
Shadow Minister for Transport and Technology			Natasha Asghar MS	South Wales East	2021–
Shadow Minister for Social Services			Gareth Davies MS	Vale of Clwyd	2021–
Shadow Minister for Culture Tourism and Sport			Tom Giffard MS	South Wales West	2021–
Shadow Minister for Social Partnership			Joel James MS	South Wales Central	2021–

Plaid Cymru Shadow Cabinet[]

After winning the 2018 Plaid Cymru leadership election with 49.7% of first preference votes, Adam Price installed former leadership rivals Leanne Wood (22.3%) and Rhun ap Iorwerth (28%) in high ranking positions in his shadow cabinet. He most recently updated his cabinet in a January 2022 reshuffle

Plaid Cymru shadow cabinet (as of May 2021)

Portfolio	Name			Constituency or electoral region	Term
Leader of Plaid Cymru			Adam Price MS	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	2018–
Deputy Leader and Shadow Minister for Health and Social Care			Rhun ap Iorwerth MS	Ynys Môn	2021–
Deputy Leader and Chief Whip Lead Designated Member on the Co-Operation Agreement with the Welsh Government			Siân Gwenllian MS	Arfon	2022–
Second Designated Member on the Co-Operation Agreement with the Welsh Government			Cefin Campbell MS	Mid and West Wales	2022–
Shadow Minister for Post-16 Education, Social Justice and Equalities			Sioned Williams MS	South Wales West	2021–
Shadow Minister for Finance and Local Government			Llyr Huws Gruffydd MS	North Wales	2021–
Shadow Minister for the Economy			Luke Fletcher MS	South Wales West	2021–
Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Energy and Transport			Delyth Jewell MS	South Wales East	2021–
Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Rural Affairs, Housing and Planning			Mabon ap Gwynfor MS	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	2021–
Shadow Minister for Children and Young people, Welsh Language, Culture, Sport and International Affairs			Heledd Fychan MS	South Wales Central	2021–
Shadow Minister for the Constitution and Justice			Rhys ab Owen MS	South Wales Central	2021–
Shadow Minister for Communities and Older People			Peredur Owen Griffiths MS	South Wales East	2021–

2016 Plaid-Conservative Shadow Cabinets[]

At the 2016 election, Plaid Cymru, led by Leanne Wood, won 12 seats to the Welsh Conservatives' 11, and thus became the largest party not in government. On 14 October 2016 Dafydd Elis-Thomas left Plaid Cymru to sit as an independent, so that Plaid Cymru and the Welsh Conservatives both held 11 seats. During this period, Wood was not referred to as Leader of the Opposition, but merely as leader of Plaid Cymru.^[1] The Conservative group grew to 12 when Mark Reckless defected from UKIP to the Conservative group on 6 April 2017, and the Welsh Conservative leader, Andrew RT Davies at the time, was referred to as Leader of the Opposition once more.^[2]

See also[]

• Drakeford government

References[]