Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury

Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Incumbent Pat McFadden since 29 November 2021
Appointer	Leader of the Opposition
Website	The Shadow Cabinet

The Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury is the most junior member of the Shadow Cabinet, and is the deputy to the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury acts as the primary opposition to the equivalent Governmental position, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, who is deputy to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Currently the position of Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury is held by Pat McFadden of the Labour Party.

List of Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury[]

• Joel Barnett (4 May 1979 - 14 July 1979)

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Political party	Leader of the Opposition
	Robert Sheldon 1939-2020		1 July 1981	1 July 1983	Labour	Michael Foot
						Neil Kinnock
Unknown			1 July 1986	30 October 1986	Unknown
	Bryan Gould born 1939		30 October 1986	13 July 1987	Labour
	Gordon Brown born 1951		13 July 1987	9 January 1989
	Dame Margaret Beckett born 1943		9 January 1989	18 July 1992
	Harriet Harman born 1950		18 July 1992	21 July 1994		John Smith
						Margaret Beckett
	Andrew Smith born 1951		21 July 1994	25 July 1996
						Tony Blair
	Alistair Darling born 1953		25 July 1996	2 May 1997
	David Heathcoat-Amory born 1949		19 June 1997	26 September 2000	Conservative	William Hague
	Sir Oliver Letwin born 1956		26 September 2000	18 September 2001
	John Bercow born 1963		18 September 2001	11 November 2003		Iain Duncan Smith
	Howard Flight born 1948		11 November 2003	14 June 2004		Michael Howard
	George Osborne born 1971		14 June 2004	10 May 2005
	Philip Hammond born 1955		10 May 2005	6 December 2005
	Theresa Villiers born 1968		6 December 2005	2 July 2007		David Cameron
	Philip Hammond born 1955		2 July 2007	11 May 2010
	Liam Byrne born 1970		11 May 2010	8 October 2010	Labour	Harriet Harman
	Dame Angela Eagle born 1961		8 October 2010	7 October 2011		Ed Miliband
	Rachel Reeves born 1979		7 October 2011	7 October 2013
	Chris Leslie born 1972		7 October 2013	11 May 2015
	Shabana Mahmood born 1980		11 May 2015	13 September 2015		Harriet Harman
	Seema Malhotra born 1972		13 September 2015	26 June 2016		Jeremy Corbyn
	Rebecca Long-Bailey born 1979		27 June 2016	9 February 2017
	Peter Dowd born 1957		9 February 2017	6 April 2020
	Bridget Phillipson born 1983		6 April 2020	29 November 2021		Sir Keir Starmer
	Pat McFadden born 1965		29 November 2021	Incumbent

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