Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office

Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office
Incumbent Angela Rayner since 9 May 2021
Shadow Cabinet
Appointer	Leader of the Opposition
Formation	15 June 1999
First holder	Andrew Lansley
Website	The Labour Party

The Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office is a position in the British Shadow Cabinet, appointed by the Leader of the Opposition. The post involves holding the Cabinet Office and the Minister for the Cabinet Office to account.

The position is currently held by Angela Rayner, Labour MP for Ashton-under-Lyne. She was appointed to the role in May 2021 by Keir Starmer, succeeding Rachel Reeves. Rayner shadows Conservative MP Stephen Barclay .

Shadow Ministers for the Cabinet Office[]

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Title	Party	Leader
	Andrew Lansley		15 June 1999	18 September 2001	Shadow Cabinet Office Minister	Conservative	Hague
	Tim Collins		18 September 2001	23 July 2002			Duncan Smith
	Unknown
	Francis Maude		2 July 2007	11 May 2010	Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Conservative	Cameron
	Tessa Jowell		11 May 2010	8 October 2010	Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office	Labour	Harman
	Liam Byrne		8 October 2010	20 January 2011			Miliband
	Tessa Jowell		20 January 2011	7 October 2011
	Jon Trickett		7 October 2011	7 October 2013
	Michael Dugher		7 October 2013	5 November 2014
	Lucy Powell		5 November 2014	14 September 2015
							Harman
	Tom Watson		14 September 2015	7 October 2016			Corbyn
	Ian Lavery		7 October 2016	9 February 2017
	Jon Trickett		9 February 2017	5 April 2020	Shadow Lord President of the Council
	Rachel Reeves		5 April 2020	9 May 2021	Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster		Starmer
	Angela Rayner		9 May 2021	Incumbent

See also[]

• Official Opposition frontbench
• Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer
• Shadow First Secretary of State
• Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• Shadow Secretary of State for the Future of Work
• Shadow Minister of State at the Cabinet Office

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