Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
| Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities | |
|---|---|
| Shadow Cabinet | |
| Appointer | Leader of the Opposition |
| Formation | 11 June 1997 |
| First holder | Norman Fowler |
| Website | Shadow Cabinet |
The Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is a position with the UK Opposition's Shadow Cabinet; if the opposition party forms a new government, the designated person is a likely choice to become the new Levelling Up Secretary.
The position has existed in many iterations, first as Environment, Transport and the Regions in 1997 after the Government's reorganisation. The portfolio shifted among government departments for many years until resting on Housing, Communities and Local Government in 2006, till 2021 when it got its current name
Under Michael Howard, the arrangement was slightly different. There was a Shadow Secretary of State for Local and Devolved Government Affairs in Shadow Cabinet who supervised a Shadow Local Government Secretary and a Shadow Regions Secretary outside of it.[1]
The current Shadow Communities Secretary is Lisa Nandy. The main role is to scrutinise the levelling up policy of the Boris Johnson government.[2]
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997–2001)[]
| Name | Took office | Left office | Political party | Leader | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norman Fowler | 
|
11 June 1997 | 1 June 1998 | Conservative | William Hague | |
| Gillian Shephard | 
|
1 June 1998 | 14 June 1999 | Conservative | ||
| John Redwood | 
|
14 June 1999 | 2 February 2000 | Conservative | ||
| Archie Norman | 
|
2 February 2000 | 18 September 2001 | Conservative | ||
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (2001–2002)[]
| Name | Took office | Left office | Political party | Leader | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theresa May | 
|
18 September 2001 | 6 June 2002 | Conservative | Iain Duncan Smith | |
Shadow Secretary of State for Local Government and the Regions (2002)[]
| Name | Took office | Left office | Political party | Leader | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Pickles[3] | 
|
6 June 2002 | 23 July 2002 | Conservative | Iain Duncan Smith | |
Shadow Secretary of State for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (2002–2003)[]
| Name | Took office | Left office | Political party | Leader | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Davis | 
|
23 July 2002 | 11 November 2003 | Conservative | Iain Duncan Smith | |
Shadow Secretary of State for Local and Devolved Government Affairs (2003–2005)[]
| Name | Took office | Left office | Political party | Leader | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Curry | 
|
11 November 2003 | 15 March 2004 | Conservative | Michael Howard | |
| Caroline Spelman | 
|
15 March 2004 | 6 May 2005 | Conservative | ||
Shadow Secretary of State for Local Government[] |
Shadow Secretary of State for the Regions[] |
Political party | Shadow Cabinet | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Took office | Left office | Name | Took office | Left office | ||||||
| Eric Pickles |
|
11 November 2003 | 6 May 2005 | Bernard Jenkin | 
|
11 November 2003 | 6 May 2005 | Conservative | Michael Howard | ||
Shadow Secretary of State for Local Government Affairs and Communities (2005)[]
| Name | Took office | Left office | Political party | Leader | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline Spelman[4] |
|
6 May 2005 | 5 December 2005 | Conservative | Michael Howard | |
Shadow Secretary of State for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (2005–2006)[]
| Name | Took office | Left office | Political party | Leader | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline Spelman[5] |
|
5 December 2005 | 6 May 2006 | Conservative | David Cameron | |
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (2006–2021)[]
| Name | Took office | Left office | Political party | Leader | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline Spelman |
|
6 May 2006 | 2 July 2007 | Conservative | David Cameron | |
| Eric Pickles |
|
2 July 2007 | 19 January 2009 | Conservative | ||
| Caroline Spelman |
|
19 January 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Conservative | ||
| John Denham | 
|
11 May 2010 | 8 October 2010 | Labour | Harriet Harman | |
| Caroline Flint | 
|
8 October 2010 | 7 October 2011 | Labour | Ed Miliband | |
| Hilary Benn | 
|
7 October 2011 | 11 May 2015 | Labour | ||
| Emma Reynolds | 
|
11 May 2015 | 14 September 2015 | Labour | Harriet Harman | |
| Jon Trickett | 
|
14 September 2015 | 27 June 2016 | Labour | Jeremy Corbyn | |
| Grahame Morris | 
|
27 June 2016 | 7 October 2016 | Labour | ||
| Teresa Pearce | 
|
7 October 2016 | 2 April 2017 | Labour | ||
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | 
|
2 April 2017 | 14 June 2017 | Labour | ||
| Andrew Gwynne | 
|
14 June 2017 | 6 April 2020 | Labour | ||
| Steve Reed | 
|
6 April 2020 | 29 November 2021 | Labour | Keir Starmer | |
Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (2021–present)[]
| Name | Took office | Left office | Political party | Leader | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa Nandy | 
|
29 November 2021 | Incumbent | Labour | Keir Starmer | |
References[]
- ^ Full list: the shadow cabinet
- ^ O'Donoghue, Dan (2 February 2022). "Lisa Nandy tears into government's levelling up plan". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ CHANGES TO OPPOSITION FRONTBENCH: PICKLES REPLACES MAY IN LOCAL GOVT
- ^ Her Majesty's Official Opposition as at 21 May 2005
- ^ At-a-glance: New shadow cabinet
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