Shadow Secretary of State for Education

The Shadow Secretary of State for Education, also called the Shadow Education Secretary, is an office in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet responsible for Opposition policy on Education and for holding the Secretary of State for Education, junior Education ministers, and the Department for Education to account. The position is currently held by Lucy Powell.

List of Shadow Secretaries

Shadow Secretaries of State for Education and Science
Shadow Secretary			Took office	Left office	Political party	Shadow Cabinet
	Roy Hattersley	60px	4 May 1973	5 March 1974	Labour	Harold Wilson
	Norman St John-Stevas		28 February 1974	6 November 1978	Conservative	Margaret Thatcher
	Mark Carlisle		6 November 1978	4 May 1979	Conservative
	Gordon Oakes		4 May 1979	14 July 1979	Labour	James Callaghan
	Neil Kinnock	60px	14 July 1979	2 October 1983	Labour
						Michael Foot
	Giles Radice	60px	2 October 1983	13 July 1987	Labour	Neil Kinnock
	Jack Straw	60px	13 July 1987	18 July 1992	Labour
Shadow Secretaries of State for Education
Shadow Secretary			Took office	Left office	Political party	Leader of the Opposition
	Ann Taylor		18 July 1992	20 October 1994	Labour	John Smith
						Margaret Beckett (1994)
	David Blunkett		20 October 1994	19 October 1995	Labour	Tony Blair
Shadow Secretaries of State for Education and Employment
Shadow Secretary			Took office	Left office	Political Party	Leader of the Opposition
	David Blunkett		19 October 1995	2 May 1997	Labour	Tony Blair
	Gillian Shephard		2 May 1997	11 June 1997	Conservative	John Major
	Stephen Dorrell	60px	11 June 1997	15 June 1998	Conservative	William Hague
	David Willetts	60px	1 June 1998	15 June 1999	Conservative
	Theresa May		15 June 1999	18 September 2001	Conservative
Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Skills
Shadow Secretary			Took office	Left office	Political party	Leader of the Opposition
	Damian Green		18 September 2001	11 November 2003	Conservative	Iain Duncan Smith
	Tim Yeo		11 November 2003	14 June 2004	Conservative	Michael Howard
	Tim Collins		14 June 2004	6 May 2005	Conservative
	David Cameron		6 May 2005	6 December 2005	Conservative
Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
Shadow Secretary			Took office	Left office	Political party	Leader of the Opposition
	David Willetts	60px	6 December 2005	2 July 2007	Conservative	David Cameron
	Michael Gove	60px	2 July 2007	11 May 2010	Conservative
Shadow Secretaries of State for Education
Shadow Secretary			Took office	Left office	Political party	Leader of the Opposition
	Ed Balls	60px	11 May 2010	8 October 2010	Labour	Harriet Harman
	Andy Burnham		8 October 2010	7 October 2011	Labour	Ed Miliband
	Stephen Twigg		7 October 2011	7 October 2013	Labour
	Tristram Hunt		7 October 2013	12 September 2015	Labour
						Harriet Harman
	Lucy Powell	60px	13 September 2015	Incumbent	Labour	Jeremy Corbyn

See also

• Official Opposition frontbench