Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Senior Member of the Shadow Cabinet

Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Incumbent
Angela Rayner
since 9 April 2020

Shadow Cabinet
Appointer| Leader of the Opposition
Formation| 6 December 2005
First holder| William Hague
(as Senior Member of the Shadow Cabinet)
Website| Shadow Cabinet

The Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is a position in the United Kingdom's Shadow Cabinet that was created on 11 May 2015 by the Leader of the Opposition, Harriet Harman for her interim shadow cabinet. From 2005 to 2010, the office was known as Senior Member of the Shadow Cabinet, and from 2015 to 2023, the office was known as Shadow First Secretary of State.

Even though the role has no specific responsibilities attached to it, the holder of the position shadows the First Secretary of State and/or Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and deputises for the Leader of the Opposition in Prime Minister's Questions when the First Secretary or Deputy PM is deputising for the Prime Minister.[1]

The incumbent is Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Angela Rayner, who succeeded Emily Thornberry as Shadow First Secretary of State in April 2020. Rayner continued to serve as Shadow First Secretary until 2023, despite Dominic Raab's promotion to Deputy Prime Minister in September 2021. She continued to shadow Raab and his successor, Oliver Dowden, until her elevation to Shadow Deputy Prime Minister in September 2023.

## List of Shadow Deputy Prime Ministers[edit]

### Senior Member of the Shadow Cabinet[edit]

Senior Member  | Term of Office  | Political Party  | Leader of the Opposition
| William Hague |  | 6 December 2005  | 11 May 2010  | Conservative | David Cameron

### Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom[edit]

Shadow Deputy Prime Minister  | Term of Office  | Political Party  | Leader of the Opposition
| Jack Straw
Acting |  | 11 May 2010  | 25 September 2010  | Labour | Harriet Harman
| Harriet Harman |  | 7 October 2010  | 8 May 2015  | Labour | Ed Miliband

### Shadow First Secretary of State[edit]

Shadow First Secretary  | Term of Office  | Political Party  | Leader of the Opposition
| Hilary Benn
Acting |  | 11 May 2015  | 13 September 2015  | Labour | Harriet Harman
| Angela Eagle |  | 13 September 2015  | 27 June 2016 | Labour | Jeremy Corbyn
Office not in use from June 2016 to June 2017.
| Emily Thornberry |  | 14 June 2017  | 5 April 2020  | Labour | Jeremy Corbyn
| Angela Rayner |  | 9 April 2020  | 4 September 2023  | Labour | Keir Starmer

### Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom[edit]

Shadow Deputy Prime Minister  | Term of Office  | Political Party  | Leader of the Opposition
| Angela Rayner |  | 4 September 2023  | Present | Labour | Keir Starmer

## See also[edit]

* Official Opposition frontbench
* Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer
* Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
* Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Brexit: Green and Thornberry Prime Minister's Questions clash". BBC News Online. Retrieved 12 July 2017.

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