Shadow Solicitor General

Junior member of the Official Opposition frontbench

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Shadow Solicitor General for England and Wales

Incumbent
Helen Grant

since 6 November 2024

Style| Shadow Minister
Nominator| Leader of the Opposition
Appointer| Leader of the Opposition
Term length| At His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder| Jonathan Djanogly
Formation| Around 2004

The shadow solicitor general is a member of the Official Opposition frontbench.

## Responsibilities

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The shadow solicitor general shadows the solicitor general for England and Wales and deputises for the shadow attorney general for England and Wales.

## List of officeholders

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This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2023)

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* Nick Brown \- 1 January 1985 - 1 January 1988
* Donald Anderson \- 1 January 1994 - 1 January 1996

Name  | Portrait  | Entered office  | Left office  | Political party  | Leader of

the Opposition

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| Nick Hawkins |  | June 2003  | May 2004  | Conservative | Michael Howard
| Jonathan Djanogly |  | May 2004  | 6 May 2010  | Michael Howard

David Cameron

| Maria Eagle |  | 11 May 2010  | 8 October 2010  | Labour | Harriet Harman

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| Catherine McKinnell |  | 8 October 2010  | 7 October 2011  | Ed Miliband
| Karl Turner |  | 3 December 2014  | 11 January 2016  | Ed Miliband

Harriet Harman (Acting)

Jeremy Corbyn

| Jo Stevens |  | 13 January 2016  | 6 October 2016  | Jeremy Corbyn
| Nick Thomas-Symonds |  | 9 October 2016  | 5 April 2020
| Ellie Reeves |  | 9 April 2020[1] | 4 December 2021  | Sir Keir Starmer
| Andy Slaughter |  | 4 December 2021  | 27 November 2023
| Karl Turner |  | 27 November 2023  | 5 July 2024
| Alberto Costa |  | 19 July 2024  | 6 November 2024  | Conservative | Rishi Sunak
| Helen Grant |  | 6 November 2024  | Incumbent  | Conservative | Kemi Badenoch

## References

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1. ^ Rodgers, Sienna. "Shadow ministers appointed as Starmer completes frontbench". LabourList. Retrieved 26 November 2020.

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His Majesty's Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet

Official Opposition frontbench

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* Leader of the Opposition
* Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
* Shadow Deputy Prime Minister
* Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
* Shadow Home Secretary
* Shadow Foreign Secretary
* Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster / Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office
* Shadow Defence Secretary
* Shadow Education Secretary
* Shadow Justice Secretary / Shadow Lord Chancellor
* Shadow Attorney General
* Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
* Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
* Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade
* Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
* Shadow Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary
* Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
* Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
* Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
* Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
* Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
* Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
* Shadow Scottish Secretary
* Shadow Welsh Secretary
* Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary
* Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities
* Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
* Shadow Paymaster General
* Shadow Minister for Security
* Shadow Minister for Veterans
* Opposition Chief Whip

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* Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development
* Shadow Minister without Portfolio
* Shadow Minister of State at the Cabinet Office
* Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health
* Shadow Secretary of State for Housing
* Shadow Secretary of State for Young People and Democracy
* Shadow Secretary of State for Child Poverty
* Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights and Protections
* Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
* Shadow Secretary of State for the Family
* Shadow Secretary of State for the Future of Work

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