| Shadow Secretary of State for Wales | |
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| Member of | Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet |
| Appointer | Leader of the Opposition |
The shadow secretary of state for Wales (or shadow Welsh secretary) is a member of the UK Shadow Cabinet responsible for the scrutiny of the secretary of state for Wales and their department, the Wales Office.[1] The incumbent holder of the office is Mims Davies.
List of Shadow Secretaries
Frontbench spokesmen for Wales | ||||||
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| Name | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Shadow Cabinet | ||
| Jim Griffiths |  |
November 1959 | 16 October 1964 | Labour | Gaitskell | |
| Brown | ||||||
| Wilson | ||||||
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales | ||||||
| Name | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Shadow Cabinet | ||
| Keith Joseph | |
29 October 1964 | 5 August 1965 | Conservative | Douglas-Home | |
| Peter Thorneycroft | |
5 August 1965 | 6 October 1965 | Conservative | Heath | |
| David Gibson-Watt | |
6 October 1965 | 19 June 1970 | Conservative | ||
| George Thomas | |
19 June 1970 | 4 March 1974 | Labour | Wilson II | |
| Peter Thomas | |
4 March 1974 | 18 February 1975 | Conservative | Heath II | |
| Nicholas Edwards MP for Pembrokeshire |
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18 February 1975 | 4 May 1979 | Conservative | Thatcher | |
| John Morris MP for Aberavon |
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4 May 1979 | 14 June 1979 | Labour | Callaghan | |
| Alec Jones MP for Rhondda |
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14 June 1979 | 20 March 1983 | Labour | ||
| Foot | ||||||
| Denzil Davies MP for Llanelli |
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20 March 1983 | 31 October 1983 | Labour | ||
| Barry Jones MP for Alyn and Deeside |
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31 October 1983 | 13 July 1987 | Labour | Kinnock | |
| Alan Williams MP for Swansea West |
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13 July 1987 | 9 January 1989 | Labour | ||
| Barry Jones MP for Alyn and Deeside |
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9 January 1989 | 24 July 1992 | Labour | ||
| Ann Clwyd MP for Cynon Valley |
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24 July 1992 | 21 October 1993 | Labour | Smith | |
| Ron Davies MP for Caerphilly |
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21 October 1993 | 2 May 1997 | Labour | ||
| Beckett | ||||||
| Blair | ||||||
| William Hague MP for Richmond |
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2 May 1997 | 19 June 1997 | Conservative | Major | |
| Michael Ancram MP for Devizes |
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19 June 1997 | 1 June 1998 | Conservative | Hague | |
| Liam Fox MP for Woodspring |
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1 June 1998 | 15 June 1999 | Conservative | ||
| Sir George Young MP for North West Hampshire |
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15 June 1999 | 26 September 2000 | Conservative | ||
| Angela Browning MP for Tiverton and Honiton |
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26 September 2000 | 18 September 2001 | Conservative | ||
| Nigel Evans MP for Ribble Valley |
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18 September 2001 | 11 November 2003 | Conservative | Duncan Smith | |
| Bill Wiggin MP for Leominster |
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11 November 2003 | 6 December 2005 | Conservative | Howard | |
| Cheryl Gillan MP for Chesham and Amersham |
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6 December 2005 | 11 May 2010 | Conservative | Cameron | |
| Peter Hain MP for Neath |
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11 May 2010 | 15 May 2012 | Labour | Harman | |
| Miliband | ||||||
| Owen Smith MP for Pontypridd |
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15 May 2012 | 14 September 2015 | Labour | ||
| Harman II | ||||||
| Nia Griffith MP for Llanelli |
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14 September 2015 | 27 June 2016 | Labour | Corbyn | |
| Paul Flynn MP for Newport West |
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3 July 2016 | 6 October 2016 | Labour | ||
| Jo Stevens MP for Cardiff Central |
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6 October 2016 | 27 January 2017 | Labour | ||
| Christina Rees MP for Neath |
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9 February 2017 | 6 April 2020 | Labour | ||
| Nia Griffith MP for Llanelli |
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6 April 2020 | 29 November 2021 | Labour | Starmer | |
| Jo Stevens MP for Cardiff Central |
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29 November 2021 | 8 July 2024 | Labour | ||
| Byron Davies Baron Davies of Gower |
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8 July 2024 | 5 November 2024 | Conservative | Sunak | |
| Mims Davies |  |
5 November 2024 | Incumbent | Conservative | Badenoch | |
References
- ↑ Robert Malcolm Punnett (1973). Front-bench opposition; the role of the Leader of the Opposition, the Shadow Cabinet and Shadow Government in British politics. London. pp. 458–467. Retrieved 18 April 2025.