Shadow Cabinet (Scottish Parliament)
Unlike the Westminster arrangement where there is an 'Official Opposition' to the government of the day, there is no such thing as an 'official' opposition to the Scottish Government. Instead, all parties that are not in government are merely 'opposition parties'. With the current Scottish Government being Scottish National Party (SNP), the three other main parties are all opposition parties and each will have a Shadow Cabinet composed of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) with a responsibility to shadow a government minister or area of government.
Conservative Shadow Cabinet
As of November 2011
- Leader: Ruth Davidson MSP
- Deputy Leader and Health Spokesperson: Jackson Carlaw MSP
- Chief Whip John Lamont MSP
- Finance, Economy and Tourism: Murdo Fraser MSP
- Justice Spokesperson: Margaret Mitchell MSP
- Infrastructure Spokesperson: Alex Johnstone MSP
- Environment, Fishing and External Affairs Spokesperson: Jamie McGrigor MSP
- Education Spokesperson: Mary Scanlon MSP
- Culture, Sport and Young People Spokesperson: Elizabeth Smith MSP
- Rural Affairs Spokesperson: Alex Fergusson MSP
- Local Government Spokesperson: Cameron Buchanan MSP
- Constitution Spokesperson: Annabel Goldie MSP
- Public Health Spokesperson: Nanette Milne MSP
Labour Shadow Cabinet
The Scottish Labour front-bench team was announced on 19 August 2015.
- Leader of the Scottish Labour Party: Kezia Dugdale MSP
- Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party: Alex Rowley MSP
- Equality spokeswoman: Jenny Marra MSP
- Opportunity spokesman: Iain Gray MSP
- Justice spokesman: Graeme Pearson MSP
- Public Services and Wealth Creation spokeswoman: Jackie Baillie MSP
- Community spokesman: Ken Macintosh MSP
- Environmental Justice spokeswoman: Sarah Boyack MSP
- Democracy spokeswoman: Claire Baker MSP
- Reform spokeswoman: Mary Fee MSP
- Scottish Labour Parliamentary Business Manager: James Kelly MSP
- Chief Whip: Neil Bibby MSP
Senior Party Members at Westminster and Policy team:
- Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Ian Murray MP
Scottish Greens Shadow Cabinet
- Co-Convener of the Scottish Green Party, Finance, Constitution and Economy Spokesperson: Patrick Harvie MSP
- Co-Convener of the Scottish Green Party, Social Justice, Housing and Welfare Spokesperson: Maggie Chapman, Candidate for the Scottish Parliament for North East Scotland
- Employment, Living Wage and Skills Spokesperson: John Wilson MSP
- Justice Spokesperson: John Finnie MSP
- Health and Sport Spokesperson: Alison Johnstone MSP
- Youth and Women's Employment: Spokesperson Kirsten Robb, Candidate for the Scottish Parliament for Central Scotland
- Culture Spokesperson: Zara Kitson, Candidate for the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow
- Education Spokesperson: Isla O'Reilly, Candidate for the Scottish Parliament for Highlands and Islands
- Communities and Land Reform Spokesperson: Andy Wightman, Candidate for the Scottish Parliament for Lothian
- Infrastructure Spokesperson: Sarah Beattie-Smith, Candidate for the Scottish Parliament for South of Scotland
- Europe and External Affairs Spokesperson: Ross Greer, Candidate for the Scottish Parliament for West of Scotland
Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet
- Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats Willie Rennie MSP
- Spokesperson for Transport, Rural Affairs, the Environment and Fisheries Tavish Scott MSP
- Spokesperson for Education and Energy Liam McArthur MSP
- Spokesperson for Justice and Business Manager Alison McInnes MSP
- Spokesperson for Health and Housing Jim Hume MSP
References
External links
- Labour Shadow Cabinet -
- Conservative Shadow Cabinet -
- Liberal Democrat MSP team -
- Scottish Greens spokespeople [1]
- ↑ "Scottish Greens". Scottish Greens. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
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