Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
The Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland is a member of the UK Shadow Cabinet responsible for the scrutiny of the Secretary of State for Scotland and his/her department, the Scotland Office. The post has been allocated to Ian Murray (the last remaining Labour MP in Scotland) on May 8th 2015, having last been held by Margaret Curran. The holder is assisted by shadow ministers in the Commons and in the Lords.
Shadow Secretaries of State
| Name | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Leader of the Opposition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Noble |  |
16 October 1964 | 23 January 1969 | Conservative | Edward Heath | |
| Gordon Campbell | 23 January 1969 | 20 July 1970 | Conservative | |||
| Willie Ross | 20 July 1970 | 4 March 1974 | Labour | Harold Wilson | ||
| Unknown | 4 March 1974 | 18 February 1975 | Conservative | Edward Heath | ||
| Alick Buchanan-Smith | 18 February 1975 | 9 December 1976 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | ||
| Teddy Taylor |  |
9 December 1976 | 3 May 1979 | Conservative | ||
| Bruce Millan | 4 May 1979 | 31 October 1983 | Labour | James Callaghan | ||
| Michael Foot | ||||||
| Donald Dewar |  |
31 October 1983 | 18 July 1992 | Labour | Neil Kinnock | |
| Tom Clarke |  |
18 July 1992 | 21 October 1993 | Labour | John Smith | |
| George Robertson |  |
21 October 1993 | 2 May 1997 | Labour | ||
| Margaret Beckett | ||||||
| Tony Blair | ||||||
| Office not in use | 2 May 1997 | 14 September 2001 | Conservative | John Major | ||
| Conservative | William Hague | |||||
| Jacqui Lait | 14 September 2001 | 11 November 2003 | Conservative | Iain Duncan Smith | ||
| Peter Duncan | 11 November 2003 | 6 May 2005 | Conservative | Michael Howard | ||
| Eleanor Laing | 6 May 2005 | 7 December 2005 | Conservative | |||
| David Mundell |  |
7 December 2005 | 11 May 2010 | Conservative | David Cameron | |
| Jim Murphy |  |
11 May 2010 | 8 October 2010 | Labour | Harriet Harman | |
| Ann McKechin |  |
8 October 2010 | 7 October 2011 | Labour | Ed Miliband | |
| Margaret Curran |  |
7 October 2011 | 8 May 2015 | Labour | ||
| Ian Murray |  |
11 May 2015 | Incumbent | Labour | Harriet Harman | |
| Jeremy Corbyn | ||||||
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