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:Shadow Secretary of State for Wales

{{Short description|Member of the UK Shadow Cabinet}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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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.{{cite book |author1=Robert Malcolm Punnett |title=Front-bench opposition; the role of the Leader of the Opposition, the Shadow Cabinet and Shadow Government in British politics |date=1973 |publisher=London |pages=458-467 |url=https://archive.org/details/frontbenchopposi0000punn/page/458/mode/1up |access-date=18 April 2025}} The incumbent holder of the office is Mims Davies.

List of Shadow Secretaries

{| class="wikitable"

! colspan=7 |

=Frontbench spokesmen for Wales=

|-

! colspan=3|Name

! Entered office

! Left office

! Political party

! Shadow Cabinet

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan="3" |Jim Griffiths

| rowspan="3" | 60px

| rowspan="3" | November 1959

| rowspan="3" | 16 October 1964

| rowspan="3" | Labour

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Gaitskell

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Brown

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Wilson

|-

! colspan=7 |

=Shadow Secretary of State for Wales=

|-

! colspan=3|Name

! Entered office

! Left office

! Political party

! Shadow Cabinet

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Keith Joseph

| 60px

| 29 October 1964

| 5 August 1965

| Conservative

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Douglas-Home

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Peter Thorneycroft

| 60px

| 5 August 1965

| 6 October 1965

| Conservative

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Heath

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| David Gibson-Watt

| 60px

| 6 October 1965

| 19 June 1970

| Conservative

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| George Thomas

| 60px

| 19 June 1970

| 4 March 1974

| Labour

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Wilson II

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Peter Thomas

| 60px

| 4 March 1974

| 18 February 1975

| Conservative

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Heath II

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Nicholas Edwards
{{small|MP for Pembrokeshire}}

| 60px

| 18 February 1975

| 4 May 1979

| Conservative

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Thatcher

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| John Morris
{{small|MP for Aberavon}}

| 60px

| 4 May 1979

| 14 June 1979

| Labour

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labour}} | Callaghan

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan="2" |Alec Jones
{{small|MP for Rhondda}}

| rowspan="2" |60px

| rowspan="2" |14 June 1979

| rowspan="2" | 20 March 1983

| rowspan="2" | Labour

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labour}} | Foot

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Denzil Davies
{{small|MP for Llanelli}}

| 60px

| 20 March 1983

| 31 October 1983

| Labour

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Barry Jones
{{small|MP for Alyn and Deeside}}

| 60px

| 31 October 1983

| 13 July 1987

| Labour

| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Labour}} | Kinnock

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Alan Williams
{{small|MP for Swansea West}}

| 60px

| 13 July 1987

| 9 January 1989

| Labour

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Barry Jones
{{small|MP for Alyn and Deeside}}

| 60px

| 9 January 1989

| 24 July 1992

| Labour

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Ann Clwyd
{{small|MP for Cynon Valley}}

| 60px

| 24 July 1992

| 21 October 1993

| Labour

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labour}} | Smith

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan="3" | Ron Davies
{{small|MP for Caerphilly}}

| rowspan="3" | 60px

| rowspan="3" | 21 October 1993

| rowspan="3" | 2 May 1997

| rowspan="3" | Labour

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Beckett

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Blair

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| William Hague
{{small|MP for Richmond}}

| 60px

| 2 May 1997

| 19 June 1997

| Conservative

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Major

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Michael Ancram
{{small|MP for Devizes}}

| 60px

| 19 June 1997

| 1 June 1998

| Conservative

| rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Hague

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Liam Fox
{{small|MP for Woodspring}}

| 60px

| 1 June 1998

| 15 June 1999

| Conservative

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Sir George Young
{{small|MP for North West Hampshire}}

| 60px

| 15 June 1999

| 26 September 2000

| Conservative

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Angela Browning
{{small|MP for Tiverton and Honiton}}

| 60px

| 26 September 2000

| 18 September 2001

| Conservative

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Nigel Evans
{{small|MP for Ribble Valley}}

| 60px

| 18 September 2001

| 11 November 2003

| Conservative

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Duncan Smith

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Bill Wiggin
{{small|MP for Leominster}}

| 60px

| 11 November 2003

| 6 December 2005

| Conservative

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Howard

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Cheryl Gillan
{{small|MP for Chesham and Amersham}}

| 60px

| 6 December 2005

| 11 May 2010

| Conservative

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Cameron

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan="2" | Peter Hain
{{small|MP for Neath}}

| rowspan="2" | 60px

| rowspan="2" | 11 May 2010

| rowspan="2" | 15 May 2012

| rowspan="2" | Labour

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Harman

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labour}} | Miliband

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan="2" | Owen Smith
{{small|MP for Pontypridd}}

| rowspan="2" | 60px

| rowspan="2" | 15 May 2012

| rowspan="2" | 14 September 2015

| rowspan="2" | Labour

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Harman II

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Nia Griffith
{{small|MP for Llanelli}}

| 60px

| 14 September 2015

| 27 June 2016

| Labour

| rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Labour}} | Corbyn

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Paul Flynn
{{small|MP for Newport West}}

| 60px

| 3 July 2016

| 6 October 2016

| Labour

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Jo Stevens
{{small|MP for Cardiff Central}}

| 60px

| 6 October 2016

| 27 January 2017

| Labour

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Christina Rees
{{small|MP for Neath}}

| 60px

| 9 February 2017

| 6 April 2020

| Labour

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Nia Griffith
{{small|MP for Llanelli}}

|60px

|6 April 2020

|29 November 2021

|Labour

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labour}} | Starmer

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Jo Stevens
{{small|MP for Cardiff Central}}

|60px

|29 November 2021

|8 July 2024

|Labour

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Byron Davies
Baron Davies of Gower

|60px

|8 July 2024

|5 November 2024

|Conservative

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Sunak

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Mims Davies

|60px

|5 November 2024

|Incumbent

|Conservative

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Badenoch

|}

References

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See also

{{UK Parliament Opposition Cabinet Offices}}

Category:Official Opposition (United Kingdom)