Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury

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| incumbent = Nigel Huddleston

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In British politics, the Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury (or colloquially Shadow Financial Secretary) is a shadow ministerial position of the Official Opposition that acts as the primary opposition to the equivalent position Financial Secretary to the Treasury, a government minister in HM Treasury.{{Cite web|title=Financial Secretary to the Treasury questioned by Committee - News from Parliament|url=https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/economic-affairs-committee/news-parliament-2017/financial-secretary-treasury-session/|access-date=2020-07-02|website=UK Parliament|language=en}} The position is currently held by James Murray.

Office-holders

Former office holders include:{{Incomplete list|date=July 2020}}

Stuart Holland (1987-1989){{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/713928829|title=From Recession to Renewal: The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Public Services and Local Government|publisher=Policy Press|year=2011|isbn=978-1-84742-700-7|editor-last=Richardson|editor-first=Joanna|location=Bristol|pages=v|oclc=713928829}}
Sir Oliver Letwin (23 July 1999 - 10 January 2000){{Cite book|last=Letwin, Oliver, 1956-|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/994417960|title=Hearts and minds : the battle for the Conservative Party from Thatcher to the present|year=2017 |isbn=978-1-78590-311-3|location=London|oclc=994417960}}
Sir David Lidington (8 October 2001 - 1 October 2002){{Cite web|title=Parliamentary career for Sir David Lidington - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/15/career|access-date=2020-07-02|website=members.parliament.uk|language=en}}
Sir Stephen O'Brien (1 June 2002 - 30 June 2002){{Cite web|title=Parliamentary career for Mr Stephen O'Brien - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/427/career|access-date=2020-07-02|website=members.parliament.uk|language=en}}
Mark Prisk (1 June 2002 - 1 June 2003){{Cite web|title=Parliamentary career for Mr Mark Prisk - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/1424/career|access-date=2020-07-02|website=members.parliament.uk|language=en}}
Andrew Tyrie (11 November 2003 - 15 March 2004)

class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" \|Name ! width="50" \|Portrait !Entered office !Left office ! width="50" \|Political party !Leader of the Opposition
style="background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \|Mark Field born 1964 \|80px \|10 May 2005 {{Cite web\|title=Parliamentary career for Mark Field - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament\|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/1405/career\|access-date=2020-07-02\|website=members.parliament.uk\|language=en}} \|8 December 2005 \| rowspan="2" \|Conservative \|Michael Howard
style="background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \|Mark Hoban born 1964 \|80px \|8 December 2005 \|6 May 2010 \|David Cameron
style="background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \|Stephen Timms born 1955 \|80px \|12 May 2010 \|8 October 2010 \| rowspan="9" \|Labour \|Harriet Harman {{Small\|(Acting)}}
style="background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \|Chris Leslie born 1972 \|80px \|8 October 2010 \|7 October 2013 \| rowspan="2" \|Ed Miliband
style="background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \|Shabana Mahmood born 1980 \|80px \|7 October 2013 \|8 May 2015
style="background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \|Alison McGovern born 1980 \|80px \|8 May 2015 \|18 September 2015 \|Harriet Harman {{Small\|(Acting)}}
style="background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \|Rob Marris born 1955 \|80px \|18 September 2015 \|30 June 2016 \| rowspan="3" \|Jeremy Corbyn
style="background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \|Peter Dowd born 1957 \|80px \|6 October 2016 \|9 February 2017
style="background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \|Anneliese Dodds born 1978 \|80px \|3 July 2017 \|5 April 2020
style="background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \|Dan Carden born 1986 \|80px \|6 April 2020 \|15 October 2020 \| rowspan="2" \|Sir Keir Starmer
style="background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \|James Murray born 1983 \|80px \|16 October 2020 \|5 July 2024
style="background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \|Nigel Huddleston born 1970 \|80px \|19 July 2024 \|Incumbent \|Conservative \| Rishi Sunak

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|Mark Field

born 1964

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|10 May 2005 {{Cite web|title=Parliamentary career for Mark Field - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/1405/career|access-date=2020-07-02|website=members.parliament.uk|language=en}}

|8 December 2005

| rowspan="2" |Conservative

|Michael Howard

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|Mark Hoban

born 1964

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|8 December 2005

|6 May 2010

|David Cameron

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|Stephen Timms