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Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

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

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| incumbent = Kevin Hollinrake

| incumbentsince = 5 November 2024

| department = Shadow Cabinet

| appointer = Leader of the Opposition

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The shadow secretary of state for housing, communities and local government is a position with the UK Opposition's Shadow Cabinet; if the opposition party forms a new government, the designated person is a likely choice to become the new secretary of state for housing, communities and local government.

The position has existed in many iterations, first as Environment, Transport and the Regions in 1997 after the Government's reorganisation. The portfolio shifted among government departments for many years; under Conservative leader Michael Howard, the arrangement differed slightly, with a shadow secretary of state for local and devolved government affairs in the Howard Shadow Cabinet, supervising a shadow local government secretary and a shadow regions secretary outside of it.[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/nov/10/conservatives.uk2 Full list: the shadow cabinet]

In 2006, the portfolio was renamed Communities and Local Government, until 2021 when it got its current name with the added portfolio of housing; until 2021, the shadow communities secretary did not hold responsibility for housing as the Labour Party created a separate position, shadow secretary of state for housing in 2016. In 2024, the Labour Party retired the "Levelling up" title from the official cabinet position, with the Conservative Party following suit in their Shadow Cabinet.{{cite web |title='Levelling up' phrase to be erased, says minister |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0veqgr7lw4o |website=BBC News |access-date=16 July 2024 |date=9 July 2024}}{{cite web |title=His Majesty's Official Opposition: The Shadow Cabinet |url=https://members.parliament.uk/opposition/cabinet |website=Parliament.uk |access-date=16 July 2024}}

This position is currently held by Kevin Hollinrake.

List of Shadow Secretaries

{| class="wikitable"

! colspan=7|

=Shadow Minister of Housing and Local Government=

|-

! colspan="3"|Name

! Took office

! Left office

! Political party

! Shadow Cabinet

|-

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

|rowspan=2 | Dick Mitchison

|rowspan=2 | 75px

|rowspan=2 | 15 July 1955

|rowspan=2 | November 1959{{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}}

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}| Labour

| {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}| Attlee

|-

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

| {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}} rowspan=2 | Gaitskell

|-

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

| rowspan=3 |Michael Stewart

| rowspan=3 |75px

| rowspan=3 |November 1959

| rowspan=3 |16 October 1964

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}} |Labour

|-

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

| {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}} | Brown

|-

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

| {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}} | Wilson

|-

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

| Keith Joseph

| 75px

| 16 October 1964

| 29 October 1964

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

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}} | Douglas-Home

|-

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

| rowspan=2 | John Boyd-Carpenter

| rowspan=2 | 75px

| rowspan=2 | 29 October 1964

| rowspan=2 | 19 April 1966

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

|-

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

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}} | Heath

|-

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

| Geoffrey Rippon

| 75px

| 19 April 1966

| 14 November 1968

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

|-

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

| Peter Walker

| 75px

| 14 November 1968

| 19 June 1970

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

|-

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

| Anthony Crosland

| 75px

| 19 June 1970

| 15 October 1970

| {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}} | Labour

| {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}} | Wilson II

|-

! colspan=7|

=Shadow Minister for Local Government and Housing=

|-

! colspan="3"|Name

! Took office

! Left office

! Political party

! Shadow Cabinet

|-

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

|rowspan=3 | Jack Straw

|rowspan=3 | 60px

|rowspan=3 | 25 July 1992

|rowspan=3 | 20 October 1994

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

|{{Party shading/Labour}} | Smith

|-

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

|{{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}} | Beckett

|-

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

|{{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}} | Blair

|-

! colspan=7|

=Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions=

|-

! colspan="3"|Name

! Took office

! Left office

! Political party

! Shadow Cabinet

|-

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

| Norman Fowler

| 60px

| 11 June 1997

| 1 June 1998

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

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

|-

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

| Gillian Shephard

| 60px

| 1 June 1998

| 14 June 1999

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

|-

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

| John Redwood

| 60px

| 14 June 1999

| 2 February 2000

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

|-

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

| Archie Norman

| 60px

| 2 February 2000

| 18 September 2001

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

|-

! colspan=7|

=Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions=

|-

! colspan="3"|Name

! Took office

! Left office

! Political party

! Shadow Cabinet

|-

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

| Theresa May

| 60px

| 18 September 2001

| 6 June 2002

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

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

|-

! colspan=7|

=Shadow Secretary of State for Local Government and the Regions=

|-

! colspan="3"|Name

! Took office

! Left office

! Political party

! Shadow Cabinet

|-

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

| Eric Pickles[http://www.lgcplus.com/changes-to-opposition-frontbench-pickles-replaces-may-in-local-govt/1297725.article CHANGES TO OPPOSITION FRONTBENCH: PICKLES REPLACES MAY IN LOCAL GOVT]

| 60px

| 6 June 2002

| 23 July 2002

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

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

|-

! colspan=7|

=Shadow Secretary of State for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister=

|-

! colspan="3"|Name

! Took office

! Left office

! Political party

! Shadow Cabinet

|-

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

| David Davis

| 60px

| 23 July 2002

| 11 November 2003

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

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

|-

! colspan=7|

=Shadow Secretary of State for Local and Devolved Government Affairs=

|-

! colspan="3"|Name

! Took office

! Left office

! Political party

! Shadow Cabinet

|-

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

| David Curry

| 60px

| 11 November 2003

| 15 March 2004

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

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

|-

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

| Caroline Spelman

| 60px

| 15 March 2004

| 6 May 2005

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

|-

! colspan=7|

=Shadow Secretary of State for Local Government Affairs and Communities=

|-

! colspan="3"|Name

! Took office

! Left office

! Political party

! Shadow Cabinet

|-

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

| Caroline Spelman[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmwib/wb050521/oppo.htm Her Majesty's Official Opposition as at 21 May 2005]

| 60px

| 6 May 2005

| 5 December 2005

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

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

|-

! colspan=7|

=Shadow Secretary of State for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister=

|-

! colspan="3"|Name

! Took office

! Left office

! Political party

! Shadow Cabinet

|-

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

| Caroline Spelman[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4509458.stm At-a-glance: New shadow cabinet]

| 60px

| 5 December 2005

| 6 May 2006

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

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

|-

! colspan=7|

=Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government=

|-

! colspan="3"|Name

! Took office

! Left office

! Political party

! Shadow Cabinet

|-

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

| Caroline Spelman

| 60px

| 6 May 2006

| 2 July 2007

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

| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} rowspan=3 | Cameron

|-

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

| Eric Pickles

| 60px

| 2 July 2007

| 19 January 2009

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

|-

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

| Caroline Spelman

| 60px

| 19 January 2009

| 11 May 2010

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

|-

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

| John Denham{{cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/61/career |title=Mr John Denham |work=UK Parliament |access-date=4 April 2022}}

| 60px

| 12 May 2010

| 8 October 2010

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Harman

|-

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

| Caroline Flint{{cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/389/career |title=Caroline Flint |work=UK Parliament |access-date=4 April 2022}}

| 60px

| 8 October 2010

| 7 October 2011

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

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

|-

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

| Hilary Benn{{cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/413/career |title=Hilary Benn |work=UK Parliament |access-date=4 April 2022}}

| 60px

| 7 October 2011

| 8 May 2015

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

|-

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

| Emma Reynolds{{cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4077/career |title=Emma Reynolds |work=UK Parliament |access-date=4 April 2022}}

| 60px

| 8 May 2015

| 14 September 2015

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

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

|-

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

| Jon Trickett{{cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/410/career |title=Jon Trickett |work=UK Parliament |access-date=4 April 2022}}

| 60px

| 14 September 2015

| 28 June 2016

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

| {{Party shading/Labour}} rowspan=5 | Corbyn

|-

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

| Grahame Morris{{cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/3973/career |title=Grahame Morris |work=UK Parliament |access-date=4 April 2022}}

| 60px

| 28 June 2016

| 7 October 2016

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

|-

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

| Teresa Pearce

| 60px

| 7 October 2016

| 2 April 2017

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

|-

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

| Roberta Blackman-Woods

| 60px

| 2 April 2017

| 14 June 2017

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

|-

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

| Andrew Gwynne

| 60px

| 14 June 2017

| 6 April 2020

| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

|-

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

|Steve Reed

|60px

|6 April 2020

|29 November 2021

|{{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

|{{Party shading/Labour}} | Starmer

|-

! colspan=7|

=Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities=

|-

! colspan="3"|Name

! Took office

! Left office

! Political party

! Shadow Cabinet

|-

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

|Lisa Nandy

|60px

|29 November 2021

| 4 September 2023

|{{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

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

|-

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

|Angela Rayner

|File:Official portrait of Angela Rayner MP crop 2.jpg

|4 September 2023

|5 July 2024

|{{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

|-

! colspan=7|

=Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government=

|-

! colspan="3"|Name

! Took office

! Left office

! Political party

! Shadow Cabinet

|-

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

|Kemi Badenoch

|80x80px

|8 July 2024

|2 November 2024

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

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

|-

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

|Kevin Hollinrake

|80x80px

|5 November 2024

|Incumbent

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

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

|-

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