Shadow Solicitor General
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Shadow Solicitor General for England and Wales | |
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Style | Shadow Minister |
Nominator | Leader of the Opposition |
Appointer | Leader of the Opposition |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Inaugural holder | Jonathan Djanogly |
Formation | Around 2004 |
Website | The Shadow Cabinet |
The Shadow Solicitor General is a member of the Official Opposition frontbench.
Responsibilities[edit]
The Shadow Solicitor General shadows the Solicitor General for England and Wales and deputises for the Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales.
List of officeholders[edit]
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- Donald Anderson - 1 January 1994 - 1 January 1996
Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Leader of | |
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Jonathan Djanogly | ![]() | May 2004 | 6 May 2010 | Conservative | Michael Howard | |
Maria Eagle | ![]() | 11 May 2010 | 8 October 2010 | Labour | Harriet Harman (Acting) | |
Catherine McKinnell | ![]() | 8 October 2010 | 7 October 2011 | Ed Miliband | ||
Karl Turner | ![]() | 3 December 2014 | 11 January 2016 | Ed Miliband Harriet Harman (Acting) | ||
Jo Stevens | ![]() | 13 January 2016 | 6 October 2016 | Jeremy Corbyn | ||
Nick Thomas-Symonds | ![]() | 9 October 2016 | 5 April 2020 | |||
Ellie Reeves | ![]() | 9 April 2020[1] | 4 December 2021 | Sir Keir Starmer | ||
Andy Slaughter | ![]() | 4 December 2021 | 27 November 2023 | |||
Karl Turner | ![]() | 27 November 2023 | incumbent |
References[edit]
- ^ Rodgers, Sienna. "Shadow ministers appointed as Starmer completes frontbench". LabourList. Retrieved 26 November 2020.