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

See also

• Secretary of State for Scotland
• Scottish Office
• UK Shadow Cabinet