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Shadow Cabinet of Harold Wilson
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Harold Wilson's (WP) second shadow cabinet ran from 1970 to 1974 while he led the opposition to Prime Minister Edward Heath.[1]
June 1970
- Harold Wilson - Wikipedia:Leader of the Opposition
- Wikipedia:Roy Jenkins - Deputy Leader and Treasury
- Wikipedia:Denis Healey - Foreign Office
- Wikipedia:James Callaghan - Home Office
- Wikipedia:George Thomson - Defence
- Wikipedia:Tony Benn - Trade and Industry
- Wikipedia:Ted Short - Education and Science
- Wikipedia:Barbara Castle - Employment
- Wikipedia:Shirley Williams - Health and Social Security
- Wikipedia:Anthony Crosland - Environment
- Wikipedia:Michael Foot - Power
- Wikipedia:Harold Lever - Europe
- Wikipedia:Fred Peart - Parliamentary Affairs (Shadow Leader)
- Wikipedia:William Ross - Scotland
- Wikipedia:Bob Mellish - Wikipedia:Chief Whip
Changes
1971
Callaghan to Employment, Castle to Social Security, Foot to Leader of the House, Peart to Agriculture, Williams to Home Office. Wikipedia:Reg Prentice joins Cabinet as Employment, Wikipedia:Peter Shore joins as EC.
1972
Callaghan to Foreign Office, Foot to EC, Healey to Treasury, Lever to T&I, Peart to Defence, Wikipedia:Merlyn Rees joins to Northern Ireland, Wikipedia:Ted Short to Dep. Leader and Leader of the House, Castle out of Shadow Cabinet, Jenkins out of Cabinet (and out of Deputy Leader),
1973
Jenkins back to Home Office, and Williams out to Prices and Consumer Protection.
See also
- Wikipedia:List of British shadow cabinets
- Wikipedia:Official Opposition (United Kingdom)
- Wikipedia:Official Opposition frontbench
- Wikipedia:List of Shadow holders of Great Offices of State
- Wikipedia:Cabinet of the United Kingdom
- Wikipedia:Her Majesty's Government frontbench
- Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election, 2010
- Wikipedia:Liberal Democrat Frontbench Team
References
- ↑ Patrick Bell (2004). Labour Party in Opposition 1970-1974. Routledge.