Shadow Cabinet (Scottish Parliament)

Shadow Cabinet (Scottish Parliament)

Unlike the Westminster arrangement where there is an 'Official Opposition' to the government of the day, there is no such thing as an 'official' opposition to the Scottish Government. Instead, all parties that are not in government are merely 'opposition parties'. With the current Scottish Government being Scottish National Party (SNP), the three other main parties are all opposition parties and each will have a Shadow Cabinet composed of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) with a responsibility to shadow a government minister or area of government.

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Labour Shadow Cabinet

As of August 2011

  • Leader: Iain Gray MSP
  • Deputy Leader and Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Justice: Johann Lamont MSP
  • Parliamentary Business Manager and Chief of Staff: Paul Martin MSP
  • Chief Whip: John Park MSP
  • Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth: Richard Baker MSP
  • Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education: Ken McIntosh MSP
  • Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy: Jackie Baillie MSP
  • Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Environment: Sarah Boyack MSP
  • Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment: Lewis Macdonald MSP
  • Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs: Patricia Ferguson
  • Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Local Government: Michael McMahon

Others

  • Member of Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body: David Stewart MSP

Conservative Shadow Cabinet

As of April 2011

  • Leader: Ruth Davidson MSP
  • Deputy Leader and Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health & Wellbeing: Murdo Fraser MSP
  • Chief Whip and Business Manager: David McLetchie MSP
  • Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth: Derek Brownlee MSP
  • Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Justice: John Lamont MSP
  • Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment: John Scott MSP
  • Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning: Elizabeth Smith MSP
  • Shadow Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism: Gavin Brown MSP
  • Shadow Minister for Community Safety: Bill Aitken[1]
  • Shadow Minister for Health: Mary Scanlon MSP
  • Shadow Minister for Transport, Infrastructure & Climate Change: Jackson Carlaw MSP
  • Shadow Minister for the Environment: Jamie McGrigor MSP
  • Shadow Minister for Culture & External Relations: Ted Brocklebank[2]
  • Shadow Minister for Communities & Sport: Alex Johnstone MSP
  • Shadow Minister for Public Health: Nanette Milne MSP

Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet

References

  1. ^ Defeated at the 2011 election
  2. ^ Stood down at the 2011 election.

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