Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales

The shadow attorney general for England and Wales is an office within British politics held by a member of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition. The duty of the office holder is to scrutinise the actions of the attorney general for England and Wales and develop alternative policies. The shadow attorney general is not a member of the Shadow Cabinet, but attends its meetings.^[1]

Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales
Incumbent The Lord Wolfson of Tredegar since 6 November 2024
Member of	Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet
Appointer	Leader of the Opposition
Deputy	Shadow Solicitor General

The shadow attorney general is deputised by the shadow solicitor general.

List of shadow attorneys general

Name			Entered office	Left office	Political party	Shadow Cabinet
	Lynn Ungoed-Thomas		15 July 1955	27 November 1956	Labour	Attlee
						Gaitskell
	Frank Soskice		27 November 1956	16 October 1964	Labour
						Brown
						Wilson
	John Hobson		16 October 1964	4 December 1967	Conservative	Douglas-Home
						Heath
	Peter Rawlinson		April 1968[2]	19 June 1970	Conservative
	Elwyn Jones		19 June 1970	4 March 1974	Labour	Wilson II
	Peter Rawlinson		4 March 1974	20 March 1974	Conservative	Heath II
	Michael Havers		20 March 1974[3]	4 May 1979	Conservative
						Thatcher
	Samuel Silkin		4 May 1979	14 July 1979	Labour	Callaghan
	John Morris		14 July 1979	24 November 1981	Labour
						Foot
	Peter Archer		24 November 1981	24 November 1982	Labour
	Arthur Davidson		24 November 1982	9 June 1983	Labour
	John Morris		9 June 1983	2 May 1997	Labour
						Kinnock
						Smith
						Beckett
						Blair
	Nicholas Lyell		2 May 1997	19 June 1997	Conservative	Major
	Edward Garnier		19 June 1997	13 September 2001	Conservative	Hague
	Bill Cash		14 September 2001	6 November 2003	Conservative	Duncan Smith
	Dominic Grieve		6 November 2003	8 September 2009	Conservative	Howard
						Cameron
	Edward Garnier		8 September 2009	11 May 2010	Conservative
	The Baroness Scotland of Asthal		11 May 2010	7 October 2011	Labour	Harman
						Miliband
	Emily Thornberry		7 October 2011	3 December 2014	Labour
	The Lord Bach		3 December 2014	14 September 2015	Labour
						Harman II
	Catherine McKinnell		14 September 2015	11 January 2016	Labour	Corbyn
	Karl Turner		11 January 2016	26 June 2016	Labour
Vacant			26 June 2016	6 October 2016
	The Baroness Chakrabarti		6 October 2016	6 April 2020	Labour
	The Lord Falconer of Thoroton		6 April 2020	29 November 2021	Labour	Starmer
	Emily Thornberry		29 November 2021	5 July 2024	Labour
	Jeremy Wright		8 July 2024	6 November 2024	Conservative	Sunak
	The Lord Wolfson of Tredegar		6 November 2024	Incumbent	Conservative	Badenoch