Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury

The shadow chief secretary to the treasury is the most junior member of the Shadow Cabinet, and is the deputy to the shadow chancellor of the exchequer. The shadow chief secretary to the treasury acts as the primary opposition to the equivalent Governmental position, the chief secretary to the treasury, who is deputy to the chancellor of the exchequer. Currently the position of shadow chief secretary to the treasury is held by Richard Fuller.

Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Incumbent Richard Fuller since 5 November 2024
Member of	Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet
Appointer	Leader of the Opposition

List of shadow chief secretaries to the treasury

Name			Entered office	Left office	Political party	Shadow Cabinet
	Peter Walker		6 October 1965	19 April 1966	Conservative	Heath
	Margaret Thatcher		19 April 1966	10 October 1967
	Patrick Jenkin		10 October 1967	19 June 1970
	Dick Taverne		19 June 1970	22 July 1970	Labour	Wilson II
	Joel Barnett		22 July 1970	4 March 1974
	Tom Boardman		4 March 1974	12 March 1974	Conservative	Heath II
	Maurice Macmillan		12 March 1974	13 June 1974[1]
	David Howell		13 June 1974	7 November 1974
	Margaret Thatcher		7 November 1974[2]	11 February 1975
	David Howell		18 February 1975[3]	4 November 1977[4]		Thatcher
	Peter Rees		4 November 1977	4 May 1979
	Joel Barnett		4 May 1979	14 July 1979	Labour	Callaghan
	Unknown		14 July 1979	8 December 1980
	Robert Sheldon		8 December 1980	31 October 1983		Foot
	Unknown		31 October 1983	30 October 1986		Kinnock
	Bryan Gould		30 October 1986	13 July 1987
	Gordon Brown		13 July 1987	9 January 1989
	Margaret Beckett		9 January 1989	18 July 1992
	Harriet Harman		18 July 1992	21 July 1994		Smith
						Beckett
	Andrew Smith		21 July 1994	25 July 1996
						Blair
	Alistair Darling		25 July 1996	2 May 1997
	Michael Jack		2 May 1997	11 June 1997	Conservative	Major
	David Heathcoat-Amory		19 June 1997	26 September 2000		Hague
	Sir Oliver Letwin		26 September 2000	18 September 2001
	John Bercow		18 September 2001	11 November 2003		Duncan Smith
	Howard Flight		11 November 2003	14 June 2004		Howard
	George Osborne		14 June 2004	10 May 2005
	Philip Hammond		10 May 2005	6 December 2005
	Theresa Villiers		6 December 2005	2 July 2007		Cameron
	Philip Hammond		2 July 2007	11 May 2010
	Liam Byrne		11 May 2010	8 October 2010	Labour	Harman
	Angela Eagle		8 October 2010	7 October 2011		Miliband
	Rachel Reeves		7 October 2011	7 October 2013
	Chris Leslie		7 October 2013	11 May 2015
	Shabana Mahmood		11 May 2015	13 September 2015		Harman II
	Seema Malhotra		13 September 2015	26 June 2016		Corbyn
	Rebecca Long-Bailey		27 June 2016	9 February 2017
	Peter Dowd		9 February 2017	6 April 2020
	Bridget Phillipson		6 April 2020	29 November 2021		Starmer
	Pat McFadden		29 November 2021	4 September 2023
	Darren Jones		4 September 2023	5 July 2024
	Laura Trott		8 July 2024	4 November 2024	Conservative	Sunak
	Richard Fuller		5 November 2024	Incumbent		Badenoch