Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

The Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was a member of the UK Shadow Cabinet responsible for the scrutiny of the Ministers of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and his/her ministry, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Appointer	Leader of the Opposition
Final holder	Tim Yeo
Abolished	18 September 2001
Succession	Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Shadow Secretaries of State

Name			Entered office	Left office	Political party	Shadow Cabinet
	George Brown		15 July 1955	15 February 1956	Labour	Attlee
	Tom Williams		15 February 1956	November 1959	Labour	Gaitskell
	Fred Willey		November 1959	November 1960	Labour
	Geoffrey de Freitas		November 1960	November 1961	Labour
	Fred Peart		December 1961	16 October 1964	Labour
						Wilson
	Christopher Soames		16 October 1964	16 February 1965	Conservative	Douglas-Home
	Martin Redmayne		16 February 1965	4 August 1965	Conservative
	Joseph Godber		4 August 1965	19 June 1970	Conservative	Heath
	Cledwyn Hughes		19 June 1970	16 December 1971	Labour	Wilson II
	Fred Peart		16 December 1971	7 December 1972[1]	Labour
	Norman Buchan		7 December 1972	4 March 1974	Labour
	The Rt Hon. Francis Pym		11 March 1974	April 1975	Conservative	Heath II
	Michael Jopling		April 1975	15 January 1976	Conservative	Thatcher
	The Rt Hon. Francis Pym		15 January 1976	19 November 1976	Conservative
	John Peyton		19 November 1976	4 May 1979	Conservative
	Roy Mason		14 July 1979	24 November 1981	Labour	Callaghan
						Foot
	Norman Buchan		24 November 1981	1 October 1983	Labour
	Robert Hughes		31 October 1983	26 October 1984	Labour	Kinnock
	Brynmor John		26 October 1984	13 July 1987	Labour
	David Clark		13 July 1987	24 July 1992	Labour
	Ron Davies		24 July 1992	21 October 1993	Labour	Smith
	Gavin Strang		21 October 1993	2 May 1997	Labour
						Beckett
						Blair
	Douglas Hogg		2 May 1997	17 June 1997	Conservative	Major
	David Curry		17 June 1997	3 November 1997	Conservative	Hague
	Michael Jack		2 December 1997	12 June 1998	Conservative
	Tim Yeo		2 June 1998	18 September 2001	Conservative

From 2001 the Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was dissolved and responsibility formerly transferred to the Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

See also

• Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
• UK Shadow Cabinet