Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland

The shadow secretary of state for Scotland is a member of the UK Shadow Cabinet responsible for the scrutiny of the secretary of state for Scotland and his/her department, the Scotland Office. The incumbent holder of the office is Andrew Bowie.

Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
Incumbent Andrew Bowie since 5 November 2024
Appointer	Leader of the Opposition
Inaugural holder	Tom Fraser
Formation	26 October 1951

Shadow secretaries of state

Name			Entered office	Left office	Political party	Shadow Cabinet
	Tom Fraser		26 October 1951	7 December 1961	Labour	Attlee
						Gaitskell
						Wilson
	Willie Ross		7 December 1961	16 October 1964	Labour
	Michael Noble		16 October 1964	23 January 1969	Conservative	Douglas-Home
						Heath
	Gordon Campbell		23 January 1969	19 June 1970	Conservative
	Willie Ross		19 June 1970	4 March 1974	Labour	Wilson II
	Henry Hepburne-Scott		4 March 1974	12 March 1974	Conservative	Heath II
	Alick Buchanan-Smith		12 March 1974	9 December 1976	Conservative
						Thatcher
	Teddy Taylor		9 December 1976	3 May 1979	Conservative
	Bruce Millan		4 May 1979	31 October 1983	Labour	Callaghan
						Foot
	Donald Dewar		31 October 1983	18 July 1992	Labour	Kinnock
	Tom Clarke		18 July 1992	21 October 1993	Labour	Smith
	George Robertson		21 October 1993	2 May 1997	Labour
						Beckett
						Blair
	Office not in use		2 May 1997	14 September 2001	Conservative	Major
						Hague
	Jacqui Lait		14 September 2001	11 November 2003	Conservative	Duncan Smith
	Peter Duncan		11 November 2003	6 May 2005	Conservative	Howard
	James Gray		9 May 2005	12 May 2005 [1]	Conservative
	Eleanor Laing		19 May 2005	7 December 2005	Conservative
	David Mundell		7 December 2005	11 May 2010	Conservative	Cameron
	Jim Murphy		11 May 2010	8 October 2010	Labour	Harman
	Ann McKechin		8 October 2010	7 October 2011	Labour	Miliband
	Margaret Curran		7 October 2011	11 May 2015	Labour
	Ian Murray		11 May 2015	26 June 2016	Labour	Harman II
						Corbyn
	Dave Anderson		1 July 2016	14 June 2017	Labour
	Lesley Laird		14 June 2017	13 December 2019	Labour
	Tony Lloyd		19 December 2019	6 April 2020	Labour
	Ian Murray		6 April 2020	5 July 2024	Labour	Starmer
	John Lamont		8 July 2024	5 November 2024	Conservative	Sunak
	Andrew Bowie		5 November 2024	Incumbent	Conservative	Badenoch

See also

• Secretary of State for Scotland
• Scottish Office
• UK Shadow Cabinet