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    The frontbench of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the Parliament of the United Kingdom consists of the Shadow Cabinet and other official spokesmen of the political party currently serving as the Official Opposition.
    Currently the parliamentary Conservative Party is Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the UK, their full front bench team, as of May 2006 is listed below.


        Official opposition frontbench (UK)
            The full front bench team
                Conservative Party Leader and Leader of the Opposition
                The Conservative Party
                Constitutional Affairs
                    Shadow Ministers (Lords)
                Culture, Media and Sport
                    Shadow Ministers (Lords)
                Defence
                Education
                Environment Food and Rural Affairs
                Foreign Affairs
                Health
                Home Affairs
                International Development
                Law Officers (Assist the Home Affairs Team)
                    Lords
                    Commons
                Northern Ireland
                Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
                    Opposition Whips (House of Commons)
                    Opposition Whips (House of Lords)
                Scotland
                Trade and Industry
                Transport
                Treasury
                Wales
                Work & Pensions
            See also

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    The full front bench team
    Not all parliamentary spokespersons are members of the shadow cabinet. This lists the full frontbench team, including shadow cabinet members and other spokespersons.

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    Conservative Party Leader and Leader of the Opposition
      Senior Parliamentary and Political Adviser - Rt Hon Andrew Mackay MP

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    The Conservative Party
      Chairman of the Policy Review and Chairman of the Conservative Research Department - Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP
      Parliamentary Private Secretary (also Shadow Minister for Work & Pensions) - Tim Boswell MP
      Deputy Chairman (Conservative Future, Target Seats and Opinion Research) - Lord Ashcroft KCMG
      Deputy Chairman (Local Government) (also Shadow Minister for Local Government) - Eric Pickles MP
      Conservatives Abroad and Chairman of the International Office - Gary Streeter MP

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    Constitutional Affairs
      Shadow Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs & Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (assisted by Shadow Solicitor General) - Oliver Heald MP

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    Shadow Ministers (Lords)
      Shadow Lord Chancellor - Rt Hon the Lord Kingsland QC TD DL (formerly Sir Christopher Prout MEP)
      Shadow Minister for Constitutional and Legal Affairs - Lord Henley
      Shadow Minister for Constitutional Affairs and Legal Affairs (also in Home Affairs Team) - Baroness Seccombe DBE

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    Culture, Media and Sport
      Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport - Hugo Swire MP
      Shadow Minister for Culture, Media & Sport - Malcolm Moss MP

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    Shadow Ministers (Lords)
      Shadow Minister for Culture, Media & Sport - Viscount Astor (Step-Father-in-Law of David Cameron)
      Shadow Minister for Culture, Media & Sport (also in Defence & Wales Teams) - Lord Luke

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    Defence
      Shadow Secretary of State for Defence - Dr Liam Fox MP


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    Education
      Shadow Minister for Vocational Education - John Hayes MP


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    Environment Food and Rural Affairs
      Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food, & Rural Affairs, Peter Ainsworth MP

      Shadow Minister for Agriculture & Rural Affairs - James Paice MP
      Shadow Minister for Agriculture & Fisheries - Bill Wiggin MP
      Shadow Minister for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Lords) (also in Scotland Team) - The Duke of Montrose

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    Foreign Affairs
      Shadow Foreign Secretary & Senior Member of the Shadow Cabinet - Rt Hon William Hague MP

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    Health

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    Home Affairs
      Shadow Home Secretary (Assisted by Shadow Law Officers) - Rt Hon David Davis MP


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    International Development
      Shadow Secretary of State for International Development - Andrew Mitchell MP

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    Law Officers (Assist the Home Affairs Team)
      Shadow Attorney General & Shadow Spokesman on Community Cohesion - Dominic Grieve MP
      Shadow Solicitor General (also Shadow Minister for Trade & Industry) - Jonathan Djanogly MP

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    Lords

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    Commons

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    Northern Ireland

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    Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
      Shadow Secretary of State for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister - Caroline Spelman MP
      Shadow Minister for Communities & Local Government - Alistair Burt MP
      Shadow Minister for Local Government (also Deputy Chairman of the Party, Local Government)- Eric Pickles MP

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    Opposition Whips (House of Commons)

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    Opposition Whips (House of Lords)

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    Scotland

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    Trade and Industry
      Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry - Alan Duncan MP

      Shadow Minister for Trade & Industry (also Shadow Solicitor General) Jonathan Djanogly MP

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    Transport


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    Treasury




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    Wales


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    Work & Pensions


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    See also
     
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