Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury

The Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury is a member of the Shadow Cabinet, and is the deputy to the Shadow Chancellor. 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 Peter Dowd of the Labour Party.

List of Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Political part
	Bryan Gould		30 October 1986	13 July 1987	Labour
	Gordon Brown		13 July 1987	9 January 1989	Labour
	Margaret Beckett		9 January 1989	18 July 1992	Labour
	Harriet Harman		18 July 1992	21 July 1994	Labour
	Andrew Smith		21 July 1994	25 July 1996	Labour
	Alistair Darling		25 July 1996	3 May 1997	Labour
	David Heathcoat-Amory		19 June 1997	26 September 2000	Conservative
	Oliver Letwin		26 September 2000	18 September 2001	Conservative
	John Bercow		18 September 2001	11 November 2003	Conservative
	Howard Flight		11 November 2003	14 June 2004	Conservative
	George Osborne		14 June 2004	10 May 2005	Conservative
	Philip Hammond		10 May 2005	6 December 2005	Conservative
	Theresa Villiers		6 December 2005	2 July 2007	Conservative
	Philip Hammond		2 July 2007	11 May 2010	Conservative
	Liam Byrne		11 May 2010	8 October 2010	Labour
	Angela Eagle		8 October 2010	7 October 2011	Labour
	Rachel Reeves		7 October 2011	7 October 2013	Labour
	Chris Leslie		7 October 2013	11 May 2015	Labour
	Shabana Mahmood		11 May 2015	13 September 2015	Labour
	Seema Malhotra		13 September 2015	26 June 2016	Labour
	Rebecca Long-Bailey		27 June 2016	9 February 2017	Labour
	Peter Dowd		9 February 2017	Incumbent	Labour

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