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 most recent incumbent was Lesley Laird.
Shadow Secretaries of State
| Name | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Shadow Cabinet | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Fraser | 26 October 1951 | 7 December 1961 | Labour | Clement Attlee | ||
| Hugh Gaitskell | ||||||
| Harold Wilson | ||||||
| Willie Ross | 7 December 1961 | 16 October 1964 | Labour | |||
| Michael Noble | 16 October 1964 | 23 January 1969 | Conservative | Edward Heath | ||
| Gordon Campbell | 23 January 1969 | 20 July 1970 | Conservative | |||
| Willie Ross | 20 July 1970 | 4 March 1974 | Labour | Harold Wilson | ||
| Unknown | 4 March 1974 | 18 February 1975 | Conservative | Edward Heath | ||
| Alick Buchanan-Smith | 18 February 1975 | 9 December 1976 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | ||
| Teddy Taylor |  |
9 December 1976 | 3 May 1979 | Conservative | ||
| Bruce Millan | 4 May 1979 | 31 October 1983 | Labour | James Callaghan | ||
| Michael Foot | ||||||
| Donald Dewar |  |
31 October 1983 | 18 July 1992 | Labour | Neil Kinnock | |
| Tom Clarke |  |
18 July 1992 | 21 October 1993 | Labour | John Smith | |
| George Robertson |  |
21 October 1993 | 2 May 1997 | Labour | ||
| Margaret Beckett | ||||||
| Tony Blair | ||||||
| Office not in use | 2 May 1997 | 14 September 2001 | Conservative | John Major | ||
| Conservative | William Hague | |||||
| Jacqui Lait | 14 September 2001 | 11 November 2003 | Conservative | Iain Duncan Smith | ||
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11 November 2003 | 6 May 2005 | Conservative | Michael Howard | |
| Eleanor Laing |  |
6 May 2005 | 7 December 2005 | Conservative | ||
| David Mundell |  |
7 December 2005 | 11 May 2010 | Conservative | David Cameron | |
| Jim Murphy |  |
11 May 2010 | 8 October 2010 | Labour | Harriet Harman | |
| Ann McKechin |  |
8 October 2010 | 7 October 2011 | Labour | Ed Miliband | |
| Margaret Curran |  |
7 October 2011 | 8 May 2015 | Labour | ||
| Ian Murray |  |
11 May 2015 | 26 June 2016 | Labour | Harriet Harman | |
| Jeremy Corbyn | ||||||
| Dave Anderson |  |
1 July 2016 | 3 May 2017 | Labour | ||
| Lesley Laird |  |
14 June 2017 | Incumbent | Labour | ||
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