The shadow chief secretary to the treasury is the most junior member of the Shadow Cabinet, and is the deputy to the shadow chancellor of the exchequer. 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 Richard Fuller.
List of shadow chief secretaries to the treasury Name Entered office Left office Political party Shadow Cabinet Peter Walker 6 October 1965 19 April 1966 Conservative Heath Margaret Thatcher 19 April 1966 10 October 1967 Patrick Jenkin 10 October 1967 19 June 1970 Dick Taverne 19 June 1970 22 July 1970 Labour Wilson II Joel Barnett 22 July 1970 4 March 1974 Tom Boardman 4 March 1974 12 March 1974 Conservative Heath II Maurice Macmillan 12 March 1974 13 June 1974 David Howell 13 June 1974 7 November 1974 Margaret Thatcher 7 November 1974 11 February 1975 David Howell 18 February 1975 4 November 1977 Thatcher Peter Rees 4 November 1977 4 May 1979 Joel Barnett 4 May 1979 14 July 1979 Labour CallaghanUnknown 14 July 1979 8 December 1980 Robert Sheldon 8 December 1980 31 October 1983 FootUnknown31 October 198330 October 1986 Kinnock Bryan Gould 30 October 1986 13 July 1987 Gordon Brown 13 July 1987 9 January 1989 Margaret Beckett 9 January 1989 18 July 1992 Harriet Harman 18 July 1992 21 July 1994 Smith Beckett Andrew Smith 21 July 1994 25 July 1996 Blair Alistair Darling 25 July 1996 2 May 1997 Michael Jack 2 May 1997 11 June 1997 Conservative Major David Heathcoat-Amory 19 June 1997 26 September 2000 Hague Sir Oliver Letwin 26 September 2000 18 September 2001 John Bercow 18 September 2001 11 November 2003 Duncan Smith Howard Flight 11 November 2003 14 June 2004 Howard George Osborne 14 June 2004 10 May 2005 Philip Hammond 10 May 2005 6 December 2005 Theresa Villiers 6 December 2005 2 July 2007 Cameron Philip Hammond 2 July 2007 11 May 2010 Liam Byrne 11 May 2010 8 October 2010 Labour Harman Angela Eagle 8 October 2010 7 October 2011 Miliband Rachel Reeves 7 October 2011 7 October 2013Chris Leslie 7 October 2013 11 May 2015 Shabana Mahmood 11 May 2015 13 September 2015 Harman II Seema Malhotra 13 September 2015 26 June 2016 Corbyn Rebecca Long-Bailey 27 June 2016 9 February 2017Peter Dowd 9 February 2017 6 April 2020Bridget Phillipson 6 April 2020 29 November 2021 StarmerPat McFadden 29 November 2021 4 September 2023Darren Jones4 September 20235 July 2024Laura Trott8 July 20244 November 2024 Conservative SunakRichard Fuller5 November 2024Incumbent Badenoch
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