# List of British shadow cabinets

This is a list of the shadow cabinets of the United Kingdom, including unofficial frontbench teams of spokespeople from other parties from 1964 to the present date.

## Shadow Cabinets

| Party key | Conservative |
| Party key | Labour Party |
| Party key | Liberal Party |
| Party key | Social Democratic Party |
| Party key | Liberal Democrat |
| Party key | Scottish National Party |
| Party key | Democratic Unionist Party |

### 1964–present

| Date | Leader of the Opposition | Official Shadow Cabinet | Government | Other opposition |
| 1964 | Alec Douglas-Home | Douglas-Home | Wilson I | Grimond Frontbench Team |
| 1965 | Edward Heath | Heath I | Wilson II | Grimond Frontbench Team |
| 1970 | Harold Wilson | Wilson II | Heath | Thorpe Frontbench Team |
| 1974 | Edward Heath | Heath II | Wilson III | Thorpe Frontbench Team |
| 1974 | Edward Heath | Heath II | Wilson IV | Thorpe Frontbench Team |
| 1975 | Margaret Thatcher | Thatcher | Callaghan | Thorpe Frontbench Team |
| 1979 | James Callaghan | Callaghan | Thatcher I | Steele Frontbench Team Jenkins Frontbench team |
| 1980 | Michael Foot | Foot | Thatcher I | Steele Frontbench Team Jenkins Frontbench team |
| 1983 | Neil Kinnock | Kinnock | Thatcher II | Steele Frontbench Team Jenkins Frontbench team |
| 1987 | Neil Kinnock | Kinnock | Thatcher III | Steele Frontbench Team Jenkins Frontbench team |
| 1990 | Neil Kinnock | Kinnock | Major I | Steele Frontbench Team Jenkins Frontbench team |
| 1992 | John Smith | Smith | Major II | Steele Frontbench Team Jenkins Frontbench team |
| May 1994 | Margaret Beckett | Beckett | Major II | Steele Frontbench Team Jenkins Frontbench team |
| Jul 1994 | Tony Blair | Blair | Major II | Steele Frontbench Team Jenkins Frontbench team |
| May 1997 | John Major | Major | Blair I | Ashdown Frontbench Team |
| Jun 1997 | William Hague | Hague | Blair I | Ashdown Frontbench Team |
| 1999 | William Hague | Hague | Blair I | Kennedy Frontbench Team |
| 2001 | Iain Duncan Smith | Duncan Smith | Blair II | Kennedy Frontbench Team |
| 2003 | Michael Howard | Howard | Blair II | Kennedy Frontbench Team |
| 2005 | David Cameron | Cameron | Blair III | Kennedy Frontbench Team |
| 2006 | David Cameron | Cameron | Blair III | Campbell Frontbench Team |
| Oct 2007 | David Cameron | Cameron | Brown | First Cable Frontbench Team |
| Dec 2007 | David Cameron | Cameron | Brown | Clegg Frontbench Team |
| May 2010 | Harriet Harman | Harman I | Cameron I (Cons.–Lib.Dem.) | None |
| Sep 2010 | Ed Miliband | Miliband | Cameron I (Cons.–Lib.Dem.) | None |
| May 2015 | Harriet Harman | Harman II | Cameron II | Robertson Frontbench Team Farron Frontbench Team |
| Sep 2015 | Jeremy Corbyn | Corbyn | Cameron II | Robertson Frontbench Team Farron Frontbench Team |
| 2016 | Jeremy Corbyn | Corbyn | May I | Robertson Frontbench Team Farron Frontbench Team |
| 2017 | Jeremy Corbyn | Corbyn | May II | Blackford Frontbench Team Farron Frontbench Team Second Cable Frontbench Team Swinson Frontbench Team |
| Jul 2019 | Jeremy Corbyn | Corbyn | Johnson I | Blackford Frontbench Team Farron Frontbench Team Second Cable Frontbench Team Swinson Frontbench Team |
| Dec 2019 | Jeremy Corbyn | Corbyn | Johnson II | Blackford Frontbench Team Flynn Frontbench Team Davey Frontbench Team Donaldson Frontbench Team |
| 2020 | Keir Starmer | Starmer | Johnson II | Blackford Frontbench Team Flynn Frontbench Team Davey Frontbench Team Donaldson Frontbench Team |
| Sep 2022 | Keir Starmer | Starmer | Truss | Blackford Frontbench Team Flynn Frontbench Team Davey Frontbench Team Donaldson Frontbench Team |
| Oct 2022 | Keir Starmer | Starmer | Sunak | Blackford Frontbench Team Flynn Frontbench Team Davey Frontbench Team Donaldson Frontbench Team |
| Jul 2024 | Rishi Sunak | Sunak | Starmer | Davey Frontbench Team Flynn Frontbench Team Robinson Frontbench Team |
| Nov 2024 | Kemi Badenoch | Badenoch | Starmer | Davey Frontbench Team Flynn Frontbench Team Robinson Frontbench Team |