Shadow Secretary of State for Justice

Shadow Secretary of State for Justice 	Shadow Secretary of State for Justice	Shadow Secretary of State for Justice	Shadow Secretary of State for Justice	Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
 	 	 	 	
Incumbent 	Incumbent 	 	 	
Iñigo de Loyola 	Iñigo de Loyola 	 	 	
since 7th December 2020 	since 7th December 2020 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
Category 	Shadow Cabinet position 	 	 	
Inaugural holder 	arkbar 	 	 	
Number of Shadow Justice Secretaries since September 2013	15 	 	 	
The Shadow Justice Secretary, known in full as the Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, is a member of the opposition's shadow cabinet that shadows the Secretary of State for Justice. The Shadow Justice Secretary is responsible for holding them to account and has the ability to ask the Justice Secretary two questions at question times. The current Shadow Justice Secretary is Iñigo de Loyola, who was appointed on 7th December 2020.
== List of Shadow Justice Secretaries ==
arkbar was appointed as the first Shadow Justice Secretary for the Labour Party following the first general election. Since shadow cabinet records began in September 2013, there have been 15 Shadow Justice Secretaries.
Shadow Justice Secretary	Alternative Role 	Party	Party 	Took office 	Left office
Endless Blue 	 	 	Labour 	September 2013	March 2014
Rakas21 	Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department and Justice 	 	Conservative	April 2014 	October 2014
thehistorybore 	 	 	Conservative	May 2015 	July 2015
United1892 	 	 	Labour 	July 2015 	August 2015
thehistorybore 	 	 	Conservative	October 2015 	April 2016
EricAteYou 	Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and the Home Department 	 	Labour 	April 2016 	June 2016
Vitiate 	Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Defence (June–December 2017)	 	Conservative	November 2016 	December 2017
Dafios9128 	Secretary of State for the Home Department, Justice and Defence 	 	Labour 	December 2017 	February 2018
Obiejess 	Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, Trade and Europe 	 	Labour 	February 2018 	May 2018
The Legal Eagle 	 	 	Labour 	May 2018 	November 2018
viljo 	 	 	Labour 	November 2018 	December 2018
Joep95 	 	 	Labour 	December 2018 	July 2019
Ns_2 	 	 	Conservative	July 2019 	May 2020
Bailey14 	 	 	Labour 	May 2020 	November 2020
El Salvador 	 	 	Conservative	November 2020 	December 2020
Iñigo de Loyola 	 	 	Conservative	December 2020 	incumbent
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