Shadow Secretary of State for Defence

Shadow Secretary of State for Defence 	Shadow Secretary of State for Defence	Shadow Secretary of State for Defence	Shadow Secretary of State for Defence	Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
 	 	 	 	
Incumbent 	Incumbent 	 	 	
Napp 	Napp 	 	 	
since 15th November 2020 	since 15th November 2020 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
Category 	Shadow Cabinet position 	 	 	
Inaugural holder 	martyn williams 	 	 	
Number of Shadow Defence Secretaries since September 2013	21 	 	 	
The Shadow Defence Secretary, known in full as the Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, is a member of the opposition's shadow cabinet that shadows the Secretary of State for Defence. The Shadow Defence Secretary is responsible for holding them to account and has the ability to ask the Defence Secretary two questions at question times. The current Shadow Defence Secretary is Napp, who was appointed on 15th November 2020.
==List of Shadow Defence Secretaries==
martyn williams was appointed as the first Shadow Defence Secretary for the Labour Party following the first general election. Since shadow cabinet records began in September 2013, there have been 21 Shadow Defence Secretaries.
Shadow Defence Secretary	Alternative Role 	Party	Party 	Took office 	Left office
RoryS 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and EU Affairs, International Trade and Defence	 	Labour 	September 2013	March 2014
bun 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Defence 	 	Conservative	April 2014 	August 2014
Cryptographic 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Defence 	 	Conservative	August 2014 	October 2014
tehFrance 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Defence 	 	Conservative	November 2014 	April 2015
Jammy Duel 	 	 	Conservative	May 2015 	July 2015
StatusRed 	 	 	Labour 	July 2015 	August 2015
Jammy Duel 	 	 	Conservative	October 2015 	April 2016
DanE1998 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Defence and International Development 	 	Labour 	April 2016 	May 2016
RayApparently 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Defence and International Development 	 	Labour 	May 2016 	June 2016
DanE1998 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Defence and International Development 	 	Labour 	June 2016 	August 2016
Wellzi 	Shadow Secretary of State for Defence and International Development 	 	Labour 	August 2016 	October 2016
Life_peer 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Defence Department	 	Conservative	November 2016 	February 2017
jape 	 	 	Conservative	February 2017 	June 2017
Wilhuff Tarkin 	Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Defence 	 	Conservative	June 2017 	December 2017
Dafios9128 	Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department, Justice and Defence 	 	Labour 	December 2017 	February 2018
cranbrook_aspie 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Defence and International Development 	 	Labour 	February 2018 	March 2018
RedLuxemburg 	 	 	Labour 	March 2018 	November 2018
SoggyCabbages 	 	 	Labour 	December 2018 	July 2019
Life_peer 	 	 	Conservative	July 2019 	May 2020
cranbrook_aspie 	 	 	Labour 	May 2020 	July 2020
FRS500 	 	 	Labour 	July 2020 	November 2020
Napp 	 	 	Conservative	November 2020 	Incumbent
Category:Shadow Cabinet