Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
 	 	 	 	
Incumbent 	Incumbent 	 	 	
Iñigo de Loyola 	Iñigo de Loyola 	 	 	
since 15th November 2020 	since 15th November 2020 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
Category 	Shadow Cabinet position 	 	 	
Inaugural holder 	Sorani 	 	 	
Number of Shadow Environment Secretaries since September 2013 	15 	 	 	
The Shadow Environment Secretary, known in full as the Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, is a member of the opposition's shadow cabinet that shadows the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The Shadow Environment Secretary is responsible for holding them to account and has the ability to ask the Environment Secretary two questions at question times. The current Shadow Environment Secretary is Iñigo de Loyola, who was appointed on 15th November 2020.
==List of Shadow Environment Secretaries==
Sorani was appointed as the first Shadow Environment Secretary for the Labour Party following the first general election. Since shadow cabinet records began in September 2013, there have been 15 Shadow Environment Secretaries.
Shadow Environment Secretary	Alternative Role 	Party	Party 	Took office 	Left office
nikkoch 	Shadow Secretary of State for Energy, Environment, Food, Rural Affairs and Climate Change 	 	Green 	September 2013	March 2014
tehFrance 	 	 	Conservative	May 2015 	July 2015
RotatingPhasor 	Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Energy, Food and Rural Affairs 	 	Labour 	July 2015 	August 2015
tengentoppa 	Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	 	Conservative	October 2015 	April 2016
cranbrook_aspie 	Shadow Secretary of State for Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources 	 	Labour 	April 2016 	May 2016
KomradeKorbyn 	Shadow Secretary of State for Agriculture and Natural Resources 	 	Labour 	May 2016 	June 2016
SoggyCabbages 	Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources 	 	Labour 	June 2016 	October 2016
Tanqueray91 	Shadow Secretary of State for the Health Department, Food and Rural Affairs 	 	Conservative	November 2016 	December 2017
Saracen's Fez 	Shadow Secretary of State for Communities, Agriculture and the Environment 	 	Labour 	December 2017 	April 2018
Afcwimbledon2 	Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and Rural Affairs 	 	Labour 	April 2018 	November 2018
JMR2018 	Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Energy, Communications and Rural Affairs 	 	Labour 	November 2018 	July 2019
abucha3 	 	 	Conservative	July 2019 	May 2020
LPK 	Shadow Secretary of State for Environmental Affairs 	 	Labour 	May 2020 	July 2020
Cabin19 	 	 	Labour 	July 2020 	November 2020
Iñigo de Loyola 	 	 	Conservative	November 2020 	Incumbent
Category:Shadow Cabinet