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class="infobox-full-data"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9; line-height:1.4em;"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Laura_Trott_Official_Cabinet_Portrait,_November_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Laura Trott" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Laura_Trott_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_November_2023.jpg/220px-Laura_Trott_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_November_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="314" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Laura_Trott_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_November_2023.jpg/330px-Laura_Trott_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_November_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Laura_Trott_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_November_2023.jpg/440px-Laura_Trott_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_November_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4750" data-file-height="6775" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/Laura_Trott_(politician)" title="Laura Trott (politician)">Laura Trott</a><br /></div>since 4 November 2024</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(United_Kingdom)" title="Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)">Leader of the Opposition</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Inaugural holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roy_Hattersley" title="Roy Hattersley">Roy Hattersley</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://members.parliament.uk/Opposition/Cabinet">His Majesty's Official Opposition: The Shadow Cabinet</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>shadow secretary of state for education</b>, also called the <b>shadow education secretary</b>, is an office in the <a href="/wiki/Official_Opposition_Shadow_Cabinet_(United_Kingdom)" title="Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)">Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet</a> responsible for <a href="/wiki/Official_Opposition_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Official Opposition (United Kingdom)">Opposition</a> policy on education and for holding the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Education" title="Secretary of State for Education">secretary of state for education</a>, junior education ministers, and the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Education_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department for Education (United Kingdom)">Department for Education</a> to account. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_shadow_secretaries_of_state">List of shadow secretaries of state</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Education&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: List of shadow secretaries of state"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="7"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shadow_Secretaries_of_State_for_Education_and_Science">Shadow Secretaries of State for Education and Science</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Education&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Shadow Secretaries of State for Education and Science"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Shadow Secretary </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Political party </th> <th>Shadow Cabinet </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Roy_Hattersley" title="Roy Hattersley">Roy Hattersley</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Roy_Hattersley_2012_cropped_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Roy_Hattersley_2012_cropped_2.jpg/60px-Roy_Hattersley_2012_cropped_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Roy_Hattersley_2012_cropped_2.jpg/90px-Roy_Hattersley_2012_cropped_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Roy_Hattersley_2012_cropped_2.jpg/120px-Roy_Hattersley_2012_cropped_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="844" data-file-height="1119" /></a></span> </td> <td>4 May 1973 </td> <td>5 March 1974 </td> <td>Labour </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Shadow_Cabinet_of_Harold_Wilson" title="Second Shadow Cabinet of Harold Wilson">Wilson II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Norman_St_John-Stevas,_Baron_St_John_of_Fawsley" class="mw-redirect" title="Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley">Norman St John-Stevas</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>28 February 1974 </td> <td>6 November 1978 </td> <td rowspan="2">Conservative </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Margaret_Thatcher" title="Shadow Cabinet of Margaret Thatcher">Thatcher</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Carlisle" title="Mark Carlisle">Mark Carlisle</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>6 November 1978 </td> <td>4 May 1979 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Oakes" title="Gordon Oakes">Gordon Oakes</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td> <td>4 May 1979 </td> <td>14 July 1979 </td> <td rowspan="5">Labour </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_James_Callaghan" title="Shadow Cabinet of James Callaghan">Callaghan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B; border-bottom:solid 1px #E4003B" height="30"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Neil_Kinnock" title="Neil Kinnock">Neil Kinnock</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Start_campagne_voor_Europese_verkiezingen_van_PvdA_(Rotterdam)_Neal_Kinnoch_,_k,_Bestanddeelnr_932-9811.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Start_campagne_voor_Europese_verkiezingen_van_PvdA_%28Rotterdam%29_Neal_Kinnoch_%2C_k%2C_Bestanddeelnr_932-9811.jpg/60px-Start_campagne_voor_Europese_verkiezingen_van_PvdA_%28Rotterdam%29_Neal_Kinnoch_%2C_k%2C_Bestanddeelnr_932-9811.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Start_campagne_voor_Europese_verkiezingen_van_PvdA_%28Rotterdam%29_Neal_Kinnoch_%2C_k%2C_Bestanddeelnr_932-9811.jpg/90px-Start_campagne_voor_Europese_verkiezingen_van_PvdA_%28Rotterdam%29_Neal_Kinnoch_%2C_k%2C_Bestanddeelnr_932-9811.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Start_campagne_voor_Europese_verkiezingen_van_PvdA_%28Rotterdam%29_Neal_Kinnoch_%2C_k%2C_Bestanddeelnr_932-9811.jpg/120px-Start_campagne_voor_Europese_verkiezingen_van_PvdA_%28Rotterdam%29_Neal_Kinnoch_%2C_k%2C_Bestanddeelnr_932-9811.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2455" data-file-height="3688" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">14 July 1979 </td> <td rowspan="2">2 October 1983 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Michael_Foot" title="Shadow Cabinet of Michael Foot">Foot</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Giles_Radice,_Baron_Radice" class="mw-redirect" title="Giles Radice, Baron Radice">Giles Radice</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_Radice_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Radice_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Radice_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Radice_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Radice_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Radice_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Radice_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span> </td> <td>2 October 1983 </td> <td>13 July 1987 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Neil_Kinnock" title="Shadow Cabinet of Neil Kinnock">Kinnock</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Straw" title="Jack Straw">Jack Straw</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jack_Straw_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Jack_Straw_2.jpg/60px-Jack_Straw_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Jack_Straw_2.jpg/90px-Jack_Straw_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Jack_Straw_2.jpg/120px-Jack_Straw_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="2400" /></a></span> </td> <td>13 July 1987 </td> <td>18 July 1992 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shadow_Secretaries_of_State_for_Education">Shadow Secretaries of State for Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Education&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Shadow Secretaries of State for Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Shadow Secretary </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Political party </th> <th>Shadow Cabinet </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ann_Taylor,_Baroness_Taylor_of_Bolton" title="Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton">Ann Taylor</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Taylor_of_Bolton_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Taylor_of_Bolton_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Taylor_of_Bolton_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Taylor_of_Bolton_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Taylor_of_Bolton_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Taylor_of_Bolton_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Taylor_of_Bolton_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">18 July 1992 </td> <td rowspan="2">20 October 1994 </td> <td rowspan="3">Labour </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_John_Smith" title="Shadow Cabinet of John Smith">Smith</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Margaret_Beckett" title="Shadow Cabinet of Margaret Beckett">Beckett</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Blunkett" title="David Blunkett">David Blunkett</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span> </td> <td>20 October 1994 </td> <td>19 October 1995 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Tony_Blair" title="Shadow Cabinet of Tony Blair">Blair</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shadow_Secretaries_of_State_for_Education_and_Employment">Shadow Secretaries of State for Education and Employment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Education&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Shadow Secretaries of State for Education and Employment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Shadow Secretary </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Political Party </th> <th>Shadow Cabinet </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Blunkett" title="David Blunkett">David Blunkett</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span> </td> <td>19 October 1995 </td> <td>2 May 1997 </td> <td>Labour </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Tony_Blair" title="Shadow Cabinet of Tony Blair">Blair</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Gillian_Shephard" title="Gillian Shephard">Gillian Shephard</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Shephard_of_Northwold_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Shephard_of_Northwold_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Shephard_of_Northwold_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Shephard_of_Northwold_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Shephard_of_Northwold_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Shephard_of_Northwold_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Shephard_of_Northwold_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span> </td> <td>2 May 1997 </td> <td>11 June 1997 </td> <td rowspan="4">Conservative </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_John_Major" title="Shadow Cabinet of John Major">Major</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Dorrell" title="Stephen Dorrell">Stephen Dorrell</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stephen_dorrell_mp_-nhs_confederation_annual_conferencepercent2c_manchester-11july2011_-_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Stephen_dorrell_mp_-nhs_confederation_annual_conferencepercent2c_manchester-11july2011_-_crop.jpg/60px-Stephen_dorrell_mp_-nhs_confederation_annual_conferencepercent2c_manchester-11july2011_-_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Stephen_dorrell_mp_-nhs_confederation_annual_conferencepercent2c_manchester-11july2011_-_crop.jpg/90px-Stephen_dorrell_mp_-nhs_confederation_annual_conferencepercent2c_manchester-11july2011_-_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Stephen_dorrell_mp_-nhs_confederation_annual_conferencepercent2c_manchester-11july2011_-_crop.jpg/120px-Stephen_dorrell_mp_-nhs_confederation_annual_conferencepercent2c_manchester-11july2011_-_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="592" data-file-height="632" /></a></span> </td> <td>11 June 1997 </td> <td>15 June 1998 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_William_Hague" title="Shadow Cabinet of William Hague">Hague</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Willetts" title="David Willetts">David Willetts</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_Willetts_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Willetts_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Willetts_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Willetts_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Willetts_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Willetts_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Willetts_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td>1 June 1998 </td> <td>15 June 1999 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Theresa_May_-_Home_Secretary_and_minister_for_women_and_equality.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Theresa_May_-_Home_Secretary_and_minister_for_women_and_equality.jpg/60px-Theresa_May_-_Home_Secretary_and_minister_for_women_and_equality.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Theresa_May_-_Home_Secretary_and_minister_for_women_and_equality.jpg/90px-Theresa_May_-_Home_Secretary_and_minister_for_women_and_equality.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Theresa_May_-_Home_Secretary_and_minister_for_women_and_equality.jpg/120px-Theresa_May_-_Home_Secretary_and_minister_for_women_and_equality.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3560" data-file-height="5080" /></a></span> </td> <td>15 June 1999 </td> <td>18 September 2001 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Education_and_Skills">Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Skills</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Education&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Skills"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Shadow Secretary </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Political party </th> <th>Shadow Cabinet </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Damian_Green" title="Damian Green">Damian Green</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Damian_Green_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Damian_Green_MP_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Damian_Green_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Damian_Green_MP_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Damian_Green_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/From_left_to_right_Oliver_Morton%2C_David_Odling_and_Tim_Yeo_MP.jpg/90px-From_left_to_right_Oliver_Morton%2C_David_Odling_and_Tim_Yeo_MP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/From_left_to_right_Oliver_Morton%2C_David_Odling_and_Tim_Yeo_MP.jpg/120px-From_left_to_right_Oliver_Morton%2C_David_Odling_and_Tim_Yeo_MP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="418" /></a></span> </td> <td>11 November 2003 </td> <td>14 July 2004 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Michael_Howard" title="Shadow Cabinet of Michael Howard">Howard</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tim_Collins_(politician)" title="Tim Collins (politician)">Tim Collins</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td> <td>14 July 2004 </td> <td>5 May 2005 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Cameron_official.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/David_Cameron_official.jpg/60px-David_Cameron_official.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/David_Cameron_official.jpg/90px-David_Cameron_official.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/David_Cameron_official.jpg/120px-David_Cameron_official.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span> </td> <td>10 May 2005 </td> <td>6 December 2005 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Willetts" title="David Willetts">David Willetts</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_Willetts_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Willetts_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Willetts_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Willetts_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Willetts_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Willetts_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Willetts_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td>8 December 2005 </td> <td>3 July 2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_David_Cameron" title="Shadow Cabinet of David Cameron">Cameron</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Children,_Schools_and_Families"><span id="Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Children.2C_Schools_and_Families"></span>Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Education&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Shadow Secretary </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Political party </th> <th>Shadow Cabinet </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Michael_Gove_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Michael_Gove_MP_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Michael_Gove_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Michael_Gove_MP_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Michael_Gove_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Michael_Gove_MP_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Michael_Gove_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td>3 July 2007 </td> <td>6 May 2010 </td> <td>Conservative </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_David_Cameron" title="Shadow Cabinet of David Cameron">Cameron</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shadow_Secretaries_of_State_for_Education_2">Shadow Secretaries of State for Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Education&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Shadow Secretaries of State for Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Shadow Secretary </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Political party </th> <th>Shadow Cabinet </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Ed_Balls" title="Ed Balls">Ed Balls</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ed_Balls_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Ed_Balls_2.jpg/60px-Ed_Balls_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Ed_Balls_2.jpg/90px-Ed_Balls_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Ed_Balls_2.jpg/120px-Ed_Balls_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2208" data-file-height="2944" /></a></span> </td> <td>12 May 2010 </td> <td>8 October 2010 </td> <td rowspan="11">Labour </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Shadow_Cabinet_of_Harriet_Harman" title="First Shadow Cabinet of Harriet Harman">Harman I</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Andy_Burnham" title="Andy Burnham">Andy Burnham</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Andy_Burnham2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Andy_Burnham2.jpg/60px-Andy_Burnham2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Andy_Burnham2.jpg/90px-Andy_Burnham2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Andy_Burnham2.jpg/120px-Andy_Burnham2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1446" data-file-height="2160" /></a></span> </td> <td>8 October 2010 </td> <td>7 October 2011 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Ed_Miliband" title="Shadow Cabinet of Ed Miliband">Miliband</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Twigg" title="Stephen Twigg">Stephen Twigg</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Stephen_Twigg_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Official_portrait_of_Stephen_Twigg_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Stephen_Twigg_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Official_portrait_of_Stephen_Twigg_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Stephen_Twigg_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Official_portrait_of_Stephen_Twigg_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Stephen_Twigg_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span> </td> <td>7 October 2011 </td> <td>7 October 2013 </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tristram_Hunt" title="Tristram Hunt">Tristram Hunt</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tristram_Cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Tristram_Cropped.jpg/60px-Tristram_Cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Tristram_Cropped.jpg/90px-Tristram_Cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Tristram_Cropped.jpg/120px-Tristram_Cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="296" data-file-height="580" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">7 October 2013 </td> <td rowspan="2">14 September 2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Shadow_Cabinet_of_Harriet_Harman" title="Second Shadow Cabinet of Harriet Harman">Harman II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Lucy_Powell" title="Lucy Powell">Lucy Powell</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Lucy_Powell_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Official_portrait_of_Lucy_Powell_MP_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Lucy_Powell_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Official_portrait_of_Lucy_Powell_MP_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Lucy_Powell_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Official_portrait_of_Lucy_Powell_MP_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Lucy_Powell_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td>14 September 2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/June_2016_British_shadow_cabinet_resignations" class="mw-redirect" title="June 2016 British shadow cabinet resignations">26 June 2016</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn">Corbyn</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Pat_Glass" title="Pat Glass">Pat Glass</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pat_Glass.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Pat_Glass.jpg/60px-Pat_Glass.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Pat_Glass.jpg/90px-Pat_Glass.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Pat_Glass.jpg/120px-Pat_Glass.jpg 2x" data-file-width="732" data-file-height="932" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/June_2016_British_shadow_cabinet_resignations" class="mw-redirect" title="June 2016 British shadow cabinet resignations">27 June 2016</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/June_2016_British_shadow_cabinet_resignations" class="mw-redirect" title="June 2016 British shadow cabinet resignations">29 June 2016</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Angela_Rayner" title="Angela Rayner">Angela Rayner</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Angela_Rayner_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Official_portrait_of_Angela_Rayner_MP_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Angela_Rayner_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Official_portrait_of_Angela_Rayner_MP_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Angela_Rayner_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Official_portrait_of_Angela_Rayner_MP_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Angela_Rayner_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td>1 July 2016 </td> <td>5 April 2020 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Long-Bailey" title="Rebecca Long-Bailey">Rebecca Long-Bailey</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rebecca_Long_Bailey_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Official_portrait_of_Rebecca_Long_Bailey_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Rebecca_Long_Bailey_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Official_portrait_of_Rebecca_Long_Bailey_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Rebecca_Long_Bailey_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Official_portrait_of_Rebecca_Long_Bailey_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Rebecca_Long_Bailey_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span> </td> <td>6 April 2020 </td> <td>25 June 2020 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Keir_Starmer" title="Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer">Starmer</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kate_Green" title="Kate Green">Kate Green</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Kate_Green_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Official_portrait_of_Kate_Green_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Kate_Green_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Official_portrait_of_Kate_Green_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Kate_Green_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Official_portrait_of_Kate_Green_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Kate_Green_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span> </td> <td>27 June 2020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/November_2021_British_shadow_cabinet_reshuffle" title="November 2021 British shadow cabinet reshuffle">29 November 2021</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bridget_Phillipson" title="Bridget Phillipson">Bridget Phillipson</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Bridget_Phillipson_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Official_portrait_of_Bridget_Phillipson_MP_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Bridget_Phillipson_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Official_portrait_of_Bridget_Phillipson_MP_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Bridget_Phillipson_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Official_portrait_of_Bridget_Phillipson_MP_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Bridget_Phillipson_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/November_2021_British_shadow_cabinet_reshuffle" title="November 2021 British shadow cabinet reshuffle">29 November 2021</a> </td> <td>5 July 2024 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Damian_Hinds" title="Damian Hinds">Damian Hinds</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Damian_Hinds_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Official_portrait_of_Damian_Hinds_MP_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Damian_Hinds_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Official_portrait_of_Damian_Hinds_MP_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Damian_Hinds_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Official_portrait_of_Damian_Hinds_MP_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Damian_Hinds_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td>8 July 2024 </td> <td>4 November 2024 </td> <td rowspan="2">Conservative </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Rishi_Sunak" title="Shadow Cabinet of Rishi Sunak">Sunak</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Laura_Trott_(politician)" title="Laura Trott (politician)">Laura Trott</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Laura_Trott_Official_Cabinet_Portrait,_November_2023_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Laura_Trott_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_November_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/62px-Laura_Trott_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_November_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="62" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Laura_Trott_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_November_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/94px-Laura_Trott_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_November_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Laura_Trott_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_November_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/124px-Laura_Trott_Official_Cabinet_Portrait%2C_November_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3688" data-file-height="4918" /></a></span> </td> <td>4 November 2024 </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Kemi_Badenoch" title="Shadow Cabinet of Kemi Badenoch">Badenoch</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Education&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Official_Opposition_frontbench" title="Official Opposition frontbench">Official Opposition frontbench</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Education&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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