Badenoch Shadow Cabinet
Shadow cabinet of theUnited Kingdom
2 November 2024 –
Badenoch with members of her shadow cabinet during a session ofPrime Minister's Questions in November 2024
Date formed	2 November 2024
People and organisations
Monarch	Charles III
Leader of the Opposition	Kemi Badenoch
Member party	Conservative
Status in legislature	Official Opposition
History
Legislature terms	2024–present
Incoming formation	2024 Conservative leadership election
Predecessor	Sunak shadow cabinet

Kemi Badenoch has served as theLeader of the Opposition asLeader of the Conservative Party since 2 November 2024, following her victory in the2024 Conservative Leadership election.^[1] The election was triggered byRishi Sunak's resignation as party leader following the2024 general election, which theLabour Party underKeir Starmer won.^[2]

Badenoch hinted in a speech after her election victory thatRobert Jenrick, her opponent in the election, might be offered a senior job, telling him "you have a key role in our party for years to come".^[3] Subsequently, two days later, Jenrick was appointed bothShadow Lord Chancellor andShadow Secretary of State for Justice.^[4] The first appointment, made a day after the leadership election result was announced, sawDame Rebecca Harris installed asChief Whip.^[5][6]

Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of the United Kingdom

Portfolio	Shadow Minister			Constituency	Term
Shadow cabinet ministers
Leader of the Opposition Leader of the Conservative Party			The Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP	North West Essex	November 2024 – present
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer			The Rt Hon Sir Mel Stride MP	Central Devon	November 2024 – present
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs			The Rt Hon Dame Priti Patel DBE MP	Witham	November 2024 – present
Shadow Home Secretary			The Rt Hon Chris Philp MP	Croydon South	November 2024 – present
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence			James Cartlidge MP	South Suffolk	July 2024 – present
Shadow Lord Chancellor Shadow Secretary of State for Justice			Nick Timothy CBE MP	West Suffolk	January 2026 – present
Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology			Julia Lopez MP	Hornchurch and Upminster	July 2025 – present[7]
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care			The Rt Hon Stuart Andrew MP	Daventry	July 2025 – present[7]
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government			The Rt Hon Sir James Cleverly TD VR MP	Braintree	July 2025 – present[7]
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs			The Rt Hon Victoria Atkins MP	Louth and Horncastle	November 2024 – present
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons			The Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP	Hereford and South Herefordshire	November 2024 – present
Shadow Leader of the House of Lords			The Rt Hon The Lord True CBE PC	Member of the House of Lords	July 2024 – present
Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade			Andrew Griffith MP	Arundel and South Downs	November 2024 – present
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero			The Rt Hon Claire Coutinho MP	East Surrey	July 2024 – present
Shadow Minister for Equalities					November 2024 – present
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions			Helen Whately MP	Faversham and Mid Kent	November 2024 – present
Shadow Secretary of State for Education			The Rt Hon Laura Trott MBE MP	Sevenoaks	November 2024 – present
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport[a]			The Rt Hon Richard Holden MP	Basildon and Billericay	July 2025 – present[7]
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport			Nigel Huddleston MP	Droitwich and Evesham	July 2025 – present[7]
Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster			Alex Burghart MP	Brentwood and Ongar	November 2024 – present
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland					July 2024 – present
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland			Andrew Bowie MP	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	November 2024 – present
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales			Mims Davies MP	East Grinstead and Uckfield	November 2024 – present
Shadow Minister for Women					July 2024 – present
Chairman of the Conservative Party			Kevin Hollinrake MP	Thirsk and Malton	July 2025 – present[7]
Also attending shadow cabinet meetings
Opposition Chief Whip of the House of Commons			Dame Rebecca Harris DBE MP	Castle Point	November 2024 – present
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury			Richard Fuller CBE MP	North Bedfordshire	November 2024 – present
Shadow Attorney General			The Rt Hon The Lord Wolfson of Tredegar KC	Member of the House of Lords	November 2024  – present
Shadow Minister for Policy Renewal and Development			Neil O'Brien OBE MP	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston	July 2025 – present[7]

Changes from Sunak'sshadow cabinet to Badenoch's Shadow Cabinet.

• Jeremy Hunt (Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer) returned to the backbenches and was succeeded byMel Stride.^[8]
• James Cleverly (Shadow Home Secretary) returned to the backbenches and was succeeded byChris Philp.^[9]
• Rishi Sunak (formerPrime Minister,Leader of the Opposition andLeader of the Conservative Party) returned to the backbenches.^[9]
• Steve Barclay (Shadow Environment Secretary) returned to the backbenches and was succeeded byVictoria Atkins.^[9]
• SirOliver Dowden (formerDeputy Prime Minister andDeputy Leader of the Opposition/Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster) returned to the backbenches and was succeeded byAlex Burghart.^[10]
• Stuart Andrew (Opposition Chief Whip of the House of Commons) was succeeded byDame Rebecca Harris.^[11]
• Damian Hinds (Shadow Education Secretary) was succeeded byLaura Trott.
• Andrew Mitchell (Shadow Foreign Secretary) was succeeded byDame Priti Patel.
• Ed Argar (Shadow Secretary of State for Justice) was succeeded byRobert Jenrick.
• Byron Davies, Baron Davies of Gower (Shadow Secretary of State for Wales) became a junior Shadow Minister in the Home Office and was succeeded byMims Davies.

• Ed Argar (Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care) returned to the backbenches and was succeeded byStuart Andrew.^[7]
• Stuart Andrew was succeeded asShadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport byNigel Huddleston.^[7]
• Nigel Huddleston was succeeded asChairman of the Conservative Party byKevin Hollinrake.^[7]
• Kevin Hollinrake was succeeded asShadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government by SirJames Cleverly.^[7]
• Alan Mak (Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology) returned to the backbenches and was succeeded byJulia Lopez.^[7]
• Gareth Bacon (Shadow Secretary of State for Transport) was succeeded byRichard Holden.^[7]
• Neil O'Brien was promoted to the Shadow Cabinet in the new role ofShadow Minister for Policy Renewal and Development.^[7]

• Robert Jenrick (Shadow Lord Chancellor) was dismissed from the Shadow Cabinet and was suspended from the Conservative Party, after plotting to defect toReform UK.^[12] He was succeeded byNick Timothy (formerDowning Street co-chief of Staff).^[13]

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