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Second Shadow Cabinet of Harold Wilson
Shadow Cabinet ofUnited Kingdom
1970 –1974
Date formed	19 June 1970
Date dissolved	4 March 1974
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Leader of the Opposition	Harold Wilson
Deputy Leader of the Opposition	Roy Jenkins (1970–72) Edward Short (1972–74)
Member party	Labour Party
Status in legislature	Official Opposition 288 / 630 (46%)
History
Legislature terms	45th UK Parliament
Incoming formation	1970 United Kingdom general election
Outgoing formation	February 1974 United Kingdom general election
Predecessor	First Shadow Cabinet of Edward Heath
Successor	Second Shadow Cabinet of Edward Heath

Harold Wilson of theLabour Party formed hisSecond Shadow Cabinet asLeader ofHer Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition after losing the1970 general election toConservative Edward Heath.

He retained leadership of the Opposition for the length of theHeath ministry from 1970 to 1974. In February 1974, his party narrowly won anelection. Wilson was then forced to form aminority government that lasted only untilanother election in October of that year. Following that election, Wilson formed amajority government.

Shadow Cabinet list

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Harold Wilson,Leader of the Opposition (1970–1974)

Portfolio	Shadow Minister	Term
Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition Leader of the Labour Party	The Rt Hon.Harold Wilson	1970 – 1974
Deputy Leader of the Opposition Deputy Leader of the Labour Party	The Rt Hon.Roy Jenkins	1970 – 1972
	The Rt Hon.Edward Short	1972 – 1974
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer	The Rt Hon.Roy Jenkins	1970 – 1972
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer	The Rt Hon.Denis Healey	1972 – 1974
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons	The Rt Hon.Fred Peart	1970 – 1971
	The Rt Hon.Michael Foot	1971 – 1972
	The Rt Hon.Edward Short	1972 – 1974
Shadow Foreign Secretary	The Rt Hon.Denis Healey	1970 – 1972
Shadow Foreign Secretary	The Rt Hon.James Callaghan	1972 – 1974
Shadow Home Secretary	The Rt Hon.James Callaghan	1970 – 1971
	Shirley Williams	1971 – 1973
	The Rt Hon.Roy Jenkins	1973 – 1974
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence	The Rt Hon.George Thomson	1970 – 1972
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence	The Rt Hon.Fred Peart	1972 – 1974
Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment	The Rt Hon.Anthony Crosland	1970 – 1974
Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry	The Rt Hon.Tony Benn	1970 – 1974
Shadow Secretary of State for Employment	The Rt Hon.Barbara Castle	1970 – 1971
	The Rt Hon.James Callaghan	1971 – 1972
	The Rt Hon.Reg Prentice	1972 – 1974
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Services	Shirley Williams	1970 – 1971
	The Rt Hon.Barbara Castle	1971 – 1972
	John Silkin	1972 – 1974
Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Science	The Rt Hon.Edward Short	1970 – 1972
Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Science	The Rt Hon.Roy Hattersley	1972 – 1974
Shadow Minister of Fuel and Power	Michael Foot	1970 – 1971
	The Rt Hon.Harold Lever	1971 – 1972
	The Rt Hon.Eric Varley	1972 – 1974
Shadow Minister for Europe	The Rt Hon.Harold Lever	1970 – 1971
	Peter Shore	1971 – 1972
	Michael Foot	1972 – 1974
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	The Rt Hon.Merlyn Rees	1972 – 1974
Other frontbenchers
Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	The Rt Hon.Cledwyn Hughes	1970 – 1971
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland	The Rt Hon.William Ross	1970 – 1974
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales	George Thomas	1970 – 1974
Shadow President of the Board of Trade	Roy Mason	1970
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords	The Rt Hon.The Lord ShackletonPC	1970 – 1974
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons	The Rt Hon.Bob Mellish	1970 – 1974
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords	The Rt Hon.Baron Beswick	1970 – 1973
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords	The Rt Hon.Baroness Llewelyn-Davies	1973 – 1974

Initial Shadow Cabinet

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Wilson announced his new Shadow Cabinet on 22 July 1970, following theelection ofRoy Jenkins as Deputy Leader and theShadow Cabinet election.^[1] It featured three members who were not in theformer cabinet, Foot, Williams and Houghton.

James Callaghan replacesBarbara Castle as Shadow Secretary of State for Employment^[2]
Barbara Castle replacesShirley Williams as Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Services
Shirley Williams replacesJames Callaghan as Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department
Michael Foot replacesFred Peart as Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Fred Peart replacesCledwyn Hughes as Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Peter Shore joins the shadow cabinet as Shadow Minister for Europe

April 1972

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Roy Jenkins resigns as Deputy Leader and Shadow Chancellor
George Thomson resigns as Shadow Defence Secretary and is replaced byRoy Hattersley
Harold Lever resigns is replaced as Shadow Minister of Fuel and Power byEric Varley
Denis Healey replacesRoy Jenkins as Shadow Chancellor^[3]^[4]
James Callaghan replacesDenis Healey as Shadow Foreign Secretary
Reg Prentice joins the shadow cabinet, replacingJames Callaghan as Shadow Employment Secretary
Edward Short replacesRoy Jenkins as Deputy Leader of the Opposition

December 1972

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Edward Short becomes Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Roy Hattersley replacesEdward Short as Shadow Education Secretary
Fred Peart replacesRoy Hattersley as Shadow Defence Secretary
Norman Buchan replacesFred Peart as Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Michael Foot replacesPeter Shore as Shadow Europe Minister
Peter Shore becomes Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster^[5]
Harold Lever takes responsibility for shadowing the Trade and Industry affairs dealing with company law, mergers, competition and insurance
Merlyn Rees joins the shadow cabinet with a newly created post:Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Barbara Castle is replaced as Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Services byJohn Silkin

November 1973

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Roy Jenkins returns to the shadow cabinet, replacingShirley Williams as Shadow Home Secretary^[6]
Shirley Williams takes the newly created post of Shadow Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection

References

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Patrick Bell (2004), "Principal Labour Shadow Cabinet ... 1970-74",Labour Party in Opposition 1970–1974, Routledge, p. xvii,ISBN 9780714654560

^John Warden (23 July 1970)."No Surprises in Wilson's Shadow Cabinet".The Glasgow Herald. p. 19. Retrieved16 April 2025.
^Warden, John (17 December 1971)."Wilson Gives Foot Key Market Role".The Glasgow Herald. p. 22. Retrieved18 January 2011.
^John Warden (12 April 1972)."Wilson acts to sten defections".The Glasgow Herald. p. 1. Retrieved17 April 2025.
^Peter Long (13 April 1972)."Wilson patches up front ranks".The Sydney Morning Herald. London. p. 5. Retrieved17 April 2025.
^William Russell (7 December 1972)."Wilson gives Shore key prices post".The Glasgow Herald. p. 16. Retrieved17 April 2025.
^"Prices Job For Mrs Williams".The Glasgow Herald. 23 November 1973. p. 1. Retrieved17 April 2025.

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