SHADOW HOME SECRETARY

In British politics, the 'Shadow Home Secretary' is the person within the shadow cabinet who 'shadows' the Home Secretary; this effectively means scrutinising government policy on home affairs including policing, national security, immigration, the criminal justice system, the prison service, and matters of citizenship. If and when the opposition party is elected to government, the Shadow Home Secretary often becomes the new Home Secretary though this is not always the case.

Name	Term	Party
Kenneth Younger	1955 – 1957	Labour
Patrick Gordon Walker	1957 – 1962	Labour
George Brown	1962 – 1963	Labour
Sir Frank Soskice	1963 – 1964	Labour
Sir Edward Boyle	1964 – 1965	Conservative
Peter Thorneycroft	1965 – 1966	Conservative
Quintin Hogg	1966 – 1970	Conservative
James Callaghan	1970 – 1971	Labour
Shirley Williams	1971 – 1973	Labour
Roy Jenkins	1973 – 1974	Labour
James Prior	1974 – 1974	Conservative
Sir Keith Joseph	1974 – 1975	Conservative
Ian Gilmour	1975 – 1976	Conservative
William Whitelaw	1976 – 1979	Conservative
Merlyn Rees	1979 – 1980	Labour
Roy Hattersley	1980 – 1983	Labour
Gerald Kaufman	1983 – 1987	Labour
Roy Hattersley	1987 – 1992	Labour
Tony Blair	1992 – 1994	Labour
Jack Straw	1994 – 1997	Labour
Michael Howard	1997	Conservative
Brian Mawhinney	1997 – 1998	Conservative
Norman Fowler	1998 – 1999	Conservative
Ann Widdecombe	1999 – 2001	Conservative
Oliver Letwin	2001 – 2003	Conservative
David Davis	2003 –	Conservative