Shadow Secretary of State for Transport | ||||
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Category | Shadow Cabinet position | |||
Inaugural holder | arkbar | |||
Number of Shadow Transport Secretaries since September 2013 | 11 |
The Shadow Transport Secretary, known in full as the Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, is a member of the opposition's shadow cabinet that shadows the Secretary of State for Transport. The Shadow Transport Secretary is responsible for holding them to account and has the ability to ask the Transport Secretary two questions at question times. The current Shadow Transport Secretary is Afcwimbledon2, who was appointed to the position by Saracen's Fez on 16 April 2018.
List of Shadow Transport Secretaries
arkbar was appointed as the first Shadow Transport Secretary for the Labour Party following the first general election. Since shadow cabinet records began in September 2013, there have been 11 Shadow Transport Secretaries.
Shadow Transport Secretary | Alternative Role | Party | Took office | Left office | |
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StatusRed | Labour | September 2013 | March 2014 | ||
Life_peer | Shadow Secretary of State for Utilities and Infrastructure | Conservative | April 2014 | August 2014 | |
TeeEff | Shadow Secretary of State for Utilities and Infrastructure | Conservative | August 2014 | October 2014 | |
Tanqueray91 | Conservative | May 2015 | July 2015 | ||
localblackguy | Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Culture, Media and Sport | Labour | July 2015 | August 2015 | |
Rakas21 | Shadow Secretary of State for Infrastructure | Conservative | October 2015 | April 2016 | |
Whiggy | Labour | ||||
DreamlinerFinder | Shadow Secretary of State for Infrastructure (June 2017 - present) | Conservative | February 2017 | December 2017 | |
Obiejess | Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Trade and Infrastructure | Labour | December 2017 | February 2018 | |
Dafios9128 | Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Welfare and Infrastructure | Labour | February 2018 | April 2018 | |
Afcwimbledon2 | Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and Rural Affairs | Labour | April 2018 | incumbent |