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Unlike in the Parliament at
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where there is an
Official Opposition Parliamentary opposition is a form of political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster-based parliamentary system. This article uses the term ''government'' as it is used in Parliamentary systems, i.e. meaning ''th ...
to the government of the day, all parties in the
Scottish Parliament The Scottish Parliament ( gd, Pàrlamaid na h-Alba ; sco, Scots Pairlament) is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Scotland. Located in the Holyrood area of the capital city, Edinburgh, it is frequently referred to by the metonym Holyro ...
that are not in government are all technically on the same footing as 'opposition parties'. With the
Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party (SNP; sco, Scots National Pairty, gd, Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba ) is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic political party in Scotland. The SNP supports and campaigns for Scottish independence from ...
(SNP) currently in government, the
Scottish Conservatives The Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party ( gd, Pàrtaidh Tòraidheach na h-Alba, sco, Scots Tory an Unionist Pairty), often known simply as the Scottish Conservatives and colloquially as the Scottish Tories, is a centre-right political par ...
and
Scottish Labour Scottish Labour ( gd, Pàrtaidh Làbarach na h-Alba, sco, Scots Labour Pairty; officially the Scottish Labour Party) is a social democratic political party in Scotland. It is an autonomous section of the UK Labour Party. From their peak of ...
each have a Shadow Cabinet composed of
Members of the Scottish Parliament Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP; gd, Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, BPA; sco, Memmer o the Scots Pairliament, MSP) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament. Electoral system The add ...
(MSPs) and prospective parliamentary candidates. Shadow Cabinet ministers have a responsibility to shadow an individual government minister or a specific area of government. Other parties have frontbench teams with spokespersons covering multiple areas of government or which are composed of spokespersons from both within and outwith the Scottish Parliament.


Conservative Shadow Cabinets


Current Shadow Cabinet


Previous Shadow Cabinets


Labour Shadow Cabinets


Current Shadow Cabinet


Previous Shadow Cabinets


Scottish Greens Shadow Cabinet


Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet


See also

*
Leader of the Opposition (Scotland) In the Scottish Parliament, the Leader of the Opposition (more formally, the Leader of the Opposition in the Scottish Parliament) is an unofficial title held by the leader of the largest political party in the Scottish Parliament that is not ...
, for the informal role


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* {{cite news, url=http://www.parliament.scot/ResearchBriefingsAndFactsheets/Party_Spokespersons_S5.pdf, title=Scottish Parliament Fact sheet: Party Spokespersons, date=31 May 2016, access-date=23 June 2016, archive-date=16 August 2016, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816165826/http://www.parliament.scot/ResearchBriefingsAndFactsheets/Party_Spokespersons_S5.pdf, url-status=dead * Conservative Shadow Cabinet

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