The Shadow Minister without Portfolio is a member of the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet. The postholder

shadows A shadow is a dark area where light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object. It occupies all of the three-dimensional volume behind an object with light in front of it. The cross section of a shadow is a two-dimensional silhouette, ...

the

Minister without portfolio A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister who does not head a particular ministry. The sinecure is particularly common in countries ruled by coalition governments and a cabinet w ...

. The position was last held by

Conor McGinn Conor Patrick McGinn (born 31 July 1984) is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for St Helens North since 2015. He was the Labour Party Deputy National Campaign Coordinator from June 2021 and Shadow Minister without Port ...

, Labour MP for St Helens North. He was appointed to the role in December 2021 by Keir Starmer, succeeding Ian Lavery, and served until September 2022.

List of Shadow Ministers without Portfolio

* Incumbent's length of term last updated: .

References

{{UK Parliament Opposition Cabinet Offices, state=collapsed Official Opposition (United Kingdom) 2011 establishments in the United Kingdom 2020 disestablishments in the United Kingdom