The second Shadow Cabinet of Bill English formed the

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in the

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from 2 November 2017 until 11 March 2018, during

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's second term as

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. The Shadow Cabinet was formed after the

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, when a new Government was formed by the

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. As the largest party not in government, the

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became the official opposition. National Party leader

assigned spokesperson roles to his MPs in order to scrutinise the policies and actions of the government, as well to offer an alternative program. As many National MPs were Ministers in the previous National-led Government, many of them were named Spokespersons for areas in which they had previously had ministerial responsibility. Most other MPs picked up minor portfolios, although new MPs were not assigned any particular responsibilities. In early 2018, English resigned from the leadership and was replaced as National Party leader by

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on 27 February 2018. Other than Bridges' succession to the leadership, no changes to portfolio responsibilities were named until 11 March 2018, when Bridges announced his own Shadow Cabinet.

List of spokespersons

The Opposition portfolio spokespersons were as follows: The ten MPs who entered Parliament at the

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, and

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) were not ranked or given portfolio allocations.

References

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