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shadow secretary of state for northern ireland wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 shadow secretaries of state 2 see also toggle see also subsection 2 1 notes 3 references 4 external links toggle the table of contents shadow secretary of state for northern ireland 3 languages français italiano polski edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia member of the british shadow cabinet shadow secretary of state for northern ireland incumbent alex burghart since 8 july 2024 appointer leader of the opposition inaugural holder merlyn rees formation 24 march 1972 website the shadow cabinet this article relies on a single source please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed find sources shadow secretary of state for northern ireland news newspapers books scholar jstor august 2026 learn how and when to remove this message the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s general notability guideline please help demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention if notability cannot be shown the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted find sources shadow secretary of state for northern ireland news newspapers books scholar jstor august 2026 learn how and when to remove this message the shadow secretary of state for northern ireland is a member of the british shadow cabinet responsible for the scrutiny of the secretary of state for northern ireland and their department the northern ireland office the post is held by alex burghart until recently there had been a bi partisan attitude to northern ireland affairs in the house of commons but the role is influenced by the relationship between the main official opposition and parties in the country the conservative party for example generally supports the unionist cause and in 2008 re formalised a since ended link with the ulster unionist party and relied on the support of the democratic unionist party until the 2019 united kingdom general election in the house of commons while labour has traditionally supported irish nationalism and is loosely allied to the social democratic and labour party sdlp the liberal democrats are linked with the cross community alliance party shadow secretaries of state edit name entered office left office length of term political party shadow cabinet merlyn rees 24 march 1972 4 march 1974 1 year 345 days labour harold wilson francis pym 4 march 1974 29 october 1974 239 days conservative edward heath ian gilmour 29 october 1974 18 february 1975 112 days airey neave 18 february 1975 30 march 1979 4 years 40 days edward heath margaret thatcher roy mason 4 may 1979 14 july 1979 71 days labour james callaghan brynmor john 14 july 1979 8 december 1980 1 year 147 days don concannon 8 december 1980 31 october 1983 2 years 327 days michael foot peter archer 31 october 1983 13 july 1987 3 years 255 days neil kinnock kevin mcnamara 13 july 1987 20 october 1994 7 years 99 days john smith margaret beckett mo mowlam 20 october 1994 2 may 1997 2 years 194 days tony blair andrew mackay 23 june 1997 14 september 2001 4 years 83 days conservative william hague quentin davies 14 september 2001 11 november 2003 2 years 58 days iain duncan smith david lidington 11 november 2003 2 july 2007 3 years 233 days michael howard david cameron owen paterson 2 july 2007 11 may 2010 2 years 313 days shaun woodward 11 may 2010 7 october 2011 1 year 149 days labour harriet harman ed miliband vernon coaker 7 october 2011 7 october 2013 2 years 0 days ivan lewis 7 october 2013 13 september 2015 1 year 341 days harriet harman vernon coaker 13 september 2015 26 june 2016 287 days jeremy corbyn dave anderson 26 june 2016 14 june 2017 353 days owen smith 14 june 2017 23 march 2018 282 days tony lloyd 23 march 2018 28 april 2020 2 years 36 days louise haigh 28 april 2020 a 29 november 2021 1 year 215 days keir starmer peter kyle 29 november 2021 4 september 2023 1 year 279 days hilary benn 4 september 2023 5 july 2024 305 days alex burghart 1 8 july 2024 incumbent 2 years 89 days conservative rishi sunak kemi badenoch see also edit secretary of state for northern ireland northern ireland office uk shadow cabinet liberal democrat frontbench team northern ireland affairs committee northern ireland grand committee notes edit interim from 6 april 2020 references edit morton becky 8 july 2024 sunak names interim shadow cabinet as david cameron resigns bbc news retrieved 8 july 2024 external links edit conservative northern ireland branch conservative northern ireland news permanent dead link conservative northern ireland education spokesman david lidington mp lembit öpik mp v t e secretaries of state for northern ireland northern ireland office whitelaw pym rees mason atkins prior hurd king brooke mayhew mowlam mandelson reid murphy hain woodward paterson villiers brokenshire bradley smith lewis vara heaton harris benn bryant also held secretary of state for wales opposition shadow secretary of state for northern ireland v t e his majesty s official opposition shadow cabinet official opposition frontbench current leader of the opposition shadow chancellor of the duchy of lancaster shadow deputy prime minister shadow chancellor of the exchequer shadow home secretary shadow foreign secretary shadow chancellor of the duchy of lancaster shadow minister for the cabinet office shadow defence secretary shadow education secretary shadow justice secretary shadow lord chancellor shadow attorney general shadow secretary of state for health and social care shadow secretary of state for energy security and net zero shadow secretary of state for business and trade shadow secretary of state for work and pensions shadow environment food and rural affairs secretary shadow secretary of state for science innovation and technology shadow secretary of state for transport shadow secretary of state for housing communities and local government shadow leader of the house of commons shadow secretary of state for culture media and sport shadow leader of the house of lords shadow scottish secretary shadow welsh secretary shadow northern ireland secretary shadow minister for women and equalities shadow chief secretary to the treasury shadow paymaster general shadow minister for security shadow minister for veterans opposition chief whip former shadow cabinet minister for international development shadow cabinet minister for mental health shadow minister without portfolio shadow minister of state at the cabinet office shadow secretary of state for child poverty shadow secretary of state for commonwealth affairs shadow secretary of state for employment rights and protections shadow secretary of state for exiting the european union shadow secretary of state for the family shadow secretary of state for housing shadow secretary of state for young people and democracy shadow secretary of state for the future of work retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title shadow_secretary_of_state_for_northern_ireland oldid 1378709921 categories official opposition united kingdom government of northern ireland hidden categories articles with short description 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