title: Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
text: # Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
  
  The Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland is a member of the UK Shadow Cabinet responsible for the scrutiny of the Secretary of State for Scotland and his/her department, the Scotland Office. The incumbent holder of the office is Ian Murray.
  
  ## Shadow Secretaries of State
  
  | Name | Name | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Shadow Cabinet |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Tom Fraser | | 26 October 1951 | 7 December 1961 | Labour | Clement Attlee |
  | Tom Fraser | | 26 October 1951 | 7 December 1961 | Labour | Hugh Gaitskell |
  | Tom Fraser | | 26 October 1951 | 7 December 1961 | Labour | Harold Wilson |
  | Willie Ross | | 7 December 1961 | 16 October 1964 | Labour | Harold Wilson |
  | Michael Noble | | 16 October 1964 | 23 January 1969 | Conservative | Alec Douglas-Home |
  | Michael Noble | | 16 October 1964 | 23 January 1969 | Conservative | Edward Heath |
  | Gordon Campbell | | 23 January 1969 | 20 July 1970 | Conservative | Edward Heath |
  | Willie Ross | | 20 July 1970 | 4 March 1974 | Labour | Harold Wilson |
  | Alick Buchanan-Smith | | 4 March 1974 | 9 December 1976 | Conservative | Edward Heath |
  | Alick Buchanan-Smith | | 4 March 1974 | 9 December 1976 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher |
  | Teddy Taylor | | 9 December 1976 | 3 May 1979 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher |
  | Bruce Millan | | 4 May 1979 | 31 October 1983 | Labour | James Callaghan |
  | Bruce Millan | | 4 May 1979 | 31 October 1983 | Labour | Michael Foot |
  | Donald Dewar | | 31 October 1983 | 18 July 1992 | Labour | Neil Kinnock |
  | Tom Clarke | | 18 July 1992 | 21 October 1993 | Labour | John Smith |
  | George Robertson | | 21 October 1993 | 2 May 1997 | Labour | John Smith |
  | George Robertson | | 21 October 1993 | 2 May 1997 | Labour | Margaret Beckett |
  | George Robertson | | 21 October 1993 | 2 May 1997 | Labour | Tony Blair |
  | Office not in use | Office not in use | 2 May 1997 | 14 September 2001 | Conservative | John Major |
  | Office not in use | Office not in use | 2 May 1997 | 14 September 2001 | Conservative | William Hague |
  | Jacqui Lait | | 14 September 2001 | 11 November 2003 | Conservative | Iain Duncan Smith |
  | Peter Duncan | | 11 November 2003 | 6 May 2005 | Conservative | Michael Howard |
  | James Gray | | 9 May 2005 | 12 May 2005 | Conservative | Michael Howard |
  | Eleanor Laing | | 19 May 2005 | 7 December 2005 | Conservative | Michael Howard |
  | David Mundell | | 7 December 2005 | 11 May 2010 | Conservative | David Cameron |
  | Jim Murphy | | 11 May 2010 | 8 October 2010 | Labour | Harriet Harman |
  | Ann McKechin | | 8 October 2010 | 7 October 2011 | Labour | Ed Miliband |
  | Margaret Curran | | 7 October 2011 | 11 May 2015 | Labour | Ed Miliband |
  | Ian Murray | | 11 May 2015 | 26 June 2016 | Labour | Harriet Harman |
  | Ian Murray | | 11 May 2015 | 26 June 2016 | Labour | Jeremy Corbyn |
  | Dave Anderson | | 1 July 2016 | 14 June 2017 | Labour | Jeremy Corbyn |
  | Lesley Laird | | 14 June 2017 | 13 December 2019 | Labour | Jeremy Corbyn |
  | Tony Lloyd | | 19 December 2019 | 6 April 2020 | Labour | Jeremy Corbyn |
  | Ian Murray | | 6 April 2020 | Incumbent | Labour | Keir Starmer |
  