What is Michael Howard?
{{Infobox officeholder |honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] |name = The Lord Howard of Lympne |honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CH|PC|QC}} |image = Official portrait of Lord Howard of Lympne crop 2, 2023.jpg |caption = Howard in 2023 |office = [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of the Opposition]] |monarch = [[Elizabeth II]] |primeminister = [[Tony Blair]] |deputy = [[Michael Ancram]] |term_start = 6 November 2003 |term_end = 6 December 2005 |predecessor = [[Iain Duncan Smith]] |successor = [[David Cameron]] |office1 = [[Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)|Leader of the Conservative Party]] |deputy1 = [[Michael Ancram]] |term_start1 = 6 November 2003 |term_end1 = 7 October 2005<br>Acting: 7 October – 6 December 2005 |predecessor1 = [[Iain Duncan Smith]] |successor1 = [[David Cameron]] {{collapsed infobox section begin|Shadow Cabinet positions}} |office2 = [[Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer]] |leader2 = [[Iain Duncan Smith]] |term_start2 = 18 September 2001 |term_end2 = 6 November 2003 |predecessor2 = [[Michael Portillo]] |successor2 = [[Oliver Letwin]] |office3 = [[Shadow Foreign Secretary]] |leader3 = [[William Hague]] |term_start3 = 11 June 1997 |term_end3 = 15 June 1999 |predecessor3 = [[John Major]] |successor3 = [[John Maples]] |office4 = [[Shadow Home Secretary]] |leader4 = [[John Major]] |term_start4 = 2 May 1997 |term_end4 = 11 June 1997 |predecessor4 = [[Jack Straw]] |successor4 = [[Brian Mawhinney, Baron Mawhinney|Brian Mawhinney]] |office5 = [[Shadow Cabinet of John Major|Shadow Constitutional Affairs Spokesperson]] |leader5 = [[John Major]] |term_start5 = 2 May 1997 |term_end5 = 11 June 1997 |alongside5 = [[William Hague]] |predecessor5 = Position established |succes