Shadow Cabinet (Scottish Parliament)
Unlike the Westminster arrangement where there is an 'Official Opposition' to the government of the day, there is no such thing as an 'official' opposition to the Scottish Government. Instead, all parties that are not in government are merely 'opposition parties'. With the current Scottish Government being Scottish National Party (SNP), the three other main parties are all opposition parties and each will have a Shadow Cabinet composed of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) with a responsibility to shadow a government minister or area of government.
Labour Shadow Cabinet
As of December 2011
- Leader: Johann Lamont MSP
- Deputy Leader: Anas Sarwar MP
- Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth: Ken McIntosh MSP
- Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy: Jackie Baillie MSP
- Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education: Hugh Henry MSP
- Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Culture, External Affairs, and the Commonwealth Games: Patricia Ferguson
- Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment: Richard Baker MSP
- Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Justice Lewis Macdonald MSP
- Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Planning: Sarah Boyack
- Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Environment: Claire Baker MSP
- Scottish Labour Parliamentary Business Manager: Paul Martin
- Chief Whip: James Kelly
Conservative Shadow Cabinet
As of April 2011
Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet
References
- ^ Defeated at the 2011 election
- ^ Stood down at the 2011 election.
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