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
The Scottish Labour front-bench team was announced on 19th August 2015.
- Leader of the Scottish Labour Party: Kezia Dugdale MSP
- Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party: Alex Rowley MSP
- Equality spokeswoman: Jenny Marra MSP
- Opportunity spokesman: Iain Gray MSP
- Justice spokesman: Graeme Pearson MSP
- Public Services and Wealth Creation spokeswoman: Jackie Baillie MSP
- Community spokesman: Ken Macintosh MSP
- Environmental Justice spokeswoman: Sarah Boyack MSP
- Democracy spokeswoman: Claire Baker MSP
- Reform spokeswoman: Mary Fee MSP
- Scottish Labour Parliamentary Business Manager: James Kelly MSP
- Chief Whip: Neil Bibby MSP
Senior Party Members at Westminster and Policy team:
- Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Ian Murray MP
Conservative Shadow Cabinet
As of November 2011
- Leader: Ruth Davidson MSP
- Deputy Leader and Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing: Jackson Carlaw MSP
- Chief Whip and Business Manager: John Lamont MSP
- Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance: Gavin Brown MSP
- Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Justice: David McLetchie MSP
- Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment: Alex Fergusson MSP
- Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning: Elizabeth Smith MSP
- Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Transport and Housing (Infrastructure): Alex Johnstone MSP
- Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Communities:Annabel Goldie MSP
- Shadow Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism: Mary Scanlon MSP
- Shadow Minister for Public Health and Sport: Nanette Milne MSP
- Shadow Minister for the Environment and Climate Change: Jamie McGrigor MSP
- Shadow Minister for Local Government and Planning: Margaret Mitchell MSP
Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet
- Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats Willie Rennie MSP
- Spokesperson for Transport, Rural Affairs, the Environment and Fisheries Tavish Scott MSP
- Spokesperson for Education and Energy Liam McArthur MSP
- Spokesperson for Justice and Business Manager Alison McInnes MSP
- Spokesperson for Health and Housing Jim Hume MSP
References
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, January 17, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.