Shadow Cabinet of Wales
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The Welsh Shadow Cabinet is constituted by members of the largest party not part of the Welsh Government. Since 6 April 2017 this has been the Welsh Conservatives. And since 7 May 2021 the Leader of the Opposition has been Andrew RT Davies.
Both the Welsh Conservatives and Plaid Cymru currently refer to their own front benches as Shadow Cabinets. As of May 2021 the following speak for their respective party and question the relevant minister in plenary session.
Conservative Shadow Cabinet
Portfolio | Name | Constituency | Term | ||
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Leader of the Opposition | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Andrew RT Davies MS | South Wales Central | 2021– | |
Shadow Minister for Finance | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Peter Fox MS | Monmouth | 2021– | |
Shadow Minister for Health | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Russell George MS | Montgomeryshire | 2021– | |
Shadow Minister for the Economy | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Paul Davies MS | Preseli Pembrokeshire | 2021– | |
Shadow Minister for Climate Change | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Janet Finch-Saunders MS | Aberconwy | 2021– | |
Shadow Minister for Education | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Laura Anne Jones MS | South Wales East | 2021– | |
Shadow Minister for Social Justice and Shadow Counsel General | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Mark Isherwood MS | North Wales | 2021– | |
Shadow Minister for the Constitution and North Wales, and Chief Whip | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Darren Millar MS | Clwyd West | 2021– | |
Shadow Minister for Equalities | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Altaf HussainMS | South Wales West | 2021– | |
Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs and the Welsh Language | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Samuel Kurtz MS | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | 2021– | |
Shadow Minister for Local Government | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Sam Rowlands MS | North Wales | 2021– | |
Shadow Minister for Mental Health, Wellbeing and Mid Wales | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 1px" | | James Evans MS | Brecon and Radnorshire | 2021– | |
Shadow Minister for Transport and Technology | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Natasha Asghar MS | South Wales East | 2021– | |
Shadow Minister for Social Services | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Gareth Davies MS | Vale of Clwyd | 2021– | |
Shadow Minister for Culture Tourism and Sport | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Tom Giffard MS | South Wales West | 2021– | |
Shadow Minister for Social Partnership | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Joel James MS | South Wales Central | 2021– |
Plaid Cymru Shadow Cabinet
After winning the 2018 Plaid Cymru leadership election with 49.7% of first preference votes, Adam Price installed former leadership rivals Leanne Wood (22.3%) and Rhun ap Iorwerth (28%) in high ranking positions in his shadow cabinet. He most recently updated his cabinet in a January 2020 reshuffle and after the 2021 Senedd Election.
Portfolio | Name | Constituency or electoral region |
Term | ||
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Leader of Plaid Cymru | style="background-color: Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Adam Price MS | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | 2018– | |
Deputy Leader and Shadow Minister for Health and Social Care | style="background-color: Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Rhun ap Iorwerth MS | Ynys Môn | 2021– | |
Deputy Leader and Chief Whip
Shadow Minister for Education and the Welsh Language, Children and Young People |
style="background-color: Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Siân Gwenllian MS | Arfon | 2018– | |
Shadow Minister for Social Justice and Equalities | style="background-color: Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Sioned Williams MS | South Wales West | 2021– | |
Shadow Minister for Finance and Local Government | style="background-color: Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Llyr Huws Gruffydd MS | North Wales | 2021– | |
Shadow Minister for the Economy | style="background-color: Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Luke Fletcher MS | South Wales West | 2021– | |
Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Energy and Transport | style="background-color: Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Delyth Jewell MS | South Wales East | 2021– | |
Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs | style="background-color: Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Cefin Campbell MS | Mid and West Wales | 2021– | |
Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning | style="background-color: Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Mabon ap Gwynfor MS | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | 2021– | |
Shadow Minister for Culture, Sport
and International Affairs |
style="background-color: Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Heledd Fychan MS | South Wales Central | 2021– | |
Shadow Minister for the Constitution and Justice | style="background-color: Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Rhys ab Owen MS | South Wales Central | 2021– | |
Shadow Minister for Communities and Older People | style="background-color: Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Peredur Owen Griffiths MS | South Wales East | 2021– |
2016 Plaid-Conservative Shadow Cabinets
At the 2016 election, Plaid Cymru, led by Leanne Wood, won 12 seats to the Welsh Conservatives' 11, and thus became the largest party not in government. On 14 October 2016 Dafydd Elis-Thomas left Plaid Cymru to sit as an independent, so that Plaid Cymru and the Welsh Conservatives both held 11 seats. During this period, Wood was not referred to as Leader of the Opposition, but merely as leader of Plaid Cymru.[1] The Conservative group grew to 12 when Mark Reckless defected from UKIP to the Conservative group on 6 April 2017, and the Welsh Conservative leader, Andrew RT Davies at the time, was referred to as Leader of the Opposition once more.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "The Record of Proceedings - 18/10/2016". Senedd Cymru.
- ^ "The Record of Proceedings - 02/05/2017". Senedd Cymru.