First Shadow Cabinet of Edward Heath

The First Shadow Cabinet of Edward Heath was created on the 28 July 1965 after the Conservative Party elected Edward Heath as their leader replacing Sir Alec Douglas-Home.

Shadow cabinet list

Portfolio	Shadow Minister	Term
Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition Leader of the Conservative Party	Edward Heath	1965-70
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer	Edward Heath	1965
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer	Iain Macleod	1965-70
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	Reginald Maudling	1965
	Christopher Soames	1965-66
	Sir Alec Douglas-Home	1966-70
Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department	Peter Thorneycroft	1965-66
Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department	Quintin Hogg	1966-70
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence	Enoch Powell	1965-68
	Reginald Maudling	1968-69
	Geoffrey Rippon	1969-70
Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Science	Margaret Thatcher	1967-70
Shadow Commonwealth Secretary	Selwyn Lloyd	1965-68
Chairman of the Conservative Party	Edward du Cann	1965-67
Chairman of the Conservative Party	Anthony Barber	1967-70
Opposition Chief Whip	William Whitelaw	1965-70
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords	Lord Carington	1965-70

Shadow Cabinets of the United Kingdom

Official Opposition	Heath I (1965–1970) Wilson II (1970–1974) Heath II (1974–1975) Thatcher (1975–1979) Callaghan (1979–1980) Foot (1980–1983) Kinnock (1983–1992) Smith (1992–1994) Beckett (1994) Blair (1994–1997) Major (1997) Hague (1997–2001) Duncan Smith (2001–2003) Howard (2003–2005) Cameron (2005–2010) Harman I (2010) Miliband (2010–2015) Harman II (2015) Corbyn (2015–present)

Liberal Democrats	Ashdown (1997–1999) Kennedy (1999–2006) Campbell (2006–2007) Cable (2007) Clegg (2007–2010) Farron (2015–present)

Scottish National Party	Robertson (2015–present)

1965 to Present

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