Conservative Party announces interim Opposition Front Bench

Today (Friday 19^th July) Conservative Party Leader Rishi Sunak MP and the interim Opposition Chief Whip, Stuart Andrew MP, have appointed additional interim Opposition Front Benchers, with the following MPs taking on shadow ministerial portfolios:

HM Treasury

• Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury: Nigel Huddleston MP
• Shadow Exchequer to the Treasury: Gareth Davies MP
• Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury: Alan Mak MP

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

• Shadow Minister of State for Development: Dame Harriett Baldwin MP
• Shadow Minister of State: Paul Holmes MP (Joint with Northern Ireland and Whips Office)
• Shadow Minister of State: Alicia Kearns MP

Home Office

• Shadow Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire: Matt Vickers MP

Ministry of Defence

• Shadow Minister of State: Stuart Anderson MP (Joint with Whips Office)
• Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Danny Kruger MP

Ministry of Justice

• Shadow Minister of State: Gareth Bacon MP (joint with Business and Trade)

Department of Science, Innovation, and Technology

• Shadow Minister of State: Saqib Bhatti MP (joint with Health and Social Care)

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

• Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: David Simmonds MP (Joint with Whips Office)

Department of Health and Social Care

• Shadow Minister of State: Ben Spencer MP
• Shadow Minister of State: Rt Hon John Whittingdale MP
• Shadow Minister of State: Saqib Bhatti MP (joint with Business and Trade)
• Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Caroline Johnson MP

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

• Shadow Minister of State: Robbie Moore MP

Department of Business and Trade

• Shadow Minister of State and Shadow Minister for London: Gareth Bacon MP (Joint with Justice)
• Shadow Minister of State: Mike Wood MP (Joint with Whips Office)
• Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Jerome Mayhew MP
• Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Greg Smith MP (Joint with Transport)

Department of Energy Security and Net Zero

• Shadow Minister of State: Andrew Bowie MP (Joint with Veterans)
• Shadow Minister of State: Joy Morrissey MP (Joint with Whips Office)
• Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Mark Garnier MP

Department for Education

• Shadow Minister of State: Gagan Mohindra MP
• Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: James Wild MP

Department for Transport

• Shadow Minister of State: Sir Alec Shelbrooke MP
• Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Kieran Mullan MP
• Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Greg Smith MP (Joint with Business and Trade)

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

• Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Luke Evans MP (Joint with Whips Office)
• Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Louie French MP

Northern Ireland Office

• Shadow Minister of State: Paul Holmes MP (Joint with Foreign, Commonwealth and Development and Whips Office)

Attorney General's Office

• Shadow Solicitor General: Alberto Costa MP

Leader of the House of Lords Office

• Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords: Earl Howe

Whips

• Whip: Mike Wood MP (Joint with Business and Trade)
• Whip: Joy Morrisey MP (Joint with Energy and Net Zero)
• Whip: Paul Holmes MP (Joint with Foreign, Commonwealth and Development and Northern Ireland)
• Whip: Luke Evans MP (Joint with Culture, Media and Sport)
• Whip: David Simmonds MP (Joint with Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)

These appointments, following the appointment of the interim Shadow Cabinet last week, now mean that the Conservative Party stands fully ready to provide the opposition the public deserves to this new Labour government, especially following the King's Speech and the announcement of this government's new legislative agenda.

This interim frontbench continues to draw upon the wealth of existing expertise in the Conservative Party from its MPs' personal and professional backgrounds, recognising the talent in our parliamentary party.

Further appointments will be made in due course.