William Hague's Shadow Cabinet

June 1997

Shadow Chancellor: Peter Lilley (with overall responsibility for development of party policy)

Foreign Secretary: Michael Howard

Home Secretary: Brian Mawhinney

Party Chairman: Lord Parkinson

Education and Employment Secretary: Stephen Dorrell

Shadow Leader of the House: Gillian Shephard (also shadows the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster)

Leader of the Lords: Viscount Cranborne

Defence Secretary: Sir George Young

Trade and Industry Secretary: John Redwood

Environment, Transport and the Regions: Sir Norman Fowler

Constitutional Affairs Spokesman: Michael Ancram (with overall responsibility for Scottish and Welsh issues)

Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Minister: David Curry

International Development Secretary: Alastair Goodlad

Chief Secretary to the Treasury: David Heathcoat-Amory

National Heritage Secretary: Francis Maude

Northern Ireland Secretary: Andrew Mackay

Health Secretary: John Maples

Social Security Secretary: Iain Duncan Smith

Commons Chief Whip: James Arbuthnot

Lords Chief Whip: Lord Strathclyde

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