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John Smith was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Official Opposition from 18 July 1992 until his death on 12 May 1994. Smith became leader upon succeeding Neil Kinnock, who had resigned following the 1992 general election—for the fourth successive time, the Conservatives had won and Labour lost.

Prior to being Leader of the Opposition, Smith had been a member of the Government of James Callaghan as President of the Board of Trade (1978–1979), and served under his predecessor Neil Kinnock's Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (1987–1992).

Smith's tenure as Leader of the Opposition saw the Government's policies of the implementation of the Citizen's Charter, progress in the Northern Ireland peace negotiations, and the creation and centralisation of the European Union. Smith died suddenly on 12 May 1994, and was replaced as Acting Leader by Margaret Beckett, who served until 21 July 1994.

Shadow Cabinet list

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PortfolioShadow MinisterTerm
Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition
Leader of the Labour Party[[File:John Smith in 1989.jpgframeless
Deputy Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Election Co-ordinator[[File:Official portrait of Margaret Beckett as Environment Secretary (cropped).jpgframeless
Leader of the Opposition in the House of LordsThe Lord Richard
Labour Chief Whip in the House of CommonsDerek Foster
Labour Chief Whip in the House of LordsThe Lord Graham of Edmonton
Shadow Lord Chancellor[[File:The Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine of Lairg.jpgframeless
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer[[File:Chancellor Gordon Brown official portrait (cropped).jpgframeless
Shadow Foreign SecretaryJack Cunningham
Shadow Home Secretary[[File:Tony Blair in 1995.jpgframeless
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence[[File:Official portrait of Lord Clark of Windermere crop 2, 2019.jpgframeless
Shadow Secretary of State for Education[[File:Official portrait of Baroness Taylor of Bolton crop 2.jpgframeless
Shadow Secretary of State for Employment[[File:Frank Dobson, Secretary of State for Health (cropped).jpgframeless
[[File:British MEPs of the Labour party react to the EC Green Paper on the European Social Policy of November 1993 (19940100) 04 (cropped).jpgframeless133x133px]]
Shadow Minister for Local Government and Housing[[File:Jack Straw.jpgframeless
Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment[[File:Chris Smith 1997 (cropped).pngframeless
Shadow Secretary of State for Health[[File:David Blunkett DfEE (upscaled).jpgframeless
Shadow Secretary of State for Social Security[[File:Donald Dewar.pngframeless
Shadow Secretary of State for National Heritage[[File:Bryan Gould in 1992 (cropped).jpgframeless
[[File:Official portrait of Ann Clwyd (3x4 crop).jpgframeless133x133px]]
[[File:Mo Mowlam official portrait 2 (cropped).jpgframeless133x133px]]
Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry[[File:Robin Cook-close crop.jpgframeless
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport[[File:British MEPs of the Labour party react to the EC Green Paper on the European Social Policy of November 1993 (19940100) 04 (cropped).jpgframeless
[[File:Frank Dobson, Secretary of State for Health (cropped).jpgframeless133x133px]]
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland[[File:TomClarkeMP (cropped).jpgframeless
[[File:Defense.gov News Photo 980603-D-9880W-177 (cropped).jpgframeless133x133px]]
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales[[File:Official portrait of Ann Clwyd (3x4 crop).jpgframeless
[[File:Rondavies1998 (cropped).jpgframeless133x133px]]
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern IrelandKevin McNamara
Shadow Minister for Overseas Development[[File:Michael Meacher official portrait.jpgframeless
[[File:TomClarkeMP (cropped).jpgframeless134x134px]]
Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Shadow Spokesperson for the Citizen's Charter[[File:Mo Mowlam official portrait 2 (cropped).jpgframeless
[[File:Michael Meacher official portrait.jpgframeless134x134px]]
Shadow Minister for the Status of Women[[File:Mo Mowlam official portrait 2 (cropped).jpgframeless
[[File:Clare Short, Birmingham for Gaza, January 2009 cropped.jpgframeless150x150px]]
Shadow Spokesperson for Children and FamiliesJoan Lestor
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury[[File:Harriet Harman (3x4 crop).jpgframeless
Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food[[File:Rondavies1998 (cropped).jpgframeless
[[File:Gavin Strang (cropped).jpgframeless133x133px]]
Shadow Minister for London[[File:Chris Smith 1997 (cropped).pngframeless
[[File:Frank Dobson, Secretary of State for Health (cropped).jpgframeless133x133px]]
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Initial Shadow Cabinet

On 24 July 1992, John Smith announced the following Shadow Cabinet:

;Changes

  • 29 September 1992: Gould resigned over the Party's stance on the Maastricht Treaty. and was replaced as Shadow National Heritage Secretary by Ann Clwyd, who retained her position as Shadow Welsh Secretary.

1993 reshuffle

Smith reshuffled the Shadow Cabinet on 21 October 1993, following the 1993 Shadow Cabinet elections. Clwyd left the Shadow Cabinet. Mowlam replaced her as Shadow National Heritage Secretary, with Clare Short (who also lost in the Shadow Cabinet elections) replacing her as Shadow Minister for the Status of Women. Meacher replaced Mowlam as Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Shadow Minister for the Citizen's Charter. He was in turn replaced by Clarke at the Overseas Development portfolio, and Clarke was replaced as Scottish Spokesperson by new Shadow Cabinet minister George Robertson. Clwyd was replaced as Shadow Welsh Secretary by Davies, who was replaced at Agriculture by Gavin Strang. Prescott and Dobson exchanged portfolios (receiving Employment and Transport, respectively), with Dobson also taking London from Chris Smith. Blunkett became Chair of the Labour Party while retaining the Health portfolio.

References

References

  1. Privy Counsellor from 1993.
  2. Timmins, Nicholas. (25 July 1992). "Smith revamps Shadow Cabinet: Nicholas Timmins analyses the Labour line-up and looks at the backgrounds of the newcomers". [[The Independent]].
  3. White, Michael. (29 September 1992). "Referendum call crushed as Smith strengthens grip". The Guardian.
  4. (28 September 1992). "Gould quits over 'gag' on Europe". The Guardian.
  5. "Ms Ann Clwyd MP". parliament.co.uk.
  6. Linton, Martin. (22 October 1993). "Women's lists 'not illegal': The New Shadow Cabinet". The Guardian.

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