This is Conservative Opposition Leader William Hague’s first Shadow Cabinet.
Aged 36, Hague was elected Tory leader following the defeat of John Major’s government by Tony Blair and the Labour Party.
- 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
