Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Position in the British Shadow Cabinet

Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Incumbent Alex Burghart since 5 November 2024
Shadow Cabinet
Appointer	Leader of the Opposition
Precursor	Shadow Lord President of the Council (2016-2020)
Formation	18 July 1992
First holder	Mo Mowlam
Website	The Conservative Party

The shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is a position in the British Shadow Cabinet, appointed by the leader of the Opposition. The post involves holding to account the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who has control over the estates and rents of the Duchy of Lancaster. The position was re-established by Keir Starmer in April 2020, replacing the position of shadow lord president of the council last held by Jon Trickett, which was split from shadow leader of the House of Commons by former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

List of shadow chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster

Name		Term start	Term end	Concurrent position	Political party	Shadow Cabinet
	Mo Mowlam	18 July 1992	29 September 1992	Shadow Minister for the Citizen's Charter	Labour	Smith
	Michael Meacher	21 October 1993	20 October 1994			Smith
	Michael Meacher	21 October 1993	20 October 1994			Beckett
	Ann Taylor	20 October 1994	19 October 1995			Blair
	Derek Foster	19 October 1995	2 May 1997			Blair
	Michael Heseltine	2 May 1997	19 June 1997	Deputy Leader of the Opposition Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry	Conservative	Major
	Gillian Shephard	19 June 1997	1 June 1998	Shadow Leader of the House of Commons		Hague
	George Young	1 June 1998	15 June 1999	Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
	George Young	15 June 1999	26 September 2000	Constitutional Affairs spokesman
	Angela Browning	26 September 2000	14 September 2001	Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Constitutional Affairs spokesman
	Eric Forth	14 September 2001	11 November 2003	Shadow Leader of the House of Commons		Duncan Smith
Vacant		11 November 2003	8 December 2005	Vacant
	Oliver Heald	8 December 2005	2 July 2007	Shadow Secretary of State for Justice	Conservative	Cameron
	Francis Maude	2 July 2007	11 May 2010	Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office	Conservative	Cameron
Vacant		11 May 2010	5 April 2020	Vacant
	Rachel Reeves	5 April 2020	9 May 2021	Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office	Labour	Starmer
	Angela Rayner	9 May 2021	4 September 2023
	Pat McFadden	4 September 2023	5 July 2024
	Oliver Dowden	8 July 2024	5 November 2024	Deputy Leader of the Opposition	Conservative	Sunak
	Alex Burghart	5 November 2024	Incumbent	Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	Conservative	Badenoch

References

"Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster". GOV.UK. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

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