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In British politics, the Shadow Home Secretary is the person within the shadow cabinet who 'shadows' the Home Secretary; this effectively means scrutinising government policy on home affairs including policing, national security, immigration, the criminal justice system, the prison service, and matters of citizenship. If and when the opposition party is elected to government, the Shadow Home Secretary often becomes the new Home Secretary though this is not always the case. The present Shadow Home Secretary is Yvette Cooper.

List of Shadow Home Secretaries

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Political party
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Kenneth Younger		14 December 1955	13 May 1957	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Patrick Gordon Walker		13 May 1957	12 March 1962	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	George Brown		12 March 1962	15 February 1963	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Frank Soskice		15 February 1963	15 October 1964	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Edward Boyle		15 October 1964	4 August 1965	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Peter Thorneycroft		4 August 1965	13 April 1966	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Quintin Hogg		13 April 1966	18 June 1970	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	James Callaghan		18 June 1970	19 October 1971	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Shirley Williams		19 October 1971	25 November 1973	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Roy Jenkins		25 November 1973	4 March 1974	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Keith Joseph		March 1974	11 February 1975	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Ian Gilmour		11 February 1975	11 April 1976	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	William Whitelaw		11 April 1976	4 May 1979	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Merlyn Rees		4 May 1979	8 December 1980	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Roy Hattersley		8 December 1980	31 October 1983	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Gerald Kaufman		31 October 1983	13 July 1987	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Roy Hattersley		13 July 1987	24 July 1992	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Tony Blair		24 July 1992	20 October 1994	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Jack Straw		20 October 1994	2 May 1997	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Michael Howard		2 May 1997	11 June 1997	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Brian Mawhinney		11 June 1997	2 June 1998	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Norman Fowler		2 June 1998	15 June 1999	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Ann Widdecombe		15 June 1999	18 September 2001	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Oliver Letwin		18 September 2001	6 November 2003	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	David Davis		6 November 2003	12 June 2008	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Dominic Grieve		12 June 2008	19 January 2009	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Chris Grayling		19 January 2009	11 May 2010	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Alan Johnson		11 May 2010	8 October 2010	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Ed Balls		8 October 2010	20 January 2011	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Yvette Cooper		20 January 2011	present	Labour

References

v t e Shadow Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom
Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Mel Stride Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp

• Official Opposition (United Kingdom)