Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a position with the UK Opposition's Shadow Cabinet that deals with issues surrounding the environment and food and rural affairs; if the opposition party is elected to government, the designated person is a likely choice to become the new Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

The position existed as Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment until 1997, when it was renamed Environment, Transport and the Regions to match the Government's reorganisation. It changed to its current name in 2001 for the same reason. Under Michael Howard, the arrangement was slightly different. There was a Shadow Environment Secretary outside Shadow Cabinet and (together with the Shadow Transport Secretary) under the direction of the Shadow Secretary of State for Environment and Transport.

Shadow Secretaries of State
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Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment
! colspan=3 |Name ! Took office ! Left office ! Political party ! Shadow Cabinet ! style="background-color: " | ! style="background-color: " | ! style="background-color: " | ! style="background-color: " | ! style="background-color: " | ! style="background-color: " | ! style="background-color: " | ! style="background-color: " | ! style="background-color: " | ! rowspan=2 style="background-color: " | ! style="background-color: " | ! style="background-color: " | ! colspan=7|
 * Anthony Crosland
 * 19 June 1970
 * 5 March 1974
 * Labour
 * Wilson II
 * Wilson II
 * Margaret Thatcher
 * Margaret Thatcher stock portrait (cropped).jpg
 * 5 March 1974
 * 18 February 1975
 * rowspan="3" | Conservative
 * Heath II
 * Timothy Raison
 * 18 February 1975
 * 19 November 1976
 * rowspan="2" | Thatcher
 * rowspan="2" | Thatcher
 * Michael Heseltine
 * Lord Heseltine2.jpg
 * 19 November 1976
 * 4 May 1979
 * Peter Shore
 * 4 May 1979
 * 14 July 1979
 * rowspan="8" |
 * rowspan="2" | Callaghan
 * rowspan="2" | Callaghan
 * Roy Hattersley
 * Roy Hattersley 2012 cropped 2.jpg
 * 14 July 1979
 * 8 December 1980
 * Gerald Kaufman
 * Kaufman.JPG
 * 8 December 1980
 * 31 October 1983
 * Foot
 * Jack Cunningham
 * 31 October 1983
 * 2 November 1989
 * rowspan=2 | Kinnock
 * rowspan=2 | Kinnock
 * Bryan Gould
 * Bryan Gould in 1992.jpg
 * 2 November 1989
 * 18 July 1992
 * rowspan=2 | Chris Smith
 * rowspan=2 | Official portrait of Lord Smith of Finsbury, 2020.jpg
 * rowspan=2 | 18 July 1992
 * rowspan=2 | 20 October 1994
 * Smith
 * Beckett
 * Beckett
 * Frank Dobson
 * Frank Dobson MP.jpg
 * 20 October 1994
 * 2 May 1997
 * Blair
 * John Gummer
 * John Gummer 2006-03-01.jpg
 * 2 May 1997
 * 11 June 1997
 * Conservative
 * Major

Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions
! colspan="3"|Name ! Took office ! Left office ! Political party ! Shadow Cabinet ! colspan=7|
 * style="background-color: " |
 * Norman Fowler
 * Official portrait of Lord Fowler crop 2.jpg
 * 11 June 1997
 * 1 June 1998
 * rowspan="4" | Conservative
 * rowspan=4 | Hague
 * style="background-color: " |
 * Gillian Shepherd
 * Official portrait of Baroness Shephard of Northwold crop 2.jpg
 * 1 June 1998
 * 14 June 1999
 * style="background-color: " |
 * John Redwood
 * Official portrait of Rt Hon John Redwood MP crop 2.jpg
 * 14 June 1999
 * 2 February 2000
 * style="background-color: " |
 * Archie Norman
 * Archie Norman.jpg
 * 2 February 2000
 * 18 September 2001
 * Archie Norman
 * Archie Norman.jpg
 * 2 February 2000
 * 18 September 2001

Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
! colspan="3"|Name ! Took office ! Left office ! Political party ! Shadow Cabinet ! style="background-color: " | ! style="background-color: " | ! colspan=7|
 * Peter Ainsworth
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 * 18 September 2001
 * 23 July 2002
 * rowspan="2" | Conservative
 * rowspan="2" | Duncan Smith
 * David Lidington
 * Official portrait of Mr David Lidington crop 2.jpg
 * 23 July 2002
 * 10 November 2003

Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment
! colspan=3 |Name ! Took office ! Left office ! Political party ! Shadow Cabinet ! style="background-color: " | ! style="background-color: " | ! colspan=7|
 * Caroline Spelman
 * Official portrait of Dame Caroline Spelman crop 2.jpg
 * 10 November 2003
 * 15 March 2004
 * rowspan="2" | Conservative
 * rowspan=2 | Howard
 * Richard Ottaway
 * Richard Ottaway MP.jpg
 * 15 March 2004
 * 10 May 2005

Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
! colspan=3 |Name ! Took office ! Left office ! Political party ! Shadow Cabinet ! style="background-color: " | ! style="background-color: " | ! style="background-color: " | ! style="background-color: " | ! style="background-color: " | ! style="background-color: " | ! style="background-color: " | ! style="background-color: " | ! style="background-color: " | ! style="background-color: " | ! rowspan="2" style="background-color: " | On Leave: 30 August 2021 - 5 October 2021
 * Oliver Letwin
 * Oliver Letwin Official.jpg
 * 10 May 2005
 * 6 December 2005
 * rowspan="3" | Conservative
 * Howard
 * Peter Ainsworth
 * 6 December 2005
 * 19 January 2009
 * rowspan=2 | Cameron
 * rowspan=2 | Cameron
 * Nick Herbert
 * Nick Herbert - minister for policing and criminal justice.jpg
 * 19 January 2009
 * 11 May 2010
 * Hilary Benn
 * Official portrait of Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP crop 2.jpg
 * 11 May 2010
 * 8 October 2010
 * rowspan="11" | Labour
 * Harman I
 * Mary Creagh
 * Official portrait of Mary Creagh crop 2.jpg
 * 8 October 2010
 * 7 October 2013
 * rowspan=2 | Miliband
 * rowspan=2 | Maria Eagle
 * rowspan=2 | Official portrait of Maria Eagle MP crop 2.jpg
 * rowspan=2 | 7 October 2013
 * rowspan=2 | 14 September 2015
 * Harman II
 * Kerry McCarthy
 * Official portrait of Kerry McCarthy.jpg
 * 14 September 2015
 * 26 June 2016
 * rowspan="4" |Corbyn
 * Rachael Maskell
 * Official portrait of Rachael Maskell MP crop 2.jpg
 * 27 June 2016
 * 1 February 2017
 * Sue Hayman
 * Sue Hayman MP - official portrait 2017 (3-to-4 crop).jpg
 * 9 February 2017
 * 12 December 2019
 * rowspan="2" | Luke Pollard

Acting Shadow Secretary: Daniel Zeichner ! style="background-color: " | ! style="background-color: " | ! style="background-color: " |
 * rowspan="2" | Official portrait of Luke Pollard MP crop 2.jpg
 * rowspan="2" | 7 January 2020
 * rowspan="2" | 29 November 2021
 * rowspan="3" |Starmer
 * rowspan="3" |Starmer
 * Jim McMahon
 * Official portrait of Jim McMahon crop 2.jpg
 * 29 November 2021
 * 4 September 2023
 * Steve Reed
 * Official portrait of Mr Steve Reed crop 2.jpg
 * 4 September 2023
 * 5 July 2024
 * Steve Barclay
 * Steve Barclay Official Cabinet Portrait, November 2023 (cropped).jpg
 * 8 July 2024
 * Incumbent
 * Conservative
 * Sunak
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