Shadow Cabinet (Scottish Parliament)

Unlike the Westminster arrangement where there is an 'Official Opposition' to the government of the day, there is no such thing as an 'official' opposition to the Scottish Government. Instead, all parties that are not in government are merely 'opposition parties'. With the current Scottish Government being Scottish National Party (SNP), the four other main parties are all opposition parties and each will have a Shadow Cabinet composed of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) with a responsibility to shadow a government minister or area of government.

Parties are allowed to choose how their spokespersons are referred to.[1] Named party spokespeople are not all Members of the Scottish Parliament.

Conservative Shadow Cabinet

As announced on 19 May 2016[2]

Labour Shadow Cabinet

The Scottish Labour front-bench team was announced on 25 May 2016.[3]

Scottish Greens Shadow Cabinet

As announced on 23 May 2016[4]

Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet

As announced on 28 May 2016:[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Scottish Parliament Fact sheet: Party Spokespersons" (PDF). 31 May 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Scottish Conservative Shadow Cabinet: Ruth Davidson announces new team. Holyrood, 2016-05-19.
  3. ↑ Kez unveils her new front bench team. Scottish Labour Party, 2016-05-25.
  4. ↑ Scottish Greens announce portfolios of new Holyrood group. Herald Scotland, 2016-05-23.
  5. ↑ Willie Rennie announces Scottish Lib Dem leadership team. STV News, 2016-05-28.

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