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 endConcurrent position Political party Shadow CabinetMo Mowlam18 July 199229 September 1992Shadow Minister for the Citizen's CharterLabourSmithMichael Meacher 21 October 1993 20 October 1994 BeckettAnn Taylor20 October 199419 October 1995 BlairDerek Foster19 October 19952 May 1997Michael Heseltine2 May 199719 June 1997Deputy Leader of the OppositionShadow Secretary of State for Trade and IndustryConservativeMajorGillian Shephard19 June 19971 June 1998Shadow Leader of the House of CommonsHague George Young1 June 199815 June 1999Shadow Leader of the House of Commons 15 June 1999 26 September 2000 Constitutional Affairs spokesmanAngela Browning26 September 200014 September 2001Shadow Leader of the House of CommonsConstitutional Affairs spokesmanEric Forth14 September 200111 November 2003Shadow Leader of the House of CommonsDuncan SmithVacant11 November 20038 December 2005VacantOliver Heald8 December 20052 July 2007Shadow Secretary of State for JusticeConservativeCameronFrancis Maude2 July 200711 May 2010Shadow Minister for the Cabinet OfficeVacant11 May 20105 April 2020VacantRachel Reeves5 April 20209 May 2021Shadow Minister for the Cabinet OfficeLabourStarmerAngela Rayner9 May 20214 September 2023Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Deputy Leader of the Opposition Shadow First Secretary of StatePat McFadden4 September 20235 July 2024Labour Party National Campaign CoordinatorOliver Dowden8 July 20245 November 2024Shadow Deputy Prime MinisterConservativeSunakAlex Burghart5 November 2024IncumbentShadow Secretary of State for Northern IrelandConservativeBadenoch

See also Official Opposition frontbench Shadow Cabinet of Rishi Sunak Shadow First Secretary of State Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office

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