Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury

In British politics, the Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury (or colloquially Shadow Financial Secretary) is a shadow ministerial position of the Official Opposition that acts as the primary opposition to the equivalent position Financial Secretary to the Treasury, a government minister in HM Treasury.^[1] The position is currently held by James Murray.

Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Incumbent Nigel Huddleston since 19 July 2024
Appointer	Leader of the Opposition
Website	The Shadow Cabinet

Office-holders

Former office holders include:

• Stuart Holland (1987-1989)^[2]
• Sir Oliver Letwin (23 July 1999 - 10 January 2000)^[3]
• Sir David Lidington (8 October 2001 - 1 October 2002)^[4]
• Sir Stephen O'Brien (1 June 2002 - 30 June 2002)^[5]
• Mark Prisk (1 June 2002 - 1 June 2003)^[6]
• Andrew Tyrie (11 November 2003 - 15 March 2004)

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Political party	Leader of the Opposition
	Mark Field born 1964		10 May 2005 [7]	8 December 2005	Conservative	Michael Howard
	Mark Hoban born 1964		8 December 2005	6 May 2010		David Cameron
	Stephen Timms born 1955		12 May 2010	8 October 2010	Labour	Harriet Harman (Acting)
	Chris Leslie born 1972		8 October 2010	7 October 2013		Ed Miliband
	Shabana Mahmood born 1980		7 October 2013	8 May 2015
	Alison McGovern born 1980		8 May 2015	18 September 2015		Harriet Harman (Acting)
	Rob Marris born 1955		18 September 2015	30 June 2016		Jeremy Corbyn
	Peter Dowd born 1957		6 October 2016	9 February 2017
	Anneliese Dodds born 1978		3 July 2017	5 April 2020
	Dan Carden born 1986		6 April 2020	15 October 2020		Sir Keir Starmer
	James Murray born 1983		16 October 2020	5 July 2024
	Nigel Huddleston born 1970		19 July 2024	Incumbent	Conservative	Rishi Sunak