Shadow Cabinet of William Hague - June 1998 Reshuffle

June 1998 Reshuffle

Hague first reshuffled the Shadow Cabinet on 1 June 1998.

• Rt. Hon. William Hague MP — Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition and Leader of the Conservative Party
• Rt. Hon. Peter Lilley MP — Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party
• Rt. Hon. Francis Maude MP — Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Rt. Hon. Michael Howard QC MP — Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Rt. Hon. Sir Norman Fowler MP — Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department
• Rt. Hon. Lord Parkinson PC — Chairman of the Conservative Party
• Michael Ancram — Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party
• David Willetts MP — Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Employment
• Rt. Hon. Sir George Young Bt MP — Shadow Leader of the House of Commons and Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• Rt. Hon. Viscount Cranborne PC — Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords
• John Maples MP — Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
• Rt. Hon. John Redwood MP — Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
• Rt. Hon. Gillian Shephard MP — Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
• Dr Liam Fox MP — Constitutional Affairs spokesman
• Tim Yeo MP — Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
• Gary Streeter MP — Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
• Rt. Hon. David Heathcoat-Amory MP — Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
• Peter Ainsworth MP — Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
• Rt. Hon. Andrew Mackay MP — Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• Rt. Hon. Ann Widdecombe MP — Shadow Secretary of State for Health
• Rt. Hon. Iain Duncan Smith MP — Shadow Secretary of State for Social Security
• Rt. Hon. James Arbuthnot MP — Opposition Chief Whip
• Rt. Hon. Lord Strathclyde PC — Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords

Junior Shadow Ministers

• Rt. Hon. Sir Nicholas Lyell MP — Shadow Attorney General
• Rt Hon the Lord Kingsland QC — Shadow Lord Chancellor

Changes from June 1997

• Peter Lilley moves from Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer to Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party
• Francis Maude moves from Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Sir Brian Mawhinney leaves the Shadow Cabinet
• Sir Norman Fowler moves from Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions to Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department
• Gillian Shephard moves from Shadow Leader of the House of Commons to Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
• Sir George Young moves from Shadow Secretary of State for Defence to Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
• John Maples moves from Shadow Secretary of State for Health to Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
• Ann Widdecombe enters the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Health
• Alastair Goodlad leaves the Shadow Cabinet
• Peter Ainsworth enters the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
• Liam Fox enters the Shadow Cabinet as Constitutional Affairs spokesman
• Gary Streeter enters the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
• David Curry leaves the Shadow Cabinet
• Tim Yeo enters the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
• Michael Ancram becomes Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party. A few months later he succeeded Parkinson with his own successor not sitting in the Shadow Cabinet.