The Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was a member of the UK Shadow Cabinet responsible for the scrutiny of the Ministers of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and his/her ministry, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Shadow Secretaries of State Name Entered office Left office Political party Shadow Cabinet George Brown 15 July 1955 15 February 1956 Labour Attlee Tom Williams 15 February 1956 November 1959 Labour Gaitskell Fred Willey November 1959 November 1960 Labour Geoffrey de Freitas November 1960 November 1961 Labour Fred Peart December 1961 16 October 1964 LabourWilson Christopher Soames 16 October 1964 16 February 1965 Conservative Douglas-Home Martin Redmayne 16 February 1965 4 August 1965 Conservative Joseph Godber 4 August 1965 19 June 1970 Conservative Heath Cledwyn Hughes 19 June 1970 16 December 1971 Labour Wilson II Fred Peart 16 December 1971 7 December 1972 Labour Norman Buchan 7 December 1972 4 March 1974 Labour The Rt Hon. Francis Pym 11 March 1974 April 1975 Conservative Heath II Michael Jopling April 1975 15 January 1976 Conservative Thatcher The Rt Hon. Francis Pym 15 January 1976 19 November 1976 Conservative John Peyton 19 November 1976 4 May 1979 Conservative Roy Mason 14 July 1979 24 November 1981 Labour Callaghan Foot Norman Buchan 24 November 1981 1 October 1983 Labour Robert Hughes 31 October 1983 26 October 1984 Labour Kinnock Brynmor John 26 October 1984 13 July 1987 Labour David Clark 13 July 1987 24 July 1992 Labour Ron Davies 24 July 1992 21 October 1993 Labour Smith Gavin Strang21 October 19932 May 1997 LabourBeckett Blair Douglas Hogg 2 May 1997 17 June 1997 Conservative Major David Curry 17 June 1997 3 November 1997 Conservative Hague Michael Jack 2 December 1997 12 June 1998 Conservative Tim Yeo 2 June 1998 18 September 2001 Conservative
From 2001 the Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was dissolved and responsibility formerly transferred to the Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
See also Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food UK Shadow Cabinet
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