The First Shadow Cabinet of Edward Heath was created on 28 July 1965 after the Conservative Party elected Edward Heath as its leader, replacing Alec Douglas-Home.
Shadow cabinet list Portfolio Shadow Minister Term Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal OppositionLeader of the Conservative Party Edward Heath 1965–70Deputy Leader of the OppositionDeputy Leader of the Conservative Party Reginald Maudling 1965–70 Shadow Secretary of State for External Affairs Sir Alec Douglas-Home 1965–66 Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Iain Macleod 1965–70Shadow Foreign Secretary Christopher Soames 1965–66 Alec Douglas-Home 1966–70 Shadow Home Secretary Peter Thorneycroft 1965–66 Quintin Hogg 1966–70 Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Enoch Powell 1965–68 Reginald Maudling 1968 Geoffrey Rippon 1968–70 Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and SteelShadow President of the Board of Trade Anthony Barber 1965–67 Keith Joseph 1967–70Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Science Edward Boyle 1965–69 Margaret Thatcher 1969–70Shadow Minister for Labour Keith Joseph 1965–67 Robert Carr 1967–70Shadow Minister for Social Services Keith Joseph 1965–66 Mervyn Pike 1966–67 Robert Lindsay 1967–70 Shadow Minister for Technology Ernest Marples 1965–66Shadow Minister for Housing and Land John Boyd-Carpenter 1965–66 Geoffrey Rippon 1966–68 Peter Walker 1968–70 Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Joseph Godber 1965–70 Shadow Minister of Transport Martin Redmayne 1965–66 Peter Walker 1966–68 Margaret Thatcher 1968–69 Peter Walker 1969–70 Shadow Commonwealth Secretary Selwyn Lloyd 1965–66 Reginald Maudling 1966–68 Alec Douglas-Home 1968 Shadow Minister for Power Anthony Barber 1966–67 Keith Joseph 1967 Margaret Thatcher 1967–68 Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Noble 1965–69 Gordon Campbell 1969–70 Shadow Secretary of State for Wales Peter Thorneycroft 1965–66 Unknown 1966–70 Chairman of the Conservative Party Edward du Cann 1965–67 Anthony Barber 1967–70 Opposition Chief Whip William Whitelaw 1965–70 Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords Lord Carington 1965–70 Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords Viscount Dilhorne 1965–66 Baron Harlech 1966–67 Earl Jellicoe 1967–70 Shadow Minister without Portfolio Duncan Sandys 1965–66 Quintin Hogg 1965–66Other frontbenchers Shadow Minister for Power John Peyton 1965–66 Sir John Eden 1968–70
Initial Shadow Cabinet Heath announced his Shadow Cabinet on 5 August 1965.
Edward Heath – Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition and Leader of the Conservative Party Reginald Maudling – Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party and Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Alec Douglas-Home – Shadow Secretary of State for External Affairs Christopher Soames – Shadow Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd – Shadow Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Enoch Powell – Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Iain Macleod – Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer and Shadow Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Anthony Barber – Shadow President of the Board of Trade and Shadow Secretary of State for Steel Peter Thorneycroft – Shadow Home Secretary and Shadow Secretary of State for Wales Edward Boyle – Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Science Keith Joseph – Shadow Minister for Social Services and Shadow Minister for Labour Ernest Marples – Shadow Minister for Technology John Boyd-Carpenter – Shadow Minister for Housing and Land Joseph Godber – Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Martin Redmayne – Shadow Minister of Transport Michael Noble – Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Edward du Cann – Chairman of the Conservative Party Lord Carington – Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords Viscount Dilhorne – Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords Duncan Sandys and Quintin Hogg – Shadow Minister without Portfolio
Junior Shadow Ministers In October 1965 Heath announced the rest of his frontbench team.
William Whitelaw – Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons Earl St Aldwyn – Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food James Scott-Hopkins – Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Aviation Robert Carr – Shadow Minister of Aviation Keith Stainton – Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Aviation
Broadcasting and Post Office Paul Bryan – Shadow Postmaster General David Gibson-Watt – Shadow Assistant Postmaster-General
Defence Tufton Beamish, Ronald Bell, John Eden, Nicholas Ridley – Shadow Ministers for Defence
Education and Science John Hill and David Price – Shadow Ministers for Education and Science
External Affairs Angus Maude – Shadow Minister for the Colonies Nigel Fisher – Shadow Minister for the Commonwealth Robert Lindsay and Priscilla Buchan – Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Christopher Chataway – Shadow Minister for Overseas Development
Home Office Richard Sharples – Shadow Minister for Home Affairs Philip Goodhart – Shadow Minister for the Home Department
Housing and Land John Hay, Graham Page and Margaret Thatcher – Shadow Ministers for Housing and Land
Law John Hobson – Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales Peter Thomas – Shadow Solicitor General for England and Wales Norman Wylie – Shadow Solicitor General for Scotland
Labour and Social Services Richard Wood – Shadow Minister of Health Charles Longbottom – Shadow Minister of Pensions and National Insurance Geoffrey Howe – Shadow Minister for Social Services Arthur Tiley and William van Straubenzee– Shadow Minister for Labour
Power John Peyton – Shadow Minister for Power Patrick McNair-Wilson – Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Power
Public Building and Works Robin Chichester-Clark (UUP) – Shadow Minister of Public Building and Works Paul Channon – Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works
Scotland Anthony Stodart – Shadow Minister for Scotland Gordon Campbell and Ian MacArthur – Shadow Ministers for Scotland
Technology John Biffen – Shadow Minister of State for Technology
Transpory David Webster – Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport
Treasury, Economic Affairs and Trade Peter Walker – Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Patrick Jenkin – Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury William Clark and Peter Emery – Shadow Ministers for Trade
April 1966 reshuffle Following the 1966 election Heath was forced to reshuffle his frontbench as three members of the Shadow Cabinet (Soames, Thorneycroft and Redmayne) had lost their seats.
Edward Heath – Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition and Leader of the Conservative Party Reginald Maudling – Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party, Shadow Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Shadow Secretary of State for the Colonies and Shadow Minister for Overseas Development Alec Douglas-Home – Shadow Foreign Secretary Iain Macleod – Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer and Shadow Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Quintin Hogg – Shadow Home Secretary Enoch Powell – Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Edward Boyle – Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Science Keith Joseph – Shadow Minister for Labour Joseph Godber – Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Anthony Barber – Shadow President of the Board of Trade and Shadow Minister for Power Geoffrey Rippon – Shadow Minister for Housing and Land Michael Noble – Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Mervyn Pike – Shadow Minister for Social Services Peter Walker – Shadow Minister of Transport Edward du Cann – Chairman of the Conservative Party Lord Carington – Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords Lord Harlech – Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords
Junior Shadow Ministers William Whitelaw – Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons Earl St Aldwyn – Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords John Hobson – Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales Robert Carr – Shadow Minister of Aviation Margaret Thatcher – Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Richard Wood – Shadow Minister for the Colonies Robert Lindsay – Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Paul Bryan – Shadow Postmaster General Robin Chichester-Clark (UUP) – Shadow Minister of Public Building and Works Norman Wylie – Shadow Solicitor General for Scotland George Younger – Shadow Minister for Scotland David Price – Shadow Minister for Technology Frederick Corfield – Shadow Minister for Trade and Power David Gibson-Watt – Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
Changes 22 February 1967 - Anthony Barber become a Shadow Minister without Portfolio, Keith Joseph replaces hime at Trade and Industry with Robert Carr joining the shadow cabinet as Shadow Minister for Labour as well as Aviation. 27 June 1967 - Lord Harlech resigns as Deputy Leader in the Lords and is replaced by Earl Jellicoe. 11 September 1967 - Edward du Cann resigns as party chairman and is replaced by Barber. 10 October 1967 - Mervyn Pike resigns and is replaced by Robert Lindsay. Margaret Thatcher enters the shadow cabinet as Shadow Minister for Power. Patrick Jenkin replaces Thatcher at the Treasury. 21 April 1968 - Enoch Powell is sacked from the shadow cabinet after his racist Rivers of Blood speech the day before. Maudling becomes Shadow Defence Secretary and Douglas-Home Shadow Commonwealth Secretary
November 1968 reshuffle Another reshuffle was conducted in November 1968.
Edward Heath – Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition and Leader of the Conservative Party Reginald Maudling – Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party and Shadow Minister with responsibility for policy formation Alec Douglas-Home – Shadow Foreign Secretary Iain Macleod – Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer and Shadow Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Quintin Hogg – Shadow Home Secretary Geoffrey Rippon – Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Edward Boyle – Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Science Keith Joseph – Shadow President of the Board of Trade Robert Carr – Shadow Minister for Labour Joseph Godber – Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Peter Walker – Shadow Minister for Housing and Land Michael Noble – Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Robert Lindsay – Shadow Secretary of State for Social Services Margaret Thatcher – Shadow Minister of Transport Anthony Barber – Chairman of the Conservative Party Lord Carington – Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords Earl Jellicoe – Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords
Junior Shadow Ministers William Whitelaw – Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons Earl St Aldwyn – Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords Paul Channon - Shadow Minister for the Arts Peter Rawlinson – Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales Frederick Corfield – Shadow Minister of Aviation Patrick Jenkin – Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Bernard Braine – Shadow Minister for the Colonies James Ramsden – Shadow Minister for Defence Richard Wood – Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Maurice Macmillan – Shadow Minister of Health Graham Page – Shadow Minister for Housing and Land Paul Bryan – Shadow Postmaster General Robin Chichester-Clark (UUP) – Shadow Minister of Public Building and Works John Eden – Shadow Minister for Power Norman Wylie – Shadow Solicitor General for Scotland George Younger – Shadow Minister for Scotland Charles Morrison - Shadow Minister for Sport David Price – Shadow Minister for Technology Terence Higgins – Shadow Minister for Trade David Gibson-Watt – Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
Changes 15 October 1969 – Edward Boyle resigns as Shadow Education Secretary.