The second Shadow Cabinet of Bill English formed the official Opposition in the 52nd New Zealand Parliament from 2 November 2017 until 11 March 2018, during Bill English's second term as Leader of the Opposition.
The Shadow Cabinet was formed after the 2017 New Zealand general election, when a new Government was formed by the New Zealand Labour Party, New Zealand First party and Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. As the largest party not in government, the New Zealand National Party became the official opposition. National Party leader Bill English assigned spokesperson roles to his MPs in order to scrutinise the policies and actions of the government, as well to offer an alternative program. As many National MPs were Ministers in the previous National-led Government, many of them were named Spokespersons for areas in which they had previously had ministerial responsibility. Most other MPs picked up minor portfolios, although new MPs were not assigned any particular responsibilities.
In early 2018, English resigned from the leadership and was replaced as National Party leader by Simon Bridges on 27 February 2018. Other than Bridges' succession to the leadership, no changes to portfolio responsibilities were named until 11 March 2018, when Bridges announced his own Shadow Cabinet.
List of spokespersons The Opposition portfolio spokespersons were as follows:
Rank Spokesperson Portfolio 1 Rt Hon Bill English Leader of the Opposition Spokesperson for National Security and Intelligence 2 Hon Paula Bennett Deputy Leader of the Opposition Spokesperson for Children Spokesperson for Women Spokesperson for Social Investment 3 Hon Steven Joyce Spokesperson for Finance Spokesperson for Infrastructure 4 Hon Gerry Brownlee Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs Spokesperson for Fisheries Spokesperson for Land Information 5 Hon Simon Bridges Shadow Leader of the House Spokesperson for Economic and Regional Development Spokesperson for Immigration 6 Hon Amy Adams Spokesperson for Justice Spokesperson for Workplace Relations and Safety (including Pike River) 7 Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman Spokesperson for Health Spokesperson for Sport and Recreation 8 Hon Chris Finlayson Shadow Attorney General Spokesperson for Commerce Spokesperson for Government Communications Security Bureau Spokesperson for New Zealand Security and Intelligence Service 9 Hon Judith Collins Spokesperson for Transport Spokesperson for Revenue 10 Hon Michael Woodhouse Spokesperson for Housing Spokesperson for Social Housing 11 Hon Nathan Guy Spokesperson for Primary Industries 12 Hon Nikki Kaye Spokesperson for Education 13 Hon Todd McClay Spokesperson for Trade Spokesperson for State Services 14 Hon Paul Goldsmith Spokesperson for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Spokesperson for Arts, Culture and Heritage 15 Hon Louise Upston Spokesperson for Social Development 16 Hon Anne Tolley Deputy Speaker 17 Rt Hon David Carter Spokesperson for State Owned Enterprises 18 Hon Dr Nick Smith Spokesperson for Forestry Spokesperson for Aquaculture 19 Hon Maggie Barry Spokesperson for Conservation 20 Hon Alfred Ngaro Spokesperson for Courts Spokesperson for the Community and Voluntary Sector Spokesperson for Pacific Peoples 21 Hon Mark Mitchell Spokesperson for Defence 22 Hon Nicky Wagner Spokesperson for Disability Issues 23 Hon Jacqui Dean Spokesperson for Tourism Spokesperson for Small Business 24 Hon David Bennett Spokesperson for Food Safety Spokesperson for Racing Associate Spokesperson for Immigration 25 Hon Tim Macindoe Spokesperson for ACC 26 Hon Scott Simpson Spokesperson for the Environment Spokesperson for Planning 27 Jami-Lee Ross Senior Whip Spokesperson for Local Government Associate spokesperson for Transport 28 Barbara Kuriger Junior Whip Spokesperson for Biosecurity Spokesperson for Rural Communities 29 Matt Doocey Third Whip Spokesperson for Greater Christchurch Regeneration Spokesperson for Mental Health 30 Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi Spokesperson for Internal Affairs Associate spokesperson for Police 31 Melissa Lee Spokesperson for Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Spokesperson for Ethnic Affairs 32 Jonathan Young Spokesperson for Energy and Resources 33 Jo Hayes Spokesperson for Whānau Ora Associate spokesperson for Children 34 Ian McKelvie Spokesperson for Seniors Spokesperson for Veterans 35 Simon O'Connor Spokesperson for Corrections 36 Dr Jian Yang Spokesperson for Statistics Associate Spokesperson for Ethnic Affairs 37 Andrew Bayly Spokesperson for Building Regulation Associate Spokesperson for Commerce 38 Chris Bishop Spokesperson for Police Spokesperson for Youth 39 Sarah Dowie Spokesperson for Early Childhood Education 40 Brett Hudson Spokesperson for ICT Spokesperson for Government Digital Services 41 Nuk Korako Spokesperson for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Spokesperson for Māori Development 42 Todd Muller Spokesperson for Climate Change Spokesperson for Crown/Māori Relations 43 Dr Parmjeet Parmar Spokesperson for Science and Innovation 44 Dr Shane Reti Spokesperson for Data Associate spokesperson for Health 45 Alastair Scott Spokesperson for Customs Associate Spokesperson for Regional Development 46 Stuart Smith Spokesperson for Civil Defence Spokesperson for the Earthquake Commission
The ten MPs who entered Parliament at the 2017 general election (Simeon Brown, Andrew Falloon, Harete Hipango, Matt King, Denise Lee, Chris Penk, Erica Stanford, Tim van de Molen, Hamish Walker, and Lawrence Yule) were not ranked or given portfolio allocations.
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