Shadow Secretary of State for Justice

Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
Incumbent Richard Burgon since 27 June 2016
Appointer	Leader of the Opposition
Inaugural holder	Bill Cash
Website	The Shadow Cabinet

In British politics the Shadow Secretary of State for Justice is the member of the Shadow Cabinet who shadows the Secretary of State for Justice, an office which has existed since 2007. Prior to 2007, the office was known as Shadow Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs. The current Shadow Secretary of State for Justice is Richard Burgon, who replaced Lord Falconer of Thoroton of the Labour Party, when Falconer resigned due to a loss of confidence of the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.

Shadow Secretaries

Name			Entered office	Left office	Political party
	Bill Cash		1 July 2003	13 November 2003	Conservative
	Alan Duncan		13 November 2003	14 June 2004	Conservative
	Oliver Heald		14 June 2004	8 May 2007	Conservative
Name			Entered office	Left office	Political party
	Oliver Heald		9 May 2007	2 July 2007	Conservative
	Nick Herbert		2 July 2007	19 January 2009	Conservative
	Dominic Grieve		19 January 2009	11 May 2010	Conservative
	Jack Straw		11 May 2010	7 October 2010	Labour
	Sadiq Khan		8 October 2010	11 May 2015	Labour
	The Lord Falconer of Thoroton		11 May 2015	26 June 2016	Labour
	Richard Burgon		27 June 2016	Incumbent	Labour