Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Incumbent Angela Rayner since 9 April 2020
Shadow Cabinet
Appointer	Leader of the Opposition
Formation	6 December 2005
First holder	William Hague (as Senior Member of the Shadow Cabinet)
Website	Shadow Cabinet

The Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is a position in the United Kingdom's Shadow Cabinet that was created on 11 May 2015 by the Leader of the Opposition, Harriet Harman for her interim shadow cabinet. From 2005 to 2010, the office was known as Senior Member of the Shadow Cabinet, and from 2015 to 2023, the office was known as Shadow First Secretary of State.

Even though the role has no specific responsibilities attached to it, the holder of the position shadows the First Secretary of State and/or Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and deputises for the Leader of the Opposition in Prime Minister's Questions when the First Secretary or Deputy PM is deputising for the Prime Minister.

The incumbent is Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Angela Rayner, who succeeded Emily Thornberry as Shadow First Secretary of State in April 2020. Rayner continued to serve as Shadow First Secretary until 2023, despite Dominic Raab's promotion to Deputy Prime Minister in September 2021. She continued to shadow Raab and his successor, Oliver Dowden, until her elevation to Shadow Deputy Prime Minister in September 2023.

List of Shadow Deputy Prime Ministers

Senior Member of the Shadow Cabinet
Senior Member			Term of Office		Political Party	Leader of the Opposition
	William Hague		6 December 2005	11 May 2010	Conservative	David Cameron
Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Shadow Deputy Prime Minister			Term of Office		Political Party	Leader of the Opposition
	Jack Straw Acting		11 May 2010	25 September 2010	Labour	Harriet Harman
	Harriet Harman		7 October 2010	8 May 2015	Labour	Ed Miliband
Shadow First Secretary of State
Shadow First Secretary			Term of Office		Political Party	Leader of the Opposition
	Hilary Benn Acting		11 May 2015	13 September 2015	Labour	Harriet Harman
	Angela Eagle		13 September 2015	27 June 2016	Labour	Jeremy Corbyn
Office not in use from June 2016 to June 2017.
	Emily Thornberry		14 June 2017	5 April 2020	Labour	Jeremy Corbyn
	Angela Rayner		9 April 2020	4 September 2023	Labour	Keir Starmer
Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Shadow Deputy Prime Minister			Term of Office		Political Party	Leader of the Opposition
	Angela Rayner		4 September 2023	Present	Labour	Keir Starmer

See also

• Official Opposition frontbench
• Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer
• Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office