Cabinet Name: | Douglas-Home Shadow Cabinet |
Cabinet Type: | Shadow Cabinet |
Jurisdiction: | the United Kingdom |
Flag Border: | true |
Incumbent: | 1964 – 1965 |
Date Formed: | 16 October 1964 |
Date Dissolved: | 28 July 1965 |
Government Head Title: | Leader of the Opposition |
Government Head: | Sir Alec Douglas-Home |
Other Government Minister Title: | Shadow Deputy Prime Minister |
State Head Title: | Monarch |
State Head: | Elizabeth II |
Election: | 1964 United Kingdom general election |
Legislature Term: | 43th UK Parliament |
Previous: | First Shadow Cabinet of Harold Wilson |
Successor: | First Shadow Cabinet of Edward Heath |
Deputy Government Head: | R.A. Butler |
Deputy Government Head Title: | Deputy Leader of the Opposition |
The Shadow Cabinet of Alec Douglas-Home was created on 16 October 1964 following the defeat in the 1964 general election.
Portfolio | Shadow Minister | Term | |
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Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition Leader of the Conservative Party | The Rt Hon. Alec Douglas-Home | 1964–65 | |
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer | Reginald Maudling | 1964–65 | |
Shadow Foreign Secretary | R. A. Butler | 1964–65 | |
Shadow Home Secretary | The Rt Hon. Edward Boyle | 1964-65 | |
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence | Peter Thorneycroft | 1964-65 | |
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons | Selwyn Lloyd | 1964-65 | |
Shadow Minister for Overseas Development | Robert Carr | 1964-65 | |
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland | The Rt Hon. Michael Noble | 1964-65 | |
Opposition Chief Whip | The Rt Hon. William Whitelaw | 1964–65 | |
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords | The Rt Hon. The Lord Carrington PC | 1964–65 |