Frontbench Team of Angus Robertson

The list that follows is the Shadow Cabinet led by Angus Robertson from 2015 to present, after the Scottish National Party (SNP) won 56 of the 59 seats that they contested at the 2015 general election, making them the third-largest party in the UK Parliament. The Frontbench Team consists exclusively of Members of the House of Commons, since the SNP has a policy of not appointing peers to the House of Lords.

Scottish National Party Frontbench Team

Westminster Group Leadership

Name	Portfolio
The Rt Hon Angus Robertson MP	Scottish National Party Parliamentary Group Leader Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party
Stewart Hosie MP	SNP Spokesperson on the Economy
The Rt Hon Alex Salmond MP	SNP Spokesperson on International Affairs and Europe
Brendan O'Hara MP	SNP Spokesperson on Defence
Joanna Cherry QC MP	SNP Spokesperson on Justice & Home Affairs
Hannah Bardell MP^{[notes 1]}	SNP Spokesperson on Business, Innovation and Skills
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh OBE WS NP MP	SNP Spokesperson on Trade and Investment
Eilidh Whiteford MP	SNP Spokesperson on Work and Pensions
Neil Gray MP^{[notes 2]}	SNP Spokesperson on Fair Work and Employment
Carol Monaghan MP	SNP Spokesperson on Education
Philippa Whitford MP	SNP Spokesperson on Health
Callum McCaig MP	SNP Spokesperson on Energy and Climate Change
Calum Kerr MP	SNP Spokesperson on Environment and Rural Affairs
Drew Hendry MP	SNP Spokesperson on Transport
Pete Wishart MP	SNP Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Mike Weir MP	SNP Shadow Chief Whip
Deidre Brock MP	Scottish Parliament/Scottish Government Liaison

Spokespeople

Name	Portfolio
Scotland and Constitution
Tommy Sheppard MP	SNP Spokesperson on the Cabinet Office
Margaret Ferrier MP	SNP Spokesperson on the Scotland Office
Kirsty Blackman MP	SNP Spokesperson on the House of Lords
Economy
Roger Mullin MP	SNP Spokesperson on the Treasury
John Nicolson MP	SNP Spokesperson on Culture, Media and Sport
Alison Thewliss MP	SNP Spokesperson on Cities
Social Justice and Welfare
Natalie McGarry MP	SNP Spokesperson on Disabilities
Ian Blackford MP	SNP Spokesperson on Pensions
Justice and Home Affairs
Stuart McDonald MP	SNP Spokesperson on Immigration, Asylum and Border Control
Angela Crawley MP	SNP Spokesperson on Equalities, Women and Children
Anne McLaughlin MP	SNP Spokesperson on Civil Liberties
International Affairs
Stephen Gethins MP	SNP Spokesperson on Europe
Patrick Grady MP	SNP Spokesperson on International Development
Lisa Cameron MP	SNP Spokesperson on Climate Justice
Defence
Kirsten Oswald MP	SNP Spokesperson on the Armed Forces and Veterans

Whips Office

Name	Portfolio
Mike Weir MP	SNP Shadow Chief Whip
Marion Fellows MP	SNP Shadow Whip
Owen Thompson MP	SNP Shadow Whip

Notes

↑ Hannah Bardell MP replaced Michelle Thomson after she resigned the SNP whip in 2015.
↑ Neil Gray MP replaced Hannah Bardell after she became the SNP's Business Spokesperson in 2015.

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Shadow Cabinets of the United Kingdom

Official Opposition	Heath I (1965–1970) Wilson II (1970–1974) Heath II (1974–1975) Thatcher (1975–1979) Callaghan (1979–1980) Foot (1980–1983) Kinnock (1983–1992) Smith (1992–1994) Beckett (1994) Blair (1994–1997) Major (1997) Hague (1997–2001) Duncan Smith (2001–2003) Howard (2003–2005) Cameron (2005–2010) Harman I (2010) Miliband (2010–2015) Harman II (2015) Corbyn (2015–present)

Liberal Democrats	Ashdown (1997–1999) Kennedy (1999–2006) Campbell (2006–2007) Cable (2007) Clegg (2007–2010) Farron (2015–present)

Scottish National Party	Robertson (2015–present)

1965 to Present

Scottish National Party (SNP)

Leaders	MacEwen Gibb Power Young Watson McIntyre Halliday Donaldson Wolfe Wilson Swinney Salmond Sturgeon

Depute Leaders	Milne Wolfe Leslie Henderson Wilson MacDonald Henderson Fairlie M. Ewing Salmond Morgan Sillars Macartney Swinney Cunningham Sturgeon Hosie Robertson

Presidents	Graham Muirhead Gibson McIntyre Wolfe Stewart W. Ewing Hudghton

Leader in the Scottish Parliament	Salmond Swinney Sturgeon Salmond Sturgeon

Leader in the House of Commons	Stewart M. Ewing Morgan Salmond Robertson

Treasurers	Rollo Rankin Cook G. Gibson Gloag Murgatroyd Morgan Chalmers MacAskill Blackford Mather Beattie

National Secretaries	MacCormick McIntyre Dott Curran Smart Shaw Wilson M. Gibson Hall M. Gibson MacWhirter Murray MacCallum Swinney Morgan Hosie Allan Ross Grady

Leadership elections	1942 1967 1969 1990 2000 2003 2004 2014

Depute leadership elections	2014 2016

Related topics	55 Group 79 Group Election results Federation of Student Nationalists National Party of Scotland Radio Free Scotland The Scots Independent Scots National League Scottish Party SNP Trade Union Group

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