Opposition frontbench of David Cameron

The frontbench of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the Parliament of the United Kingdom consists of the Shadow Cabinet and other shadow ministers of the political party currently serving as the Official Opposition.

[1] In December 2005 the following junior roles were appointed:[2] Boris Johnson returned to the frontbench as shadow minister for higher education, so he quit his role at The Spectator.

[5] The rest of the frontbench consisted of:[6] In 2006, the shadow ministers for the Scottish Office were appointed for the two biggest cities in Scotland:[7] Due many English cities not having any Conservative councillors or MPs, cities in England were given shadow ministers too:[8] In 2007, Patrick Mercer was sacked as Shadow Homeland Security Minister.

[9] In 2007, Graham Brady resigned as Shadow Europe Minister over party policy on grammar schools.

[10] In July 2007, new MPs were promoted to the frontbench:[11] In January 2009, the following roles were appointed: