Scots in HM Government & Opposition

' Donald Dewar said repeatedly that he wanted to implement the settled will of the Scottish people. I did not agree with that will, I still do not, and I do not suppose I ever will.' Shadow Scottish Secretary, Eleanor Laing, Conservative MP for Epping Forest, Hansard, 31 st January 2002.

Prime Minister

	Prime Minister
	Rt Hon Dr J. Gordon Brown, MP (Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath)

Cabinet Ministers

	Chancellor of the Exchequer
	Rt Hon Alistair Darling, MP (Edinburgh South West)
	Secretary of State for Defence & Scotland
	Rt Hon Des Browne, MP (Kilmarnock & Loudoun)
	Secretary of State for International Development
	Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP (Paisley & Renfrewshire South)

Ministers of State

	Minister of State for Scotland
	Father David Cairns, MP (Inverclyde)
	Minister for Europe
	Jim Murphy, MP (East Renfrewshire)

Parliamentary Under Secretaries of State

	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Disabled People), Department for Work & Pensions
	Anne McGuire, MP (Stirling)
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport
	Tom Harris, MP (Glasgow South)

Government Whips

	Comptroller of the Royal Household (Senior Government Whip)
	Rt Hon Thomas McAvoy, MP (Rutherglen & Hamilton West)
	Lord Comissioner to the Treasury (Government Whip)
	Frank Roy, MP (Motherwell & Wishaw)

Law Officers

	Advocate General for Scotland
	Lord Davidson of Glen Clova (Neil Davidson QC) (since 21 st March 2006)

The Speaker & Deputies

	The Speaker of the House of Commons
	Rt Hon Michael Martin MP
The Deputy Speakers are: Chairman of Ways & Means: Sir Alan Hazelhurst MP First Deputy Chairman of Ways & Means: Sylvia Heal MP Second Deputy Chairman of Ways & Means: Sir Michael Lord

Father of the House of Commons

	Father of the House of Commons 2001 - 2005
	Sir Tam Daylell of the Binns, MP
The current Father of the House of Commons is: Alan Williams MP (Swansea West)

Tories

	Shadow Defence Secretary
	Dr Liam Fox MP (Woodspring, England) (Born in Scotland)
	Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
	David Mundell MP (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweedale) Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland was reinstated as a Shadow Cabinet Post on the 8 th December 2005
	Shadow Minister for Women & Equality
	Eleanor Laing MP (Epping Forest, England) (Born in Scotland)
	Shadow Minister for Scotland Shadow Minister for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Opposition Whip (House of Lords)
	His Grace, James Graham, 8 th Duke of Montrose The Duke of Montrose is the only elected hereditory duke in the House of Lords
	Shadow Minister for Scotland Shadow Minister for Transport Shadow Minister for Communities & Local Government Opposition Whip (House of Lords)
	Joan Brownham Hanham, Baroness Hanham CBE (Previously Deputy Mayoress and Leader of Kensington & Chelsea Council) (Please let us know if anybody is aware of any connection Baroness Hanham may have to Scotland)
The current leader of the United Kingdom Tories is: Rt Hon David Cameron, MP

Lib Dems

New UK Lib Dem leader Dick Clegg MP carried out a re-shuffle on the 20 th December 2007. Michael Moore was demoted from Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs spokesman to International Development spokesman, while Danny Alexander and Alistair Carmichael were kept on as spokesmen for Work & Pensions and Northern Ireland & Scotland respectively. On the 7 th January 2007, Sir Robert Smith was appointed Lib Dem Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons, while Alan Reid became Deputy Spokesman on Scotland as well as Northern Ireland, Jo Swinson was transferred from Deputy Spokeswoman on Women & Equalities to Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs and John Barrett was transferred from Deputy Spoksman on International Development to Work &, Pensions. Willie Rennie became a Lib Dem whip in addition to being Deputy Defence spokesman.
On the 5 th March 2008, Alastair Carmichael resigned as Scottish spokesman and the portfolio was given to Michael Moore.

Front Bench Spokespersons

	Work & Pensions
	Danny Alexander MP (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch amp;& Strathspey)
	International Development & Scotland
	Michael Moore MP (Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk)

Deputy Spokespersons

	Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs
	Jo Swinson MP (East Dunbartonshire)
	Defence and Lib Dem Whip
	William Rennie MP (Dunfermline & West Fife)
	Work & Pensions
	John Barrett MP (Edinburgh West)
	Lib Dem Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
	Sir Robert Smith Bt., MP (West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine)
	Northern Ireland &, Scotland
	Alan Reid MP (Argyll & Bute)

Scottish National Party

	First Minister of Scotland
	Alex Salmond, MP (Banff & Buchan) also MSP for Gordon
	Westminster Leader; Scottish Shadow Minister for Defence & Foreign Affairs
	Angus Robertson, MP (Moray)
	Deputy Westminter Leader & Chief Whip
	Stewart Hosie, MP (Dundee East)
	Trade & Industry, Energy & the Environment
	Mike Weir, MP (Angus)
	Food & Rural Affairs; Transport Member of the Scottish Affairs Committee
	Angus B. MacNeil, MP (Na h-Eileanan an Iar)
	Constitution, Culture Media & Sport and International Development.
	Pete Wishart, MP (Perth & North Perthshire)