RAISON Environment
MAUDLING Foreign and Commonwealth
HESELTINE Industry
NEAVE Northern Ireland
BUCHANAN-SMITH Scotland
FOWLER Social Services
HOWE Treasury
EDWARDS Wales
CARRINGTON House of Lords
HAILSHAM Without portfolio
THORNEYCROFT Party Chairman
MAUDE Deputy Chairman and CRD Chairman
ATKINS Chief Whip (ex officio)
January 1976 — reshuffle
Biffen joined Shadow Cabinet from the backbenches as Energy spokesman.
Jenkin moved from Energy to Social Services, replacing Fowler who became spokesman for Transport outside the Shadow Cabinet. Whitelaw replaced Gilmour as Shadow Home Secretary. Gilmour replaced Younger at Defence.
Pym returned at Agriculture (had been absent through illness since April 1975); Jopling resumed his role as Agriculture No. 2.
MT Leader
WHITELAW Dep. Leader, Devolution, Home Affairs
JOSEPH Policy and Research PYM Agriculture
OPPENHEIM Consumer Affairs and Prices
GILMOUR Defence
PEYTON House of Commons
ST JOHN-STEVAS Education and Arts
PRIOR Employment
BIFFEN Energy
RAISON Environment
MAUDLING Foreign and Commonwealth
HESELTINE Industry
NEAVE Northern Ireland
BUCHANAN-SMITH Scotland
JENKIN Social Services
HOWE Treasury
EDWARDS Wales
CARRINGTON House of Lords
HAILSHAM Without portfolio
THORNEYCROFT Chairman
MAUDE Deputy Chairman and CRD Chairman
ATKINS Chief Whip (ex officio)
November 1976 — reshuffle
MT dismissed Maudling; replaced him with John Davies.
Heseltine moved to Environment and replaced at Industry by John Biffen.
Tom King joined the Shadow Cabinet as Energy spokesman.
Teddy Taylor joined the Shadow Cabinet as Trade spokesman.
Pym took over devolution and House of Commons.
Peyton replaced Pym shadowing Agriculture.
MT Leader
WHITELAW Deputy Leader and Home Affairs
JOSEPH Policy and Research
PEYTON Agriculture
OPPENHEIM Consumer Affairs and Prices
GILMOUR Defence
PYM Devolution and House of Commons
ST JOHN-STEVAS Education and Arts
PRIOR Employment
KING Energy
HESELTINE Environment
DAVIES Foreign and Commonwealth
BIFFEN Industry
NEAVE Northern Ireland
BUCHANAN-SMITH Scotland
JENKIN Social Services
TAYLOR Trade
HOWE Treasury
EDWARDS Wales
CARRINGTON House of Lords
HAILSHAM Without portfolio
THORNEYCROFT Chairman
MAUDE Deputy Chairman and CRD Chairman
ATKINS Chief Whip (ex officio)
December 1976 — Buchanan-Smith resignation
Taylor replaced Buchanan-Smith as Scottish Shadow.
John Nott entered the Shadow Cabinet to replace Taylor shadowing Trade.
February 1977 — Biffen resignation
Biffen resigned. Keith Joseph replaced him as Industry spokesman, remaining responsible for Policy and Research.
November 1978 — reshuffle
Francis Pym formally replaced John Davies as Conservative Foreign Affairs spokesman.
Biffen returned to the Shadow Cabinet with responsibility for Small Businesses.
Carlisle replaced St John-Stevas as Education spokesman. St John-Stevas replaced Pym as Shadow Leader of the House of Commons.
MT Leader
WHITELAW Deputy Leader and Home Affairs
JOSEPH Industry, Policy and Research
PEYTON Agriculture
OPPENHEIM Consumer Affairs and Prices
GILMOUR Defence
ST JOHN-STEVAS Devolution and House of Commons
CARLISLE Education and Arts
PRIOR Employment
KING Energy
