First Shadow Cabinet of Edward Heath

The First Shadow Cabinet of Edward Heath was created on 28 July 1965 after the Conservative Party elected Edward Heath as its leader, replacing Alec Douglas-Home.

First Heath Shadow Cabinet
Shadow Cabinet of the United Kingdom
1965 – 1970
Date formed	28 July 1965
Date dissolved	19 June 1970
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Leader of the Opposition	Edward Heath
Member party	Conservative Party
Status in legislature	Official Opposition 303 / 630 (48%) (1964) 251 / 630 (40%) (1966)
History
Election	1965 Conservative Party leadership election
Legislature terms	43th UK Parliament 44th UK Parliament
Predecessor	Shadow Cabinet of Alec Douglas-Home
Successor	Second Shadow Cabinet of Harold Wilson

Shadow cabinet list

Portfolio	Shadow Minister	Term
Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition Leader of the Conservative Party	Edward Heath	1965–70
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer	Edward Heath	1965
	Iain Macleod	1965–70
Shadow Foreign Secretary	Reginald Maudling	1965
	Christopher Soames	1965–66
	Alec Douglas-Home	1966–70
Shadow Home Secretary	Peter Thorneycroft	1965–66
	Quintin Hogg	1966–70
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence	Enoch Powell	1965–68
	Reginald Maudling	1968–69
	Geoffrey Rippon	1969–70
Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Science	Margaret Thatcher	1967–70
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland	Michael Noble	1965–69
	Gordon Campbell	1969–70
Shadow Commonwealth Secretary	Selwyn Lloyd	1965–68
Chairman of the Conservative Party	Edward du Cann	1965–67
	Anthony Barber	1967–70
Opposition Chief Whip	William Whitelaw	1965–70
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords	Lord Carington	1965–70