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

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
Sir 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

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