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Darren Millar Shadow Cabinet
Shadow Cabinet of Wales
Date formed	12 December 2024
People and organisations
Monarch	Charles III
Leader of the Opposition	Darren Millar
Member party	Welsh Conservatives
Status in legislature	Official Opposition 16 / 60 (27%)
History
Legislature term	6th Senedd
Predecessor	Fourth Shadow Cabinet of Andrew RT Davies

Darren Millar became Leader of the Opposition in Wales on 5 December 2024, after being elected unopposed in the 2024 Welsh Conservative leadership election, following the resignation of Andrew RT Davies. He announced his Shadow Cabinet on 12 December 2024.

Background

On 28 November 2024, it was reported by Nation.Cymru that Andrew RT Davies had been asked to step down by members of the Welsh Conservative group. On Tuesday 3 December 2024, Davies faced a no-confidence vote in the Welsh Conservative group meeting, in which he received 9 votes out of 16 members, including his own. Shortly after the vote, Davies resigned as leader of the Welsh Conservatives, stating he viewed his position as untenable, after a number of members of the Conservative Shadow Cabinet privately threatened to resign if he remained in post.

Following Davies' resignation a leadership election process was triggered. Over the course of 4 and 5 December 2024, Millar received endorsements from all of his Welsh Conservative Senedd colleagues, and was therefore elected unanimously within the Welsh Conservative group.

This represented the formal return of Laura Anne Jones to the Shadow Cabinet, after she had been cleared for the second time by the South Wales Police for breaches of expenses rules. She remains under investigation by the Senedd Standards Commissioner.

Members

Portfolio	Name			Constituency	Term
Leader of the Opposition Leader of the Welsh Conservatives			Darren Millar MS	Clwyd West	December 2024 -
Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Constitutional Affairs Chief Whip			Paul Davies MS	Preseli Pembrokeshire	December 2024 -
Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance			Sam Rowlands MS	North Wales	December 2024 -
Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language			Samuel Kurtz MS	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	December 2024 -
Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care			James Evans MS	Brecon and Radnorshire	December 2024 -
Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education			Natasha Asghar MS	South Wales East	December 2024 -
Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Transport and Rural Affairs			Peter Fox MS	Monmouth	December 2024 -
Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change			Janet Finch-Saunders MS	Aberconwy	March 2021 -
Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Local Government, Housing and Armed Forces			Laura Anne Jones MS	South Wales East	December 2024 -
Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Equalities and Social Justice			Altaf Hussain MS	South Wales West	December 2024 -
Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Sport and North Wales			Gareth Davies MS	Vale of Clwyd	December 2024 -
Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Children, Young People, Mental Health and Wellbeing			Joel James MS	South Wales Central	December 2024 -

References

1. "New Welsh Conservatives leader Darren Millar MS announces shadow cabinet". ITV News. 2024-12-12. Archived from the original on 2024-12-12. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
2. Price, Emily (2024-11-28). "Andrew RT Davies asked to step down as leader of the Welsh Conservatives by MSs". Nation.Cymru. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
3. Deans, David (2024-12-03). "Welsh Tories: Andrew RT Davies survives leadership vote". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
4. ^ Molaski, Ruth (2024-12-03). "Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies narrowly survives no-confidence vote". Wales Online. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
5. Deans, David (2024-12-03). "Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies resigns". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
6. Price, Emily (2024-12-03). "Andrew RT Davies resigns as leader of the Welsh Conservative Senedd group". Nation.Cymru. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
7. "Darren Millar expected to be confirmed as new Welsh Tory leader". BBC News. 2024-12-05. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
8. "Darren Millar set to become new leader of the Senedd Tories". Nation.Cymru. 2024-12-05. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
9. Gwawar, Elliw (2024-10-07). "Police reopen dropped probe into politician". BBC News.
10. ^ Price, Emily (2024-12-02). "Laura Anne Jones cleared by police over expenses allegations". Nation.Cymru. Retrieved 2024-12-02.

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