William Hague

The Right Honourable William Jefferson Hague (born March 26, 1961) is a British politician and former leader of the Conservative Party. Hague was born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, into an upper-middle class family in a strongly working-class area, and caused a sensation at the age of sixteen by speaking at the Conservative party's 1977 national conference. This appearance is so infamous that the comedian Harry Enfield based his Tory Boy character on it, long before Hague emerged as a well-known politican.

Hague Shadow Cabinet Reshuffle, 2 February 2000

• Rt. Hon. William Hague MP — Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition and Leader of the British Conservative Party
• Rt. Hon. Michael Portillo MP — Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Rt. Hon. Francis Maude MP — Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Rt. Hon. Ann Widdecombe MP — Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department
• Rt. Hon. Michael Ancram QC MP — Chairman of the Conservative Party
• Rt. Hon. Theresa May MP — Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Employment
• Rt. Hon. Sir George Young Bt MP — Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Constitutional Affairs spokesman
• Rt. Hon. Lord Strathclyde PC — Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
• Rt. Hon. Iain Duncan Smith MP — Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
• Angela Browning MP — Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
• Archie Norman MP — Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
• Tim Yeo MP — Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
• Gary Streeter MP — Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
• Rt. Hon. David Heathcoat-Amory MP — Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
• Peter Ainsworth MP — Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
• Rt. Hon. Andrew Mackay MP — Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• Dr Liam Fox MP — Shadow Secretary of State for Health
• David Willets MP — Shadow Secretary of State for Social Security
• Rt. Hon. James Arbuthnot MP — Opposition Chief Whip
• Lord Henley — Lords Opposition Chief Whip

Junior Shadow Ministers

• Edward Garnier QC MP — Shadow Attorney General
• Lord Kingsland QC — Shadow Lord Chancellor
• Bernard Jenkin MP — Shadow Minister for Transport
• Andrew Lansley CBE MP — Shadow Cabinet Office Minister

Changes from 15 June 1999

• John Redwood leaves the Shadow Cabinet
• John Maples leaves the Shadow Cabinet
• Michael Portillo enters the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Archie Norman enters the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
• Francis Maude moves from Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer to Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs