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 June 1998

• Rt. Hon. William Hague MP — Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition and Leader of the British Conservative Party
• Rt. Hon. Peter Lilley MP — Deputy Leader of the British Conservative Party
• Rt. Hon. Francis Maude MP — Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Rt. Hon. Michael Howard QC MP — Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Rt. Hon. Sir Norman Fowler MP — Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department
• Rt. Hon. Lord Parkinson PC — Chairman of the Conservative Party
• David Willets MP — Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Employment
• Rt. Hon. Sir George Young Bt MP — Shadow Leader of the House of Commons and Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• Rt. Hon. Viscount Cranborne PC — Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
• John Maples MP — Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
• Rt. Hon. John Redwood MP — Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
• Rt. Hon. Gillian Shephard MP — Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
• Dr Liam Fox MP — Constitutional Affairs spokesman
• 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
• Rt. Hon. Ann Widdecombe MP — Shadow Secretary of State for Health
• Rt. Hon. Iain Duncan Smith MP — Shadow Secretary of State for Social Security
• Rt. Hon. James Arbuthnot MP — Opposition Chief Whip
• Rt. Hon. Lord Strathclyde PC — Lords Opposition Chief Whip

Junior Shadow Ministers

• Rt. Hon. Sir Nicholas Lyell MP — Shadow Attorney General
• Lord Kingsland QC — Shadow Lord Chancellor

Changes from June 1997

• Peter Lilley moves from Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer to Deputy Leader of the British Conservative Party
• Francis Maude moves from Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Sir Brian Mawhinney leaves the Shadow Cabinet
• Sir Norman Fowler moves from Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions to Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department
• Gillian Shephard moves from Shadow Leader of the House of Commons to Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
• Sir George Young moves from Shadow Secretary of State for Defence to Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
• John Maples moves from Shadow Secretary of State for Health to Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
• Ann Widdecombe enters the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Health
• Alastair Goodlad leaves the Shadow Cabinet
• Peter Ainsworth enters the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
• Liam Fox enters the Shadow Cabinet as Constitutional Affairs spokesman
• Gary Streeter enters the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
• David Curry leaves the Shadow Cabinet
• Tim Yeo enters the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
• Michael Ancram becomes Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party