Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Deputy Leader of His Majesty’s Most Loyal Opposition
Incumbent Oliver Dowden since 8 July 2024
Shadow Cabinet
Appointer	Leader of the Opposition
Formation	6 December 2005
First holder	William Hague
Website	Shadow Cabinet

The Deputy Leader of the Opposition of the United Kingdom is a position in the United Kingdom's Shadow Cabinet that was created on 6 December 2005 by the then-Leader of the Opposition, David Cameron for his shadow cabinet. The current Deputy Leader of the Opposition is Oliver Dowden, who is currently serving in the temporary Shadow Cabinet of Rishi Sunak. Dowden was previously the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under Sunak from 2023 to 2024.

Even though the role has no specific responsibilities attached to it, the holder of the position shadows the First Secretary of State and/or Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and deputises for the Leader of the Opposition in Prime Minister's Questions when the First Secretary or Deputy PM is deputising for the Prime Minister.^[1] The incumbent is Oliver Dowden, who succeeded Angela Rayner in July 2024.