Noun
shadow minister (plural shadow ministers)
In British and some Commonwealth parliaments, a member of an opposition party, with responsibility for a particular portfolio.
“Each Shadow Minister will be ably supported by sub-committees, composed of members of the Party who are knowledgeable in each of these areas. Source: Internet
Shadow Minister for Transport, Health and the Environment, Elliott Phillips said: “We have been very critical of the Government’s handling and management of their closure plans of this major arterial road because it represented very poor planning.” Source: Internet