Calum Strang

Calum Strang is a Conservative MP in the Model House of Commons, who currently serves as Minister of State for Efficiency, and previously served as Shadow Leader of the House. He has been MP for Doncaster North since 13th March 2019.

Shadow Leader of the House
From the 1st session of the Model House of Commons on 13th March, the Labour Party were designated as the Official Opposition. However, when Leon Peel resigned as Leader of the Labour Party and Shadow Leader of the House, Calum Strang was identified as his successor. Due to a lack of Labour MP's in attendance, Strang struggled to form a shadow cabinet. This led Matt Brown to request that the Liberal Democrats be designated as the Official Opposition, a request that the Speaker initially rejected. However on 24th April Strang could not find a Labour MP to shadow the Deputy Leader of the House or Foreign Minister who led the Brexit debate, forcing the Labour Party to drop its amendment to the Prime Minister's Withdrawal Agreement.

At the same time, the Liberal Democrat's managed to pass their People's Vote amendment to the Withdrawal Agreement and the Lib Dem Whip, Maria Wilson, also successfully proposed an amendment on environmental protections post-Brexit.

At the conclusion of the session on 24th April, Matt Brown re-submitted a request for the Liberal Democrats to be designated as the Official Opposition and the Speaker accepted. This decision was formally announced the following week on 1st May when Matt Brown became Shadow Leader of the House and formed a Shadow Cabinet.

Minister of State for Efficiency
On the 9th of March 2020, Calum Strang was appointed Minister of State for Efficiency, so it's not only incorporate his experience officially within the government, but also to have a greater level of scrutiny placed on government departments.