Frontbench Teams since 1997 |
Ashdown Team (1997–1999) |
Kennedy Team (1999–2006) |
Campbell Team (2006–2007) |
First Cable Team (2007) |
Clegg Team (2007–2010) |
General Election Cabinet (2015) |
Farron Team (2015–2017) |
Second Cable Team (2017–2019) |
Swinson Team (2019) |
Davey Team (2019–present) |
The list that follows is the Frontbench Team led by Nick Clegg from 2007 to 2010, before the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives formed a coalition government following the 2010 general election, and Clegg became Deputy Prime Minister.
Liberal Democrat Frontbench Team
[edit]Clegg Frontbench Team
[edit]Name | Portfolio |
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The Rt. Hon. Nick Clegg MP | Leader of the Liberal Democrats |
Dr Vince Cable MP | Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Lib Dem Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer |
Edward Davey MP | Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs |
Chris Huhne MP | Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department |
David Howarth MP | Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Justice |
David Heath MP | Lib Dem Shadow Leader of the House of Commons |
Simon Hughes MP | Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change |
Nick Harvey MP | Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Defence |
Norman Lamb MP | Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Health |
Prof. Steve Webb MP | Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions |
Tim Farron MP | Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
David Laws MP | Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families |
Stephen Williams MP | Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills |
Sarah Teather MP | Lib Dem Shadow Minister for Housing |
Norman Baker MP | Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Transport |
Don Foster MP | Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport |
Julia Goldsworthy MP | Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government |
John Thurso MP | Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform |
Danny Alexander MP | Party Leader's Chief of Staff and Chairman of the Manifesto group |
Jenny Willott MP | Lib Dem Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster |
Michael Moore MP | Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for International Development |
Roger Williams MP | Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Wales |
Alistair Carmichael MP | Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland |
Jeremy Browne MP | Lib Dem Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury |
Lynne Featherstone MP | Lib Dem Spokesperson for Youth and Equality |
Paul Burstow MP | Lib Dem Chief Whip |
Mark Hunter MP | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader |
Lorely Burt MP | Chairman of the Parliamentary Party |
Willie Rennie MP | Chairman of Campaigns and Communications |
The Lord McNally PC | Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords |
Other Liberal Democrat Spokespeople
[edit]Name | Portfolio |
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John Pugh MP and Colin Breed MP | Treasury |
Jo Swinson MP | Foreign Affairs |
Tom Brake MP | Home Affairs |
Martin Horwood MP and Roger Williams MP | DEFRA Team |
Greg Mulholland MP and Sandra Gidley MP | Health |
Sir Robert Smith Bt. | House of Commons |
John Leech MP and Mark Hunter MP | Transport |
Lorely Burt MP | Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform |
Bob Russell MP and Willie Rennie MP | Defence |
Paul Rowen MP and John Barrett MP | Work and Pensions |
Alan Reid MP | Northern Ireland and Scotland |
Mark Williams MP | Wales |
Dan Rogerson MP | Communities and Local Government |
Richard Younger-Ross MP | Culture, Media and Sport |
Annette Brooke MP | Children, Schools and Families |
Dr Evan Harris MP | Innovation, Universities and Skills |
Adrian Sanders MP | Deputy Whips |
Tom Brake MP | London and the Olympics |
Liberal Democrats House of Lords Frontbench Team
[edit]Liberal Democrat peers are also organised into teams broadly corresponding to the areas of Government departments:
Name | Portfolio |
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Rt. Hon. The Lord McNally PC | Leader in the House of Lords |
The Lord Dholakia OBE and The Lord Wallace of Saltaire |
Deputy Leaders in the House of Lords |
The Lord Shutt of Greetland | Chief Whip in the House of Lords |
The Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | Home Affairs |
Rt. Hon. The Lord McNally PC | Constitutional Affairs |
The Lord Maclennan of Rogart | Cabinet Office and Scotland |
The Lord Wallace of Saltaire | Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs |
The Lord Lee of Trafford | Defence |
The Baroness Northover and The Lord Roberts |
International Development |
The Lord Clement-Jones CBE and The Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury |
Culture, Media and Sport |
The Baroness Walmsley | Children, Schools and Families |
The Baroness Sharp of Guildford | Innovation, Universities and Skills |
The Baroness Barker | Health |
The Lord Burnett | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
The Lord Teverson | Climate Change and Energy |
The Baroness Hamwee | Communities and Local Government |
The Lord Smith of Clifton | Northern Ireland |
The Lord Razzall | Trade and Industry |
The Lord Bradshaw | Transport |
The Lord Newby | Treasury |
The Lord Livsey of Talgarth | Wales |
The Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay | Work and Pensions |