Frontbench Team of Tim Farron

Frontbench Teams since 1997
Ashdown Team (1997–1999)
Kennedy Team (1999–2006)
Campbell Team (2006–2007)
Cable Team (2007)
Clegg Team (2007–2010)
Farron Team (2015-present)

The list that follows is the current Shadow Cabinet led by Tim Farron from July 2015, after the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives formed a coalition government following the 2010 general election, and Clegg became Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Liberal Democrat Frontbench Team

Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet

Name	Portfolio
The Rt. Hon. Tim Farron MP	Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Baroness Susan Kramer	Lib Dem Shadow Treasury Spokesperson
Tom Brake MP	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Lib Dem Chief Whip Lib Dem Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Baroness Judith Jolly	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
Alistair Carmichael MP	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department
Norman Lamb MP	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Health
John Pugh MP	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Education
Zahida Parveen Manzoor, Baroness Manzoor	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Lorely Jane Burt, Baroness Burt of Solihull	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Business
Lynne Choona Featherstone, Baroness Featherstone	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Dorothy Thornhill, Baroness Thornhill	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Local Government
Jennifer Elizabeth Randerson, Baroness Randerson	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
Kathryn Jane Parminter, Baroness Parminter	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Affairs
Lindsay Patricia Northover, Baroness Northover	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
Jane Bonham-Carter, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Meral Hussein Ece, Baroness Hussein-Ece	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Equalities
Jonathan Clive Marks, Baron Marks of Henley-on-Thames	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Lib Dem Shadow Attorney General
John Thomas Alderdice, Baron Alderdice	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Willie Rennie MSP	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
Kirsty Williams AM	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
Greg Mulholland MP	Chairman of Campaigns
Cllr Tim Pickstone	Chairman of Grassroots Campaigns

Links

Shadow Cabinets of the United Kingdom

Official Opposition	First Heath (1965–1970) Second Wilson (1970–1974) Second Heath (1974–1975) Thatcher (1975–1979) Callaghan (1979–1980) Foot (1980–1983) Kinnock (1983–1992) Smith (1992–1994) Beckett (1994) Blair (1994–1997) Major (1997) Hague (1997–2001) Duncan Smith (2001–2003) Howard (2003–2005) Cameron (2005–2010) First Harman (2010) Miliband (2010–2015) Second Harman (2015) Corbyn (2015–present)

Liberal Democrats	Ashdown (1997–1999) Kennedy (1999–2006) Campbell (2006–2007) Cable (2007) Clegg (2007–2010) Farron (2015-present)

Scottish National Party	Robertson (2015–present)

1965 to Present

Liberal Democrats

Leadership

Leaders	Steel (Liberal) Maclennan (SDP) Ashdown Kennedy Campbell Clegg Farron

Deputy Leaders	Johnston Beith Campbell Cable Hughes Bruce

Leaders in the Lords	Seear (Liberal) Diamond (SDP) Jenkins Rodgers Williams McNally Wallace

Presidents	Wrigglesworth Kennedy Maclennan Maddock Dholakia Hughes Scott Farron Brinton

Leadership elections

Leadership	1988 (Ashdown) 1999 (Kennedy) 2006 (Campbell) 2007 (Clegg) 2015 (Farron)

Deputy Leadership	2003 (Campbell) 2006 (Cable) 2010 (Hughes) 2014 (Bruce) 2015

Structure

MPs and Frontbench	Current Members of Parliament Frontbench Team Chief Whip

Frontbench in opposition	Frontbench Team of Paddy Ashdown (1997–1999) Frontbench Team of Charles Kennedy (1999–2006) Frontbench Team of Menzies Campbell (2006–2007) Frontbench Team of Vince Cable (2007) Frontbench Team of Nick Clegg (2007–2010)

State parties	English Liberal Democrats Scottish Liberal Democrats Welsh Liberal Democrats

Regional parties	London Liberal Democrats Northern Ireland Liberal Democrats

Committees	Federal Executive Federal Policy Committee Federal Conference Committee

SAOs	LGBT+ Liberal Democrats Liberal Youth (Liberal Youth England, Liberal Youth Scotland, IR Cymru (Liberal Youth Wales)) Women Liberal Democrats Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors Ethnic Minority Liberal Democrats Association of Liberal Democrat Engineers and Scientists Liberal Democrats Parliamentary Candidates Association

Related organisations

Alliance Party of Northern Ireland Beveridge Group Cambridge University (Presidents/Chairs) Christian Forum Friends of Israel Friends of Turkey History Group Liberal International British Group Oxford University (Presidents) Social Liberal Forum

History and related topics

List of MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Glee Club (British politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National Liberal Club Whig Party Peelites Liberal Party Social Democratic Party SDP–Liberal Alliance Lib–Lab pact Southport resolution Orange Book Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition agreement

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, December 21, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.

Frontbench Team of Tim Farron

Liberal Democrat Frontbench Team

Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet

See also

Links