Frontbench Team of Menzies Campbell

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 Lib Dem Frontbench Team/Shadow Cabinet led by Menzies Campbell from 2006 to 2007.

Initial team

Shadow Cabinet

Leader of the Liberal Democrats – Sir Menzies Campbell
Lib Dem Deputy Leader and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer – Vincent Cable
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – Michael Moore
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Health – Norman Lamb
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department – Nick Clegg
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Defence – Nick Harvey
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Chris Huhne
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Transport – Susan Kramer
Lib Dem Shadow Leader of the House of Commons and Party President – Simon Hughes
Lib Dem Shadow Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice and Ministry of Justice – David Heath
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families – David Laws
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills – Sarah Teather
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport – Don Foster
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government – Andrew Stunell
Lib Dem Shadow Minister for Housing – Paul Holmes
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – Danny Alexander
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform – Lembit Öpik
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for International Development – Lynne Featherstone
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Secretary of State for Scotland – Alistair Carmichael
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Wales – Roger Williams
Lib Dem Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster – Norman Baker
Lib Dem Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury – Julia Goldsworthy
Chief Whip – Paul Burstow
Party Leader's Chief of Staff and Chair of Campaigns and Communications – Edward Davey
Chair of the Manifesto Group – Steve Webb
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader – Tim Farron
Chair of the Parliamentary Party – To be decided
Leader of the Party in the House of Lords – Thomas McNally
Lib Dem Shadow Attorney General – Martin Thomas
Lib Dem Shadow Solicitor General – David Howarth

Other spokespeople

Treasury – Colin Breed
Foreign Affairs – Mark Hunter
Home Affairs – Jeremy Browne, Tim Farron
DEFRA Team – Martin Horwood (Environment), Roger Williams (Rural Affairs)
Health – John Pugh, Sandra Gidley
House of Commons – Sir Robert Smith
Transport – John Leech
Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform – Lorely Burt
Women and Equality – Jo Swinson
Defence – Bob Russell, Willie Rennie
Work and Pensions – Paul Rowen
Northern Ireland and Scotland – Alan Reid
International Development – John Barrett
Wales – Mark Williams
Communities and Local Government – Jo Swinson, Tom Brake
Culture, Media and Sport – Tom Brake, Dan Rogerson (Arts, Culture and Heritage), Richard Younger-Ross
Children, Schools and Families – Annette Brooke
Schools – Greg Mulholland
Innovation, Universities and Skills – Evan Harris
Deputy Whips – Adrian Sanders, Jenny Willott
Chair of the Parliamentary Party – Paul Holmes
London and the Olympics – Tom Brake
Leader's Parliamentary Private Secretary – Tim Farron

Lords team

Liberal Democrat peers are also organised into teams broadly corresponding to the areas of Government departments.

Leader in the House of Lords - Lord McNally
Deputy Leaders in the House of Lords and Home Affairs - Lord Dholakia
Deputy Leaders in the House of Lords and Foreign Affairs - Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Chief Whip in the House of Lords - Lord Shutt of Greetland
Home Affairs - Lord Dholakia
Health - Baroness Barker
Europe - Lord Dykes
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
Northern Ireland - Lord Smith of Clifton
Trade and Industry - Lord Razzall
Transport - Lord Bradshaw
International Development - Baroness Northover and Lord Roberts of Llandudno
Culture, Media and Sport - Lord Clement-Jones and Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
Shadow Lord Chancellor - Lord Goodhart

2007 reshuffle

Shadow Cabinet

Leader of the Liberal Democrats - Sir Menzies Campbell
Lib Dem Deputy Leader and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer - Vincent Cable
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs - Michael Moore
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Health - Norman Lamb
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department - Nick Clegg
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Defence - Nick Harvey
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Chris Huhne
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Transport - Susan Kramer
Lib Dem Shadow Leader of the House of Commons and Party President - Simon Hughes
Lib Dem Shadow Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice and Ministry of Justice - David Heath
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families - David Laws
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills - Sarah Teather
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport - Don Foster
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government - Andrew Stunell
Lib Dem Shadow Minister for Housing - Paul Holmes
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions - Danny Alexander
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform - Lembit Öpik
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for International Development - Lynne Featherstone
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Secretary of State for Scotland - Alistair Carmichael
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Wales - Roger Williams
Lib Dem Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - Norman Baker
Lib Dem Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury - Julia Goldsworthy
Chief Whip - Paul Burstow
Party Leader's Chief of Staff and Chair of Campaigns and Communications - Edward Davey
Chair of the Manifesto Group - Steve Webb
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader - Tim Farron
Chair of the Parliamentary Party - To be decided
Leader of the Party in the House of Lords - Thomas McNally
Lib Dem Shadow Attorney General - Martin Thomas
Lib Dem Shadow Solicitor General - David Howarth

Junior spokespeople

Treasury - Colin Breed
Foreign Affairs - Mark Hunter
Home Affairs - Jeremy Browne, Tim Farron
DEFRA Team - Martin Horwood (Environment), Roger Williams (Rural Affairs)
Health - John Pugh, Sandra Gidley
House of Commons - Sir Robert Smith
Transport - John Leech
Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform - Lorely Burt
Women and Equality - Jo Swinson
Defence - Bob Russell, Willie Rennie
Work and Pensions - Paul Rowen
Northern Ireland and Scotland - Alan Reid
International Development - John Barrett
Wales - Mark Williams
Communities and Local Government - Jo Swinson, Tom Brake
Culture, Media and Sport - Tom Brake, Dan Rogerson (Arts, Culture and Heritage), Richard Younger-Ross
Children, Schools and Families - Annette Brooke
Schools - Greg Mulholland
Innovation, Universities and Skills - Evan Harris
Deputy Whips - Adrian Sanders, Jenny Willott
Chair of the Parliamentary Party - Paul Holmes
London and the Olympics - Tom Brake
Leader's Parliamentary Private Secretary - Tim Farron

Lords team

Liberal Democrat peers are also organised into teams broadly corresponding to the areas of Government departments.

Leader in the House of Lords - Lord McNally
Deputy Leaders in the House of Lords and Foreign Affairs- Lord Dholakia and Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Chief Whip in the House of Lords - Lord Shutt of Greetland
Home Affairs - Lord Dholakia
Health - Baroness Barker
Europe - Lord Dykes
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
Northern Ireland - Lord Smith of Clifton
Trade and Industry - Lord Razzall
Transport - Lord Bradshaw
International Development - Baroness Northover and Lord Roberts of Llandudno
Culture, Media and Sport - Lord Clement-Jones and Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
Shadow Lord Chancellor - Lord Goodhart

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

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