Frontbench Team of Menzies Campbell

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 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