Frontbench Team of Vince Cable

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 Vince Cable, who was acting leader between 15 October and 18 December 2007, following the resignation of Menzies Campbell and the election of Nick Clegg.

• Lib Dem Acting Leader, Treasury – Vincent Cable
• Foreign Affairs – Michael Moore
• Health – Norman Lamb
• Home Affairs – Nick Clegg
• Defence – Nick Harvey
• Environment – Chris Huhne
• Transport – Susan Kramer
• Office of the Leader of the House of Commons and Party President – Simon Hughes
• Justice – David Heath
• Innovation, Universities and Skills – Sarah Teather
• Culture, Media and Sport – Don Foster
• Communities and Local Government – Andrew Stunell
• Housing – Paul Holmes
• Work and Pensions – Danny Alexander
• Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform – Lembit Öpik
• International Development – Lynne Featherstone
• Northern Ireland and Scotland – Alistair Carmichael
• Wales – Roger Williams
• Cabinet Office and Duchy of Lancaster – Norman Baker
• Office of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury – Julia Goldsworthy
• Chief Whip – Paul Burstow
• Chair of Campaigns and Communications – Edward Davey
• Chair of the Manifesto Group – Steve Webb
• Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader – vacant
• Chair of the Parliamentary Party – Lorely Burt
• Leader of the Party in the House of Lords – Thomas McNally
• Office of the Attorney General – Martin Thomas
• Office of the Solicitor General – David Howarth

Other Liberal Democrat Spokespeople (4 July 2007 – present)

• 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

Liberal Democrats House of Lords Frontbench Team

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

• Leader in the House of Lords – Thomas McNally
• Deputy Leaders in the House of Lords – Navnit Dholakia and William Wallace
• Chief Whip in the House of Lords – David Shutt
• Home Affairs – Navnit Dholakia
• Health – Elizabeth Barker
• Foreign Affairs – William Wallace
• Europe – Hugh Dykes
• Defence – vacant
• Environment, Food & Rural Affairs – Susan Miller
• Northern Ireland – Lord Smith of Clifton
• Trade and Industry – Tim Razzall
• Transport – Bill Bradshaw
• International Development – Baroness Northover and Lord Roberts of Llandudno
• Culture, Media & Sport – Timothy Clement-Jones and Jane Bonham-Carter
• Shadow Lord Chancellor – William Goodhart

See also

• Cabinet of the United Kingdom
• Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (UK)