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