Frontbench Team of Nick Clegg

Liberal Democrat Frontbench Teams since 1997
Paddy Ashdown (1997–1999)
Charles Kennedy (1999–2006)
Menzies Campbell (2006–2007)
Vince Cable (2007)
Nick Clegg (2007–2010)

The list that follows is the Shadow Cabinet led by Nick Clegg from 2007 to 2010, before 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. Nick Clegg MP	Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Dr Vince Cable MP	Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Lib Dem Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
Edward Davey MP	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Chris Huhne MP	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department
David Howarth MP	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
David Heath MP	Lib Dem Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Simon Hughes MP	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Nick Harvey MP	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
Norman Lamb MP	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Health
Prof. Steve Webb MP	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Tim Farron MP	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
David Laws MP	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
Stephen Williams MP	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Sarah Teather MP	Lib Dem Shadow Minister for Housing
Norman Baker MP	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
Don Foster MP	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Julia Goldsworthy MP	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
John Thurso MP	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Danny Alexander MP	Party Leader's Chief of Staff and Chairman of the Manifesto group
Jenny Willott MP	Lib Dem Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Michael Moore MP	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
Roger Williams MP	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
Alistair Carmichael MP	Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Jeremy Browne MP	Lib Dem Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Lynne Featherstone MP	Lib Dem Spokesperson for Youth and Equality
Paul Burstow MP	Lib Dem Chief Whip
Mark Hunter MP	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader
Lorely Burt MP	Chairman of the Parliamentary Party
Willie Rennie MP	Chairman of Campaigns and Communications
The Rt. Hon. The Lord McNally PC	Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords

Other Liberal Democrat Spokespeople

Name	Portfolio
John Pugh MP and Colin Breed MP	Treasury
Jo Swinson MP	Foreign Affairs
Tom Brake MP	Home Affairs
Martin Horwood MP and Roger Williams MP	DEFRA Team
Greg Mulholland MP and Sandra Gidley MP	Health
Sir Robert Smith Bt.	House of Commons
John Leech MP and Mark Hunter MP	Transport
Lorely Burt MP	Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Bob Russell MP and Willie Rennie MP	Defence
Paul Rowen MP and John Barrett MP	Work and Pensions
Alan Reid MP	Northern Ireland and Scotland
Mark Williams MP	Wales
Dan Rogerson MP	Communities and Local Government
Richard Younger-Ross MP	Culture, Media and Sport
Annette Brooke MP	Children, Schools and Families
Dr Evan Harris MP	Innovation, Universities and Skills
Adrian Sanders MP	Deputy Whips
Tom Brake MP	London and the Olympics

Liberal Democrats House of Lords Frontbench Team

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

Name	Portfolio
Rt. Hon. Lord McNally PC	Leader in the House of Lords
Lord Dholakia OBE and The Lord Wallace of Saltaire	Deputy Leaders in the House of Lords
Lord Shutt of Greetland	Chief Whip in the House of Lords
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer	Home Affairs
Rt. Hon. Lord McNally PC	Constitutional Affairs
Lord Maclennan of Rogart	Cabinet Office and Scotland
Lord Wallace of Saltaire	Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Lord Lee of Trafford	Defence
Baroness Northover and Lord Roberts	International Development
Lord Clement-Jones CBE and Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury	Culture, Media and Sport
Baroness Walmsley	Children, Schools and Families
Baroness Sharp of Guildford	Innovation, Universities and Skills
Baroness Barker	Health
Lord Burnett	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Lord Teverson	Climate Change and Energy
Baroness Hamwee	Communities and Local Government
Baron Smith of Clifton	Northern Ireland
Lord Razzall	Trade and Industry
Lord Bradshaw	Transport
Lord Newby	Treasury
Lord Livsey of Talgarth	Wales
Lord Oakeshott	Work and Pensions

References

External 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) Harman (2010) Miliband (2010–present)

Liberal Democrats	Ashdown (1997–1999) Kennedy (1999–2006) Campbell (2006–2007) Cable (2007) Clegg (2007–2010)

1965 to Present

Liberal Democrats

Leadership

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

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)

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

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 Northern Ireland local party

Committees	Federal Executive

SAOs	LGBT+ Liberal Democrats Liberal Youth (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

Nick Clegg

Government	Premiership of David Cameron Cameron Ministry 2010 coalition negotiations Conservative – Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement Coalition government Frontbench Team

Politics	Liberal Democrats East Midlands Sheffield Hallam Opposition Frontbench Team

Elections	2007 (party leadership) 2008 (local) 2009 (local) 2009 (European) 2010 (local) 2010 (general) 2011 (local) 2012 (local) 2013 (local) 2014 (local) 2014 (European) 2015 (general) 2015 (local)

Family	Miriam Clegg (wife) Antonio, Alberto and Miguel (sons)

In the media	F·R·I·E·N·D·S (2010) The New Coalition Academy (2010) Cameron and Clegg Face the Audience (2010) The European Union: In or Out (2014) Coalition (2015)

Wikimedia	Nick Clegg at Wikinews Nick Clegg

Official websites: Leader of the Liberal Democrats MP for Sheffield Hallam