Frontbench Team of Tim Farron

Frontbench Teams since 1997
Ashdown Team (1997–1999)
Kennedy Team (1999–2006)
Campbell Team (2006–2007)
Cable Team (2007)
Clegg Team (2007–2010)
General Election Cabinet (2015)
Farron Team (2015–present)

The list that follows is the current Shadow Cabinet led by Tim Farron from July 2015. Farron conducted his first reshuffle in October 2016.^[1]

Liberal Democrat Frontbench Team

Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet^[2]

Portfolio	Holder	Term
Leader of the Liberal Democrats	Tim Farron	2015 -
President of the Liberal Democrats	Baroness Brinton	2015 -
Lib Dem Shadow First Secretary of State	Alistair Carmichael	2016 -
Lib Dem Shadow Leader of the House of Commons	Tom Brake	2015 -
Lib Dem Shadow Leader of the House of Lords	Lord Wallace of Tankerness	2015 - 2016^[3]
Lib Dem Shadow Leader of the House of Lords	Lord Newby	2016 - ^[4]
Lib Dem Shadow Treasury Spokesperson	Baroness Kramer	2015 -
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department	Alistair Carmichael	2015 - 2016
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department	Lord Paddick	2016 -
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	Tom Brake	2015 -
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union	Nick Clegg	2016 -
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade	Nick Clegg	2016 -
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Defence	Baroness Jolly	2015 -
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Health	Norman Lamb	2015 -
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Education	John Pugh	2015 -
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	Baroness Manzoor	2015 - 2016^[5]
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville	2016 -
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, and Skills	Baroness Burt of Solihull	2015 - 2016
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	Baroness Burt of Solihull	2016
	Lord Foster of Bath	2016 -
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change	Baroness Featherstone	2015 -
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government	Baroness Thornhill	2015 - 2016
	Baroness Pinnock	2016 -
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Transport	Baroness Randerson	2015 -
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Baroness Parminter	2015 -
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for International Development	Baroness Northover	2015 - 2016
	Baroness Sheehan	2016 -
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport	Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury	2015 -
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Equalities	Baroness Hussein-Ece	2015 - 2016
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Equalities	Baroness Burt of Solihull	2016 -
Lib Dem Shadow Lord Chancellor Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Justice	Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames	2015 -
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	Lord Alderdice	2015 - 2016
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	Baroness Suttie	2016 -
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats	Willie Rennie	2015 -
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Wales Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats	Kirsty Williams	2015 - 2016^[6]
	Mark Williams	2016 -^[7]
Lib Dem Chief Whip in the House of Lords	Lord Newby	2012 - 2016
Lib Dem Chief Whip in the House of Lords	Lord Stoneham	2016 -
Lib Dem Shadow Minister for London	Caroline Pidgeon	2016 -
Chair of Campaigns and Communications	Greg Mulholland	2015 -
Chair of the Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors	Cllr Tim Pickstone	2015 -
Liaison to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group	Catherine Bearder	2016 -
Lib Dem Shadow Minister for Exiting the European Union	Baroness Ludford	2016 -

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Shadow Cabinets of the United Kingdom

Official Opposition	Heath I (1965–1970) Wilson II (1970–1974) Heath II (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 I (2010) Miliband (2010–2015) Harman II (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) Next

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) Frontbench Team of Tim Farron (2015–)

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

References

↑ PoliticsHome.com (2016-10-28). "Tim Farron announces Lib Dem shadow reshuffle to 'stand up to Tory Brexit government'". PoliticsHome.com. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
↑ "Tim Farron unveils his Lib Dem front bench team". BBC News. 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
↑ "+++Breaking: Jim Wallace steps down as Lib Dem Leader in the House of Lords". Retrieved 2016-09-25.
↑ "Dick Newby is the new Lib Dem leader in the House of Lords". 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
↑ PoliticsHome.com (2016-08-04). "Liberal Democrat frontbencher quits party over EU policy". Retrieved 2016-09-25.
↑ "Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams resigns following election disaster". Retrieved 2016-09-25.
↑ http://www.libdems.org.uk/ (2016-05-07). "Mark Williams announced as new Welsh Lib Dem Leader". Retrieved 2016-09-25.

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Frontbench Team of Tim Farron

Liberal Democrat Frontbench Team

Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet[2]

See also

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References

Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet^[2]