First Frontbench Team of Vince Cable

The list that follows is the Liberal Democrats 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 prior to the election of Nick Clegg.

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 (2020)

Liberal Democrat Frontbench Team

Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet

• Acting Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Treasury – Vince Cable
• Foreign and Commonwealth 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 – Tom McNally
• Office of the Attorney General – Martin Thomas
• Office of the Solicitor General – David Howarth

Other Liberal Democrat 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

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 – Tom 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 – Trevor Arthur Smith
• Trade and Industry – Tim Razzall
• Transport – Bill Bradshaw
• International Development – Lindsay Northover and Roger Roberts
• Culture, Media & Sport – Timothy Clement-Jones and Jane Bonham-Carter
• Shadow Lord Chancellor – William Goodhart

References

See also

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