Liberal Democrat Current Frontbench Team

Frontbench Team of Ed Davey
Frontbench Team of Ed Davey
2020–present
Date formed	27 August 2020
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II; Charles III
Leader	Ed Davey
Deputy Leader	Daisy Cooper
Member party	Liberal Democrats;
Status in legislature	Opposition 72 / 650 (11%) (As of July 2024)
History
Legislature terms	58th UK Parliament; 59th UK Parliament
Incoming formation	2020 leadership election
Predecessor	Frontbench Team of Jo Swinson

Ed Davey was appointed as Acting Leader of the Liberal Democrats following the resignation of Jo Swinson. Davey announced his first frontbench team as Acting Leader in January 2020.^[1]

Davey was elected permanent Leader on 27 August 2020 and assembled a new Frontbench Team in the following days. Following the 2024 general election, Davey's frontbench team became the second largest opposition party to the governing Labour Party, behind the Shadow Cabinet of Rishi Sunak.

Liberal Democrat Frontbench Team as Leader (2020–present)

Frontbench Team of Ed Davey^[2]^[3]^[4]
Portfolio		Holder	Term
Leader of the Liberal Democrats		The Rt Hon Sir Ed Davey FRSA MP	2020–present
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats		Daisy Cooper MP	2021–present
Spokesperson for	Health, Wellbeing & Social Care	Daisy Cooper MP	2021–present
	Home Affairs	The Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP	2020–present
	Northern Ireland
	Justice
Chief Whip in the House of Commons		Wendy Chamberlain MP	2020–present
Spokesperson for	Work & Pensions	Wendy Chamberlain MP	2020–present
	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Tim Farron MP	2020–present
	Transport	Wera Hobhouse MP	2020–present
	Energy and Climate Change
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Spokesperson for	Cabinet Office	Christine Jardine MP	2020–present
	Scotland
	Women and Equalities
	Foreign Affairs & International Development	Layla Moran MP	2020–present
	Treasury	Sarah Olney MP	2020–present
	Business & Industrial Strategy	Sarah Olney MP	2020–present
	Defence	Jamie Stone MP	2017–2022
	Defence	Richard Foord MP	2022–present
	Culture, Media and Sport	Jamie Stone MP	2020–present
	Education	Munira Wilson MP	2021–present
	Trade	Sarah Green MP	2022- present
	Wales	Sarah Green MP
	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities	Helen Morgan MP	2022-present

Other roles and spokespeople

Portfolio	Name
In the House of Lords^[5]
Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords	The Rt Hon The Lord Newby OBE PC
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords	The Rt Hon The Baroness Walmsley
	The Rt Hon The Lord Dholakia OBE PC JP DL
Lords Chief Whip	The Rt Hon The Lord Stoneham
Lords Spokesperson for Business	The Rt Hon The Lord Fox
Lords Spokesperson for Culture, Media and Sport	The Rt Hon The Baroness Bonham-Carter
Lords Spokesperson for Defence	The Rt Hon The Baroness Smith
Lords Spokesperson for Education	The Rt Hon The Lord Storey CBE
Lords Spokesperson for Energy Security and Net Zero	The Rt Hon The Earl Russell
Lords Spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	The Rt Hon The Baroness Bakewell MBE
Lords Spokesperson for Foreign, Commonwealth and Developmental Affairs	The Rt Hon The Lord Purvis
Lords Spokesperson for International Trade	The Rt Hon The Lord Purvis
Lords Spokesperson for Health	The Rt Hon The Lord Allan
Lords Spokesperson for Housing, Communities and Local Government	The Rt Hon The Baroness Pinnock
Lords Spokesperson for Justice	The Rt Hon The Lord Marks KC
Lords Spokesperson for Northern Ireland	The Rt Hon The Baroness Suttie
Lords Spokesperson for Policing	The Rt Hon The Baroness Doocey OBE
Lord Spokesperson for Science, Innovation and Technology	The Rt Hon The Lord Clement-Jones CBE FRSA
Lords Spokesperson for Scotland	The Rt Hon The Lord Bruce of Bennachie PC
Lords Spokesperson for Transport	The Rt Hon The Baroness Randerson
Lords Spokesperson for Treasury	The Rt Hon The Baroness Kramer PC
Lords Spokesperson for Voluntary	The Rt Hon The Baroness Barker
Lords Spokesperson for Wales	The Rt Hon The Baroness Humphreys
Lords Spokesperson for Work and Pensions	The Rt Hon The Lord Palmer OBE FCA
Lords Spokesperson for Attorney General's Office	The Rt Hon The Lord Thomas OBE KC
Welsh Liberal Democrats
Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats	Jane Dodds MS
Scottish Liberal Democrats
Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats	Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP
Deputy Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats	Wendy Chamberlain MP

Liberal Democrat Frontbench Team as Acting Leader (2019–2020)

Frontbench Team of Ed Davey^[1]^[6]
Portfolio		Holder	Term
Acting Co-Leader		The Rt Hon Sir Ed Davey FRSA MP	2020–2020
Spokesperson for	the Treasury		2019–2020
	Social Justice		2020–2020
	Home Office	Christine Jardine MP	2019–2020
	Women and Equalities	Christine Jardine MP	2019–2020
	Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	The Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP	2020–2020
	Exiting the European Union		2020–2020
Chief Whip in the House of Commons			2017–2020
Spokesperson for	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Wera Hobhouse MP	2020–2020
	Energy and Climate Change	Wera Hobhouse MP	2020–2020
	Housing and Planning	Tim Farron MP	2019–2020
	Communities and Local Government		2019–2020
	Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth		2019–2020
	Education	Layla Moran MP	2017–2020
	Health, Wellbeing & Social Care	Munira Wilson MP	2020–2020
	Defence	Jamie Stone MP	2017–2020
	Business and Industrial Strategy	Sarah Olney MP	2020–2020
	International Trade
	Transport
	Justice	Daisy Cooper MP	2020–2020
	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	Daisy Cooper MP	2020–2020
	Political & Constitutional Reform	Wendy Chamberlain MP	2020–2020
	Scotland
	Wales
	Northern Ireland
	International Development

References

^ ^a ^b "Meet our new Commons team". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
^ "Ed Davey announces key appointments on Twitter". libdemvoice.org.
^ "Daisy Cooper is the new Liberal Democrat education spokesperson". markpack.org.uk. September 2020.
^ "Spokespeople". libdems.org.uk.
^ "Spokespersons in the House of Lords". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
^ "Liberal Democrat spokespersons". parliament.uk.

External links

Liberal Democrats: Spokespeople

[commonsteam-1] "Meet our new Commons team". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 11 January 2020.

[2] "Ed Davey announces key appointments on Twitter". libdemvoice.org.

[3] "Daisy Cooper is the new Liberal Democrat education spokesperson". markpack.org.uk. September 2020.

[4] "Spokespeople". libdems.org.uk.

[5] "Spokespersons in the House of Lords". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

[6] "Liberal Democrat spokespersons". parliament.uk.

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Liberal Democrat Frontbench Team as Leader (2020–present)

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