The list that follows is the Lib Dem

Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...

 Frontbench Team/Shadow Cabinet led by Charles Kennedy

Charles Kennedy

Charles Peter Kennedy is a British Liberal Democrat politician, who led the Liberal Democrats from 9 August 1999 until 7 January 2006 and is currently a Member of Parliament for the Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency....

, who was Party leader from 1999 to 2006. The Party began to refer to its Frontbench Team as a Shadow Cabinet during Kennedy's tenure as leader, although some controversy exists over whether or not it should be referred to as a Shadow Cabinet.

Liberal Democrat Frontbench Team

• Leader of the Liberal Democrats - Charles Kennedy
  Charles Kennedy
  Charles Peter Kennedy is a British Liberal Democrat politician, who led the Liberal Democrats from 9 August 1999 until 7 January 2006 and is currently a Member of Parliament for the Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency....
  
  
• Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
  Leader of the House of Lords
  The Leader of the House of Lords is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Lords. The role is always held in combination with a formal Cabinet position, usually one of the sinecure offices of Lord President of the Council,...
  
   - Lord McNally
  Thomas McNally, Baron McNally
  Tom McNally, Baron McNally, PC is a British politician and the current Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords and a Minister of State for Justice.-Early life:...
  
  
• Deputy Leader and Shadow Foreign Secretary - Menzies Campbell
  Menzies Campbell
  Sir Walter Menzies "Ming" Campbell, CBE, QC, MP is a British Liberal Democrat politician and advocate, and a retired sprinter. He is the Member of Parliament for North East Fife, and was the Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2 March 2006 until 15 October 2007.Campbell held the British record...
  
  
• Shadow Chancellor
  Chancellor of the Exchequer
  The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all economic and financial matters. Often simply called the Chancellor, the office-holder controls HM Treasury and plays a role akin to the posts of Minister of Finance or Secretary of the...
  
   - Vincent Cable
  Vincent Cable
  Dr. John Vincent "Vince" Cable is a British Liberal Democrat politician and economist who is currently the Business Secretary in the coalition cabinet of David Cameron. He has been Member of Parliament for Twickenham since 1997....
  
  
• Shadow Home Secretary - Mark Oaten
  Mark Oaten
  Mark Oaten is a former British Liberal Democrat politician. He served as the Member of Parliament for Winchester from 1997 to 2010, and was his party's Home Affairs spokesperson from 2003 to 2006...
  
  
• Shadow Environment and Rural Affairs Secretary
  Secretary of State for the Environment
  The Secretary of State for the Environment was a UK cabinet position, responsible for the Department of the Environment . This was created by Edward Heath as a combination of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Public Building and Works on 15...
  
   - Norman Baker
  Norman Baker
  Norman John Baker is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Lewes in East Sussex since 1997. Since May 2010 he has been Parliamentary Under Secretary for the Department for Transport....
  
  
• Shadow Office of the Deputy Prime Minister - Simon Hughes
  Simon Hughes
  Simon Henry Ward Hughes is a British politician and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats. He is Member of Parliament for the constituency of Bermondsey and Old Southwark. Until 2008 he was President of the Liberal Democrats...
  
  
• Shadow Scotland Secretary
  Secretary of State for Scotland
  The Secretary of State for Scotland is the principal minister of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Scotland. He heads the Scotland Office , a government department based in London and Edinburgh. The post was created soon after the Union of the Crowns, but was...
  
   - The Viscount Thurso
• Shadow Transport Secretary
  Secretary of State for Transport
  The Secretary of State for Transport is the member of the cabinet responsible for the British Department for Transport. The role has had a high turnover as new appointments are blamed for the failures of decades of their predecessors...
  
   - Tom Brake
  Tom Brake
  Thomas Anthony Brake, known as Tom Brake, British Liberal Democrat politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Carshalton and Wallington.-Early life:Tom Brake was born in Melton Mowbray, moving to France when he was eight...
  
  
• Shadow Trade Secretary
  Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
  The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills is a cabinet position in the United Kingdom government. Its secondary title is the President of the Board of Trade...
  
   - Norman Lamb
  Norman Lamb
  Norman Peter Lamb is a British Liberal Democrat politician, and Chief Parliamentary and Political Adviser and Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg.He is the Member of Parliament for North Norfolk....
  
  
• Shadow Education Secretary
  Secretary of State for Education and Skills
  The Secretary of State for Education is the chief minister of the Department for Education in the United Kingdom government. The position was re-established on 12 May 2010, held by Michael Gove....
  
   - Edward Davey
  Edward Davey
  Edward Jonathan "Ed" Davey is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for Kingston and Surbiton since 1997, and in May 2010 was appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills...
  
  
• Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary
  Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
  The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is a post in the British Cabinet, responsible for the Department for Work and Pensions. It was created on 8 June 2001 by the merger of the Employment part of the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of Social Security.The Ministry...
  
   - David Laws
  David Laws
  David Anthony Laws is a British politician. He is Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Yeovil and former Chief Secretary to the Treasury....
  
  
• Shadow Health Secretary
  Secretary of State for Health
  Secretary of State for Health is a UK cabinet position responsible for the Department of Health.The first Boards of Health were created by Orders in Council dated 21 June, 14 November, and 21 November 1831. In 1848 a General Board of Health was created with the First Commissioner of Woods and...
  
   - Prof. Steve Webb
  Steve Webb
  Steven John Webb, better known as Steve Webb , is an English Liberal Democrat politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Thornbury & Yate and the Minister of State for Pensions.-Background:...
  
  
• Shadow Minister for Women and Spokesperson for Older People - Sandra Gidley
  Sandra Gidley
  Sandra Julia Gidley is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. She was the Member of Parliament for Romsey in Hampshire from 2000 to 2010, when she lost her seat to Conservative MP Caroline Nokes.-Biography:...
  
  
• Shadow International Development Secretary
  Secretary of State for International Development
  In the United Kingdom, the Secretary of State for International Development is a Cabinet minister responsible for the Department for International Development and for promoting development overseas, particularly in the third world...
  
   - Andrew George
• Shadow Culture Secretary
  Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
  The Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport is a United Kingdom cabinet position with responsibility for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The role was created in 1992 by John Major as Secretary of State for National Heritage...
  
   - Don Foster
• Shadow Defence Secretary
  Secretary of State for Defence
  The Secretary of State for Defence, popularly known as the Defence Secretary, is the senior Government of the United Kingdom minister in charge of the Ministry of Defence, chairing the Defence Council. It is a Cabinet position...
  
   - Michael Moore
  Michael Moore (UK politician)
  Michael Kevin Moore is a British Liberal Democrat politician, currently the Secretary of State for Scotland in the UK coalition government, and the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk....
  
  
• Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary - Sarah Teather
  Sarah Teather
  Sarah Louise Teather is a British Liberal Democrat politician, Member of Parliament for Brent Central, Minister of State at the Department for Education, and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Guantanamo Bay....
  
  
• Shadow Welsh
  Secretary of State for Wales
  The Secretary of State for Wales is the head of the Wales Office within the British cabinet. He or she is responsible for ensuring Welsh interests are taken into account by the government, representing the government within Wales and overseeing the passing of legislation which is only for Wales...
  
   and Northern Ireland
  Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
  The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, informally the Northern Ireland Secretary, is the principal secretary of state in the government of the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Northern Ireland. The Secretary of State is a Minister of the Crown who is accountable to the Parliament of...
  
   Secretary - Lembit Öpik
  Lembit Öpik
  Lembit Öpik is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Montgomeryshire in Wales from 1997 until he lost his seat in the 2010 General Election...
  
  
• Liberal Democrat Chief Whip
  Chief Whip
  The Chief Whip is a political office in some legislatures assigned to an elected member whose task is to administer the whipping system that ensures that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires.-The Whips Office:...
  
   - Andrew Stunell
  Andrew Stunell
  Robert Andrew Stunell, known as Andrew Stunell, OBE is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. He is the Member of Parliament for Hazel Grove, and was first elected at the 1997 general election...
  
  
• Liberal Democrat Chief Whip in the Lords - Lord Shutt
• Chair of the Parliamentary Party - Paul Holmes
  Paul Holmes (politician)
  Paul Robert Holmes is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Chesterfield, previously held by Tony Benn, from 2001 to 2010.-Early life:...
  
  

Andrew George has tendered his resignation as Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for International Development to be effective from January 9 2005 unless Charles Kennedy steps down as party leader.

Additional members of the House of Commons Shadow Ministerial Team

• Foreign Affairs - Nick Clegg
  Nick Clegg
  Nicholas William Peter "Nick" Clegg is a British Liberal Democrat politician who is currently the Deputy Prime Minister, Lord President of the Council and Minister for Constitutional and Political Reform in the coalition government of which David Cameron is the Prime Minister...
  
   (Shadow Minister for Europe), Jeremy Browne
  Jeremy Browne
  Jeremy Richard Browne is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for Taunton Deane since 2005 and a Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office since 2010.-Early life and education:...
  
  
• Treasury - Chris Huhne
  Chris Huhne
  Christopher Murray Paul-Huhne, generally known as Chris Huhne is a British politician and cabinet minister, who is the current Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for the Eastleigh constituency in Hampshire...
  
   (Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury), Susan Kramer
  Susan Kramer
  Susan Veronica Kramer, Baroness Kramer is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She was Member of Parliament for Richmond Park from 2005 to 2010, having been an unsuccessful candidate in the London mayoral election in 2000....
  
  
• Home Affairs - Alistair Carmichael
  Alistair Carmichael
  Alexander Morrison "Alistair" Carmichael is a Liberal Democrat politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for the Scottish seat of Orkney and Shetland since the 2001 general election.-Early life:...
  
  , Lynne Featherstone
  Lynne Featherstone
  Lynne Choona Featherstone , is a British Liberal Democrat politician, and the Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Wood Green....
  
  , Martin Horwood
  Martin Horwood
  Martin Charles Horwood is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He is the Member of Parliament for the Cheltenham constituency. He is the founder and current Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tribal Peoples.-Early life:He was born in St. Paul’s, Cheltenham, in 1962. His parents...
  
  
• Health - Julia Goldsworthy
  Julia Goldsworthy
  Julia Anne Goldsworthy is a Special Adviser in HM Treasury to Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander. She was the Member of Parliament for Falmouth and Camborne from 2005 until she lost her seat by 66 votes to George Eustice, the Conservative candidate in the 2010 general election in...
  
  , Stephen Williams
  Stephen Williams (politician)
  Stephen Roy Williams is a British Liberal Democrat politician who was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Bristol West in the 2005 general election, being re-elected with an increased majority in May 2010...
  
  
• Education - Annette Brooke
  Annette Brooke
  Annette Lesley Brooke is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She has been the Member of Parliament for Mid Dorset and North Poole since 2001.-Early life:...
  
  , Mark Williams
  Mark Williams (politician)
  Mark Fraser Williams is a British Welsh Liberal Democrat politician and the Member of Parliament for the Ceredigion constituency, a seat he gained from Plaid Cymru in 2005...
  
  
• Work and Pensions - Danny Alexander
  Danny Alexander
  Daniel Grian Alexander is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been Chief Secretary to the Treasury since 2010. He has been the Member of Parliament for the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey constituency since 2005....
  
  
• Communities and Local Government Team - David Howarth
  David Howarth
  David Ross Howarth is a British Liberal Democrat politician who was Member of Parliament for Cambridge from 2005 to 2010.- Education and academic career :...
  
  , Mark Hunter
  Mark Hunter (politician)
  Mark James Hunter is a British Liberal Democrat politician who is the current Member of Parliament for Cheadle.-Education and background:...
  
  
• Trade and Industry - Alan Reid, Sir Robert Smith
  Sir Robert Smith, 3rd Baronet
  Sir Robert Hill Smith, 3rd Baronet is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician who has been the Member of Parliament for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine since 1997.-Early life:...
  
   (Shadow Minister for Energy)
• DEFRA Team - Colin Breed
  Colin Breed
  Colin Edward Breed is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament for South East Cornwall from 1997 until he stood down at the 2010 general election.-Early life:...
  
   MP, Dan Rogerson
  Dan Rogerson
  Daniel John Rogerson is a Cornish Liberal Democrat politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for North Cornwall since the 2005 General election.-Early life:...
  
  
• Transport - John Pugh
  John Pugh
  John David Pugh is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. He is Member of Parliament for Southport...
  
  , Paul Rowen
  Paul Rowen
  Paul John Rowen is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Rochdale from 2005 until the 2010 general election, when he was defeated by Labour Party candidate Simon Danczuk.-Early life and career:...
  
  
• Defence Team - Bob Russell
• International Development - Greg Mulholland
  Greg Mulholland
  Gregory Thomas Mulholland is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom, and is the Member of Parliament for Leeds North West. He was first elected at the 2005 general election, winning the seat from Labour and was re-elected with an increased majority at the 2010 general election. Before...
  
  
• DCMS
  Department for Culture, Media and Sport
  The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is a department of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for culture and sport in England, and some aspects of the media throughout the whole UK, such as broadcasting and internet....
  
   Team - Jo Swinson
  Jo Swinson
  Jo Swinson is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician and Member of Parliament for East Dunbartonshire constituency, a suburban and semi-rural area to the north of Glasgow in Scotland, and is the Deputy Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats...
  
   (Shadow Minister for the Arts)
• Scotland Team - John Barrett (Shadow Minister of State for Scotland)
• Northern Ireland and Wales Team - Lorely Burt
  Lorely Burt
  Lorely Jane Burt is a British politician and the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Solihull.-Early life:She went to University College, Swansea, achieving a BSc in Economics...
  
   (Shadow Northern Ireland Minister)
• Shadow Leader of the House - David Heath
• Shadow Attorney General - Simon Hughes
  Simon Hughes
  Simon Henry Ward Hughes is a British politician and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats. He is Member of Parliament for the constituency of Bermondsey and Old Southwark. Until 2008 he was President of the Liberal Democrats...
  
  
• London - Paul Burstow
  Paul Burstow
  Paul Kenneth Burstow , British politician, is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Sutton and Cheam. In May 2010 he was appointed Minister of State for the Department of Health.-Early life:...
  
  
• Youth Affairs - Tim Farron
  Tim Farron
  Timothy James Farron is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He is currently Member of Parliament for the constituency of Westmorland and Lonsdale...
  
  
• Science - Dr Evan Harris
  Evan Harris
  Evan Leslie Harris is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon from 1997 to 2010, losing his seat in the 2010 general election by 176 votes to Conservative Nicola Blackwood....
  
  
• Information Technology - Alan Reid
• Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons - Sir Robert Smith
  Sir Robert Smith, 3rd Baronet
  Sir Robert Hill Smith, 3rd Baronet is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician who has been the Member of Parliament for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine since 1997.-Early life:...
  
  

Liberal Democrat House of Lords Frontbench Team

Liberal Democrat peers are also organised into teams broadly corresponding to the areas of Government departments. The Liberal Democrat leader in the House of Lords is Lord McNally

Thomas McNally, Baron McNally

Tom McNally, Baron McNally, PC is a British politician and the current Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords and a Minister of State for Justice.-Early life:...

 with Lord Dholakia and Lord Wallace of Saltaire acting as Deputy Leaders. Lord Goodhart is Shadow Lord Chancellor

Lord Chancellor

The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor, is a senior and important functionary in the government of the United Kingdom. He is the second highest ranking of the Great Officers of State, ranking only after the Lord High Steward. The Lord Chancellor is appointed by the Sovereign...

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