This article is about the Liberal Democrat Frontbench Team led by 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...

 from 2 March 2006 to 15 October 2007.

Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet

• Leader of the Liberal Democrats - Sir Walter Menzies Campbell, CBE, QC
  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...
  
  
• Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader
  Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election, 2006
  The 2006 Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election began on March 2, 2006, when the sitting Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Menzies Campbell, was elected leader of the party. Campbell had been deputy leader since February 2003....
  
  , 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....
  
  
• Liberal Democrat Shadow Foreign Secretary
  Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
  The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, commonly referred to as the Foreign Secretary, is a senior member of Her Majesty's Government heading the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and regarded as one of the Great Offices of State...
  
   - 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....
  
  
• Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary - 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...
  
  
• Liberal Democrat 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...
  
   - Nick Harvey
  Nick Harvey
  Nicholas Barton "Nick" Harvey is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He is the Member of Parliament for North Devon and the Minister of State for the Armed Forces.-Early life and education:...
  
  
• Liberal Democrat Shadow Leader of the House and Minister for the Cabinet Office - David Heath
• Leader of the Liberal Democrats in 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:...
  
  
• Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment & Rural Affairs Secretary
  Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a UK cabinet-level position in charge of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and the successor to the positions of Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport...
  
   - 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...
  
  
• Liberal Democrat Party President, Shadow Attorney General and Department for Justice - 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...
  
  
• Liberal Democrat Shadow Trade and Industry 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...
  
   - 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....
  
  
• Liberal Democrat 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...
  
   - 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....
  
  
• Liberal Democrat Shadow Education and Skills 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....
  
   - 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....
  
  
• Liberal Democrat 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...
  
   - Lynne Featherstone
  Lynne Featherstone
  Lynne Choona Featherstone , is a British Liberal Democrat politician, and the Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Wood Green....
  
  
• Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
  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...
  
   - 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:...
  
  
• Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary for Work and Pensions
  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....
  
  
• Liberal Democrat Shadow Culture, Media and Sport 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
• Liberal Democrat Shadow Welsh Secretary
  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 Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary
  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...
  
   - 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 Shadow Scottish 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...
  
   - 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...
  
  
• Liberal Democrat Shadow Treasury Secretary - 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...
  
  
• Liberal Democrat Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary - 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
• Chief of Staff - 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...
  
  
• Chair of the Election Manifesto Team - 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:...
  
  
• 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:...
  
  
• 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:...
  
   - 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:...
  
  

Ehile these are the positions defined by the Liberal Democrats, many sections of the media, and political opponents continue to refer to members of the Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet as spokespeople (for example Defence spokesperson rather than Liberal Democrat Shadow Defence Secretary)

Other Liberal Democrat spokespeople

• Treasury - 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:...
  
  
• Foreign Affairs - 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:...
  
  
• Home Affairs - 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:...
  
  
• DEFRA Team - 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...
  
   (Environment), Roger Williams
  Roger Williams (UK politician)
  Roger Hugh Williams is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Brecon and Radnorshire since the 2001 general election.-Early life:...
  
   (Rural Affairs)
• Health - John Pugh
  John Pugh
  John David Pugh is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. He is Member of Parliament for Southport...
  
  , 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:...
  
  
• Transport - 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:...
  
  , John Leech
  John Leech (politician)
  John Sampson Macfarlane Leech is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for Manchester Withington since 2005...
  
  
• Trade and Industry - 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...
  
   (Small Business), 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 :...
  
   (Energy)
• Women and Equality - 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...
  
  
• Defence - Bob Russell, Willie Rennie
  Willie Rennie
  William Cowan Rennie MSP is a Scottish politician and current Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats.After college, Rennie spent most of his early career as a Liberal Democrat campaigner and official before working as a public relations consultant in the private sector...
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• Northern Ireland and Wales Team - Alan Reid
• Office of the Deputy Prime Minister - 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:...
  
  
• Scotland Team - John Barrett
• Education - 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...
  
   (Further and Higher Education), 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...
  
   (Schools)
• Deputy Whips - Adrian Sanders
  Adrian Sanders
  Adrian Mark Sanders is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. He is the Member of Parliament for Torbay in Devon.-Personal life:...
  
  , Jenny Willott
  Jenny Willott
  Jennifer Nancy Willott is a British politician and the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Cardiff Central since the 2005 general election. She is the first woman and the first Liberal Democrat to represent her seat....
  
  
• Children and the Family - 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:...
  
  
• Young People - Jenny Willott
  Jenny Willott
  Jennifer Nancy Willott is a British politician and the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Cardiff Central since the 2005 general election. She is the first woman and the first Liberal Democrat to represent her seat....
  
  
• Disability Issues - 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....
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• London - Lynne Featherstone
  Lynne Featherstone
  Lynne Choona Featherstone , is a British Liberal Democrat politician, and the Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Wood Green....
  
  
• Leader's Parliamentary Private Secretary - 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...
  
  

Liberal Democrat House of Lords Frontbench Team

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

• Leader - 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 Leaders - Lord Dholakia and Lord Wallace of Saltaire
• Chief Whip - Lord Shutt of Greetland
• Home Office - Lord Dholakia
• Shadow Lord Chancellor - Lord Goodhart
• Foreign Office - Lord Wallace of Saltair
• Europe - Lord Dykes
  Hugh Dykes, Baron Dykes
  Hugh John Maxwell Dykes, Baron Dykes, born 17 May 1939 to Richard and Doreen Dykes is a British politician. He is a Foreign Affairs Spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords.-Education:...
  
  
• Defence - Lord Garden
• International Development - Baroness Northover, Lord Roberts of Llandudno
• Culture, Media & Sport - Lord Clement-Jones
  Timothy Clement-Jones, Baron Clement-Jones
  Timothy Francis Clement-Jones, Baron Clement-Jones CBE, is a Liberal Democrat Peer and their spokesman for Culture, Media and Sport in the House of Lords.-Political career:...
  
  , Baroness Bonham-Carter
• Health - Baroness Barker
• Environment, Food & Rural Affairs - Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
• Northern Ireland - Lord Smith of Clifton
• Trade and Industry - Lord Razzall

Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet

• Leader of the Liberal Democrats - Sir 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...
  
  
• Lib Dem Deputy Leader
  Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election, 2006
  The 2006 Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election began on March 2, 2006, when the sitting Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Menzies Campbell, was elected leader of the party. Campbell had been deputy leader since February 2003....
  
   and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
  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....
  
  
• Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
  Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
  The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, commonly referred to as the Foreign Secretary, is a senior member of Her Majesty's Government heading the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and regarded as one of the Great Offices of State...
  
   - 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....
  
  
• Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Health
  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...
  
   - 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....
  
  
• Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department - 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...
  
  
• Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
  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...
  
   - Nick Harvey
  Nick Harvey
  Nicholas Barton "Nick" Harvey is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He is the Member of Parliament for North Devon and the Minister of State for the Armed Forces.-Early life and education:...
  
  
• Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a UK cabinet-level position in charge of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and the successor to the positions of Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport...
  
   - 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...
  
  
• Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
  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...
  
   - 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....
  
  
• Lib Dem Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
  Leader of the House of Commons
  The Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Commons...
  
   and Party President - 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...
  
  
• Lib Dem 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...
  
  , Secretary of State for Justice and Ministry of Justice - David Heath
• Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
  Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
  The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families is a Cabinet minister in the United Kingdom. The post was created on 28 June 2007 after the disbanding of the Department for Education and Skills by Gordon Brown. The first Secretary of State was Ed Balls, a former treasury aide to Brown...
  
   - 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....
  
  
• Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills
  Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills
  The Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills was a Cabinet minister in the United Kingdom, heading the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills . The post was created on 28 June 2007 from parts of the Department for Education and Skills and the Department of Trade and...
  
   - 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....
  
  
• Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
  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
• Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
  Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
  The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, is a Cabinet position heading the UK's Department for Communities and Local Government....
  
   - 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...
  
  
• Lib Dem Shadow Minister for Housing - 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:...
  
  
• Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
  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...
  
   - 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....
  
  
• Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform - 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...
  
  
• Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
  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...
  
   - Lynne Featherstone
  Lynne Featherstone
  Lynne Choona Featherstone , is a British Liberal Democrat politician, and the Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Wood Green....
  
  
• Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for 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...
  
   and Secretary of State for Scotland
  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...
  
   - 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:...
  
  
• Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
  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...
  
   - Roger Williams
  Roger Williams (UK politician)
  Roger Hugh Williams is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Brecon and Radnorshire since the 2001 general election.-Early life:...
  
  
• Lib Dem Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office
  Minister for the Cabinet Office
  The Minister for the Cabinet Office is a position in the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom. The post of Minister of the Cabinet Office is sometimes derided as the Minister for the Today programme.-Ministers for the Cabinet Office:...
  
   and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
  Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
  The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a ministerial office in the government of the United Kingdom that includes as part of its duties, the administration of the estates and rents of the Duchy of Lancaster...
  
   - 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....
  
  
• Lib Dem Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
  Chief Secretary to the Treasury
  The Chief Secretary to the Treasury is the third most senior ministerial position in HM Treasury, after the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer . In recent years, the office holder has usually been given a junior position in the British Cabinet...
  
   - 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...
  
  
• 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:...
  
   - 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:...
  
  
• Party Leader's Chief of Staff
  Chief of Staff (United Kingdom)
  The Downing Street Chief of Staff is the highest ranking member of the Office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, a senior aide to the Prime Minister and a powerful, non-ministerial position within the British Government...
  
   and Chair of Campaigns and Communications - 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...
  
  
• Chair of the Manifesto Group - 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:...
  
  
• Parliamentary Private Secretary
  Parliamentary Private Secretary
  A Parliamentary Private Secretary is a role given to a United Kingdom Member of Parliament by a senior minister in government or shadow minister to act as their contact for the House of Commons; this role is junior to that of Parliamentary Under-Secretary, which is a ministerial post, salaried by...
  
   to the Leader - 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...
  
  
• Chair of the Parliamentary Party - To be decided
• Leader of the Party in the House of Lords
  House of Lords
  The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
  
   - Thomas 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:...
  
  
• Lib Dem Shadow Attorney General
  Attorney General for England and Wales
  Her Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales, usually known simply as the Attorney General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown. Along with the subordinate Solicitor General for England and Wales, the Attorney General serves as the chief legal adviser of the Crown and its government in...
  
   - Martin Thomas
  Martin Thomas, Baron Thomas of Gresford
  Donald Martin Thomas, Baron Thomas of Gresford, OBE, QC is a British Liberal Democrat politician.Educated at Grove Park Grammar School, Wrexham, and at Peterhouse, Cambridge University, he graduated with an LLB in Law and an MA in Classics. He practiced as a solicitor in Wrexham from...
  
  
• Lib Dem Shadow Solicitor General
  Solicitor General for England and Wales
  Her Majesty's Solicitor General for England and Wales, often known as the Solicitor General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Attorney General, whose duty is to advise the Crown and Cabinet on the law...
  
   - 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 :...
  
  

Other Liberal Democrat spokespeople

• Treasury - 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:...
  
  
• Foreign Affairs - 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:...
  
  
• Home Affairs - 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:...
  
  , 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...
  
  
• DEFRA Team - 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...
  
   (Environment), Roger Williams
  Roger Williams (UK politician)
  Roger Hugh Williams is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Brecon and Radnorshire since the 2001 general election.-Early life:...
  
   (Rural Affairs)
• Health - John Pugh
  John Pugh
  John David Pugh is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. He is Member of Parliament for Southport...
  
  , 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:...
  
  
• 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:...
  
  
• Transport - John Leech
  John Leech (politician)
  John Sampson Macfarlane Leech is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for Manchester Withington since 2005...
  
  
• Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform - 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...
  
  
• Women and Equality - 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...
  
  
• Defence - Bob Russell, Willie Rennie
  Willie Rennie
  William Cowan Rennie MSP is a Scottish politician and current Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats.After college, Rennie spent most of his early career as a Liberal Democrat campaigner and official before working as a public relations consultant in the private sector...
  
  
• Work and Pensions - 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:...
  
  
• Northern Ireland and Scotland - Alan Reid
• International Development - John Barrett
• Wales - 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...
  
  
• Communities and Local Government - 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...
  
  , 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...
  
  
• Culture, Media and Sport - 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...
  
  , 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:...
  
   (Arts, Culture and Heritage), Richard Younger-Ross
  Richard Younger-Ross
  Richard Alan Younger-Ross is a politician in England. He was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Teignbridge from 2001 to 2010, having contested the seat in 1992 and 1997, finally winning in the 2001 election...
  
  
• Children, Schools and Families - 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:...
  
  
• Schools - 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...
  
  
• Innovation, Universities and Skills - 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....
  
  
• Deputy Whips - Adrian Sanders
  Adrian Sanders
  Adrian Mark Sanders is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. He is the Member of Parliament for Torbay in Devon.-Personal life:...
  
  , Jenny Willott
  Jenny Willott
  Jennifer Nancy Willott is a British politician and the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Cardiff Central since the 2005 general election. She is the first woman and the first Liberal Democrat to represent her seat....
  
  
• Chair of the Parliamentary Party - Paul Holmes
  Paul Holmes (broadcaster)
  Paul Holmes CNZM is a radio and television broadcaster in New Zealand. he hosts Q+A on TV ONE, and the Saturday morning radio show on Newstalk ZB, where for 23 years until December 2008 he hosted the weekday breakfast show, the long-standing number one rating breakfast show...
  
  
• London and the Olympics - 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...
  
  
• Leader's Parliamentary Private Secretary - 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...
  
  

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 - Thomas 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 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
  Elizabeth Barker, Baroness Barker
  Elizabeth Jean Barker, Baroness Barker is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords.Educated at Dalziel High School and the University of Southampton,Barker worked for Age Concern between 1983 and 2007...
  
  
• Foreign Affairs - William Wallace
• Europe - Hugh Dykes
  Hugh Dykes, Baron Dykes
  Hugh John Maxwell Dykes, Baron Dykes, born 17 May 1939 to Richard and Doreen Dykes is a British politician. He is a Foreign Affairs Spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords.-Education:...
  
  
• Defence - vacant
• Environment, Food & Rural Affairs - Susan Miller
  Susan Miller, Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
  Susan Elizabeth Miller, Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords.She married firstly John Miller and secondly Humphrey Temperley, both of whom were active in political life as Liberal Democrats...
  
  
• Northern Ireland - Lord Smith of Clifton
• Trade and Industry - Tim Razzall
  Tim Razzall, Baron Razzall
  Edward Timothy Razzall, Baron Razzall, CBE is a British Liberal Democrat politician.-Early life:Razzall studied at the University of Oxford in the early 1960s, where he also played cricket for the university in 1964....
  
  
• Transport - Bill Bradshaw
  William Bradshaw, Baron Bradshaw
  William Peter Bradshaw, Baron Bradshaw , commonly known as Bill Bradshaw, is a British academic and politician...
  
  
• International Development - Baroness Northover and Lord Roberts of Llandudno
• Culture, Media & Sport - Timothy Clement-Jones
  Timothy Clement-Jones, Baron Clement-Jones
  Timothy Francis Clement-Jones, Baron Clement-Jones CBE, is a Liberal Democrat Peer and their spokesman for Culture, Media and Sport in the House of Lords.-Political career:...
  
   and Jane Bonham-Carter
• Shadow Lord Chancellor - William Goodhart
  William Goodhart
  William Howard Goodhart, Baron Goodhart QC is a Liberal Democrat politician, a leading human rights lawyer and a member of the United Kingdom House of Lords...