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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 .
Davey led his party to both their highest ever number of seats and the highest number of seats for a third party since 1923, restoring the Liberal Democrats as the third largest party in the House of Commons. [142] He celebrated by singing Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" at a Liberal Democrat party. [143]
The Liberal Democrats are a political party in the United Kingdom.While in opposition, the Leader of the Liberal Democrats appoints a frontbench team of members of Parliament (MPs), peers in the House of Lords, members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs), and members of the Senedd (MSs) to speak for the party on different issues.
First Frontbench Team of Vince Cable: 2007 Frontbench Team of Tim Farron: 2015-17 Second Frontbench Team of Vince Cable: 2017–19 Frontbench Team of Jo Swinson: 2019 Frontbench Team of Ed Davey: 2020-present Labour Party: Opposition frontbench of Ed Miliband: 2010–2015 Opposition frontbench of Jeremy Corbyn: 2015–2020 Opposition frontbench ...
Jo Swinson lost her seat in the general election held on 12 December 2019, thus ceasing to be leader; Deputy Leader Ed Davey and Party President Sal Brinton became acting co-leaders. [1] Brinton was replaced by Mark Pack following his assuming the office of party president on 1 January 2020.
Ed Davey: Kingston and Surbiton: Kingston upon Thames Liberal Democrats 17,235 ... List of Labour Party MPs in London; External links. London Liberal Democrats
State party [Note 1] Regional party Ed Davey: Leader of the Liberal Democrats: 59 1997–2015 2017–present Kingston and Surbiton: 10,489 England: London: Daisy Cooper: Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats: 43 2019–present St Albans: 6,293 England: East of England Health & Social Care spokesperson Christine Jardine: Cabinet Office ...
In February 2019, eleven MPs from the Labour Party and Conservative Party resigned to form the centrist Independent Group, soon to be renamed as Change UK. Among potential leadership candidates, Jo Swinson was seen as most open to working with the Independent Group, while Ed Davey was least open.