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Frontbench Team of Ed Davey [3] Portfolio Current 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 (2020–present) 2020–present Treasury: 2024–present Chief Whip: Wendy Chamberlain MP: 2020–present Foreign Affairs: Calum Miller MP: 2024 ...
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.
John Hemming, the only Liberal Democrat MP not to sign Kennedy's nomination papers for leader in May 2005, said on his blog that he was considering whether to stand against Kennedy or not, but had not yet made a final decision. [13] At 15:00 GMT, Charles Kennedy resigned as leader of the Liberal Democrats. He explained that he had been ...
The list that follows is the Frontbench Team led by Nick Clegg from 2007 to 2010, before the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives formed a coalition government following the 2010 general election, and Clegg became Deputy Prime Minister.
Frontbench Teams since 1997: Ashdown Team (1997–1999 ... Liberal Democrat peers are also organised into teams broadly corresponding to the areas of Government ...
In a bizarre turn, the left-leaning Working Families Party is urging its supporters not to vote for the "spoiler" candidate on its own ballot line and instead back Democrat Mondaire Jones in the ...
The office holder is a member of the Liberal Democrat frontbench team. The post exists when the Liberal Democrats are in opposition, but not when they in government, for example during the Cameron–Clegg coalition. The position is also sometimes called the Liberal Democrat shadow home secretary. [1] [2]
The list that follows is the Liberal Democrats Frontbench Team/Shadow Cabinet led by Charles Kennedy, 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.