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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.
On 18 September 2024, after party conference, Davey announced a new 33-member frontbench team, with new members taking frontbench roles. This left 39 backbench MPs , more than twice the number of Liberal Democrat MPs prior to the election.
At 18:25, Ed Davey and Sarah Teather were at the head of twenty-five Liberal Democrat MPs, including nineteen members of the frontbench, issuing a joint statement declaring that they could no longer support Kennedy's leadership and serve under him. They called on Kennedy to resign over the weekend.
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.
Liberal Democrat peers are also organised into teams broadly corresponding to the areas of Government departments. Leader in the House of Lords - The Lord McNally; Deputy Leaders in the House of Lords and Foreign Affairs- The Lord Dholakia of Waltham Brooks and The Lord Wallace of Saltaire; Chief Whip in the House of Lords - The Lord Shutt of ...
Charles Kennedy's leadership was heavily criticised following the 2005 general election.. In the wake of the 2005 general election, Kennedy's leadership came under increased criticism from those who felt that the Liberal Democrats could have done even better at a time when, arguably, the Official Opposition, the Conservative Party, were in a relatively weak position and the Labour Government ...
The list that follows is the Liberal Democrats frontbench team led by Paddy Ashdown, who was party leader from 1988 to 1999.Initially known as a frontbench team, the Lib Dems began to refer to their Frontbench Team as a "Shadow Cabinet" during the leadership of Ashdown's successor, Charles Kennedy, although the use of the term is controversial.
Tim Farron succeeded Nick Clegg as Leader of the Liberal Democrats on 29 July 2015, unveiling his Frontbench Team shortly afterwards. [1] Farron conducted his first reshuffle on 28 October 2016. [2] [3] A second reshuffle was conducted on 8 May 2017. [4] In July of the same year Farron resigned and was succeeded by Vince Cable.