Frontbench Team of Ed Davey

UK Liberal Democrat team from 2020

Frontbench Team of Ed Davey
2020–present

Date formed	27 August 2020
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II Charles III
Leader	Ed Davey
Deputy Leader	Daisy Cooper
Member party	Liberal Democrats
Status in legislature	Third party 72 / 650 (11%) (As of July 2024) Opposition 11 / 650 (2%) (2020 - 2024)
History
Legislature terms	58th UK Parliament 59th UK Parliament
Incoming formation	2020 leadership election
Predecessor	Frontbench Team of Jo Swinson

Frontbench Teams since 1997

Ashdown Team (1997–1999)

Kennedy Team (1999–2006)

Campbell Team (2006–2007)

First Cable Team (2007)

Clegg Team (2007–2010)

General Election Cabinet (2015)

Farron Team (2015–2017)

Second Cable Team (2017–2019)

Swinson Team (2019)

Davey Team (2019–present)

Ed Davey was appointed as Acting Leader of the Liberal Democrats following the resignation of Jo Swinson. Davey announced his first frontbench team as Acting Leader in January 2020.

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.

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. This was also subsequent to former frontbench members Layla Moran, Alistair Carmichael, and Jamie Stone standing down from the frontbench after being elected to chair parliamentary select committees.

Frontbench team (2024–present)

Frontbench Team of Ed Davey
Portfolio		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	Daisy Cooper MP (2020–present)	2024–present
Chief Whip	Wendy Chamberlain MP	2020–present
Foreign Affairs	Calum Miller MP	2024–present
Home Affairs	Lisa Smart MP	2024–present
Health and Social Care	Helen Morgan MP	2024–present
Education, Children and Families	Munira Wilson MP	2021–present
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Tim Farron MP	2020–present
Cabinet Office	Sarah Olney MP	2024–present
Business	Sarah Gibson MP	2024–present
Trade	Clive Jones MP	2024–present
Work and Pensions	Steve Darling MP	2024–present
Defence	Helen Maguire BEM MP	2024–present
International Development	Monica Harding MP	2024–present
Europe	James MacCleary MP	2024–present
Women and Equalities	Christine Jardine MP	2022–present
Scotland	Christine Jardine MP	2022–present
Justice	Josh Babarinde OBE MP	2024–present
Shadow Attorney General	Ben Maguire MP	2024–present
Care and Carers	Alison Bennett MP	2024–present
Mental Health	Danny Chambers MP	2024–present
Hospitals and Primary Care	Jess Brown-Fuller MP	2024–present
Science, Innovation, and Technology	Victoria Collins MP	2024–present
Culture, Media and Sport	Max Wilkinson MP	2024–present
Universities and Skills	Ian Sollom MP	2024–present
Energy Security and Net Zero	Pippa Heylings MP	2024–present
Housing, Communities and Local Government	Vikki Slade MP	2024–present
Transport	Paul Kohler MP	2024–present
Housing and Planning	Gideon Amos OBE MP	2024–present
Wales	David Chadwick MP	2024–present
Northern Ireland	Al Pinkerton MP	2024–present
London	Luke Taylor MP	2024–present
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons	Marie Goldman MP	2024–present
Deputy Chief Whip	Tom Morrison MP	2024–present

Other roles and spokespeople

Portfolio	Name
In the House of Lords
Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords	The Rt Hon The Lord Newby OBE PC
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords	The Rt Hon The Baroness Walmsley
	The Rt Hon The Lord Dholakia OBE PC JP DL
Lords Chief Whip	The Rt Hon The Lord Stoneham
Lords Spokesperson for Business	The Rt Hon The Lord Fox
Lords Spokesperson for Culture, Media and Sport	The Rt Hon The Baroness Bonham-Carter
Lords Spokesperson for Defence	The Rt Hon The Baroness Smith
Lords Spokesperson for Education	The Rt Hon The Lord Storey CBE
Lords Spokesperson for Energy Security and Net Zero	The Rt Hon The Earl Russell
Lords Spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	The Rt Hon The Baroness Bakewell MBE
Lords Spokesperson for Foreign, Commonwealth and Developmental Affairs	The Rt Hon The Lord Purvis
Lords Spokesperson for International Trade	The Rt Hon The Lord Purvis
Lords Spokesperson for Health	The Rt Hon The Lord Allan
Lords Spokesperson for Housing, Communities and Local Government	The Rt Hon The Baroness Pinnock
Lords Spokesperson for Justice	The Rt Hon The Lord Marks KC
Lords Spokesperson for Northern Ireland	The Rt Hon The Baroness Suttie
Lords Spokesperson for Policing	The Rt Hon The Baroness Doocey OBE
Lords Spokesperson for Science, Innovation and Technology	The Rt Hon The Lord Clement-Jones CBE FRSA
Lords Spokesperson for Scotland	The Rt Hon The Lord Bruce of Bennachie PC
Lords Spokesperson for Transport	The Rt Hon The Baroness Randerson
Lords Spokesperson for Treasury	The Rt Hon The Baroness Kramer PC
Lords Spokesperson for Voluntary	The Rt Hon The Baroness Barker
Lords Spokesperson for Wales	The Rt Hon The Baroness Humphreys
Lords Spokesperson for Work and Pensions	The Rt Hon The Lord Palmer OBE FCA
Lords Spokesperson for Attorney General's Office	The Rt Hon The Lord Thomas OBE KC
Welsh Liberal Democrats
Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats	Jane Dodds MS
Deputy Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats	David Chadwick MP
Scottish Liberal Democrats
Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats	Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP
Deputy Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats	Wendy Chamberlain MP

Frontbench team (2020–2024)

Frontbench Team of Ed Davey
Portfolio	Final holder	Previous holders
Leader of the Liberal Democrats	The Rt Hon Sir Ed Davey FRSA MP (2020–present)	Sir Ed Davey MP and Mark Pack (acting) (2019–20)
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats	Daisy Cooper MP (2020–present)	Sir Ed Davey MP (2019–20)
Treasury Economy and Social Justice (2020)	Sarah Olney MP (2022–2024)	Sir Ed Davey MP (2020) Christine Jardine MP (2020–22)
Foreign Affairs & International Development Foreign Affairs (2020)	Layla Moran MP (2020–2024)	The Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP (2020)
Home Affairs	Lisa Smart MP (2024–pressent)	The Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP (2020–2024)
Defence	Helen MaguireMP (2024–present)	Richard Foord MP (2022–2024)
Justice	The Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP (2022–2024)	Daisy Cooper MP (2020) Wera Hobhouse MP (2020–22)
Science, Innovation, and Technology	Layla Moran MP (2023–2024)
Health, Wellbeing & Social Care	Daisy Cooper MP (2021–2024)	Munira Wilson MP (2020–21)
Housing, Communities and Local Government	Helen Morgan MP (2022–2024)	Tim Farron MP (–2022)
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Food and Rural Affairs (–2022)	Tim Farron MP (2020–present)
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons	Wera Hobhouse MP (2020–2024)
Business & Industrial Strategy Business (2020–23)	Sarah Olney MP (2020–2024)
Energy and Climate Change Climate Emergency and Energy (–2022)	Wera Hobhouse MP (2020–2024)
Work & Pensions	Wendy Chamberlain MP (2020–2024)
Education	Munira Wilson MP (2021–present)	Layla Moran MP (2017–20) Daisy Cooper MP (2020–21)
Transport	Wera Hobhouse MP (2022–2024)	Munira Wilson MP (2020) Sarah Olney MP (2020–2022)
Culture, Media and Sport Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (2020–23)	Jamie Stone MP (2020–2024)	Daisy Cooper MP (2020)
Cabinet Office	Christine Jardine MP (2022–2024)
Women and Equalities	Christine Jardine MP (2019–20; 2022–present)	Wera Hobhouse MP (2020–22)
Trade	Sarah Green MP (2022–2024)	Sarah Olney MP (2020) Christine Jardine MP (2020–21) Sarah Olney MP (2021–22)
Northern Ireland	The Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP (2020–2024)	Wendy Chamberlain MP (2020)
Scotland	Christine Jardine MP (2022–present)	Wendy Chamberlain MP (2020–22)
Wales	Sarah Green MP (2022–2024)	Wendy Chamberlain MP (2020–22)
Chief Whip in the House of Commons	Wendy Chamberlain MP (2020–present)	The Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP (2017–20)
Defunct roles
Political and Constitutional Reform	None	Wendy Chamberlain MP (2020) The Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP (2020–22)
Brexit		The Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP (2020) Christine Jardine MP (2020–21)
International Development		Wendy Chamberlain MP (2020)

References

"Meet our new Commons team". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
Morton, Becky (18 September 2024). "Lib Dems unveil new top team after election success". BBC News.
"People". libdems.org.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
"Spokespersons in the House of Lords". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
"Ed Davey announces key appointments on Twitter". libdemvoice.org.
"Daisy Cooper is the new Liberal Democrat education spokesperson". markpack.org.uk. September 2020.
"Spokespeople". libdems.org.uk.

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