Frontbench Team of Nick Clegg

Frontbench Team of Nick Clegg
Frontbench Team of Nick Clegg
2007–2010
Date formed	18 December 2007
Date dissolved	6 May 2010
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Leader	Nick Clegg
Deputy Leader	Vince Cable
Member party	Liberal Democrats;
Status in legislature	Third party 52 / 651 (8%) Opposition
History
Incoming formation	2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election
Outgoing formation	2010 United Kingdom government formation
Predecessor	First Frontbench Team of Vince Cable
Successor	Liberal Democrat General Election Cabinet, 2015

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 (2020–present)

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.^[1]^[2]

Liberal Democrat Frontbench Team

Clegg Frontbench Team

Name		Portfolio
The Rt. Hon. Nick Clegg MP		Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Dr Vince Cable MP		Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Lib Dem Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
Edward Davey MP		Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Chris Huhne MP		Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department
David Howarth MP		Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
David Heath MP		Lib Dem Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Simon Hughes MP		Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Nick Harvey MP		Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
Norman Lamb MP		Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Health
Prof. Steve Webb MP		Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Tim Farron MP		Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
David Laws MP		Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
Stephen Williams MP		Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Sarah Teather MP		Lib Dem Shadow Minister for Housing
Norman Baker MP		Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
Don Foster MP		Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Julia Goldsworthy MP		Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
John Thurso MP		Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Danny Alexander MP		Party Leader's Chief of Staff and Chairman of the Manifesto group
Jenny Willott MP		Lib Dem Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Michael Moore MP		Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
Roger Williams MP		Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
Alistair Carmichael MP		Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Jeremy Browne MP		Lib Dem Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Lynne Featherstone MP		Lib Dem Spokesperson for Youth and Equality
Paul Burstow MP		Lib Dem Chief Whip
Mark Hunter MP		Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader
Lorely Burt MP		Chairman of the Parliamentary Party
Willie Rennie MP		Chairman of Campaigns and Communications
The Lord McNally PC		Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords

Other Liberal Democrat Spokespeople

Name		Portfolio
John Pugh MP		Treasury
Colin Breed MP		Treasury
Jo Swinson MP		Foreign Affairs
Tom Brake MP		Home Affairs
Martin Horwood MP		DEFRA Team
Roger Williams MP		DEFRA Team
Greg Mulholland MP		Health
Sandra Gidley MP		Health
Sir Robert Smith Bt.		House of Commons
John Leech MP		Transport
Mark Hunter MP		Transport
Lorely Burt MP		Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Bob Russell MP		Defence
Willie Rennie MP		Defence
Paul Rowen MP		Work and Pensions
John Barrett MP		Work and Pensions
Alan Reid MP		Northern Ireland and Scotland
Mark Williams MP		Wales
Dan Rogerson MP		Communities and Local Government
Richard Younger-Ross MP		Culture, Media and Sport
Annette Brooke MP		Children, Schools and Families
Dr Evan Harris MP		Innovation, Universities and Skills
Adrian Sanders MP		Deputy Whips
Tom Brake MP		London and the Olympics

Liberal Democrats House of Lords Frontbench Team

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

Name	Portfolio
Rt. Hon. The Lord McNally PC	Leader in the House of Lords
The Lord Dholakia OBE and The Lord Wallace of Saltaire	Deputy Leaders in the House of Lords
The Lord Shutt of Greetland	Chief Whip in the House of Lords
The Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer	Home Affairs
Rt. Hon. The Lord McNally PC	Constitutional Affairs
The Lord Maclennan of Rogart	Cabinet Office and Scotland
The Lord Wallace of Saltaire	Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
The Lord Lee of Trafford	Defence
The Baroness Northover and The Lord Roberts	International Development
The Lord Clement-Jones CBE and The Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury	Culture, Media and Sport
The Baroness Walmsley	Children, Schools and Families
The Baroness Sharp of Guildford	Innovation, Universities and Skills
The Baroness Barker	Health
The Lord Burnett	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Lord Teverson	Climate Change and Energy
The Baroness Hamwee	Communities and Local Government
The Lord Smith of Clifton	Northern Ireland
The Lord Razzall	Trade and Industry
The Lord Bradshaw	Transport
The Lord Newby	Treasury
The Lord Livsey of Talgarth	Wales
The Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay	Work and Pensions

2015 General Election Cabinet

References

^ "Lib Dem front bench: Who's Who". 8 January 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
^ "Weekly Information Bulletin, Session 2008-09: Liberal Democrat Front Bench Team". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2026.

External links

[1] "Lib Dem front bench: Who's Who". 8 January 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2026.

[2] "Weekly Information Bulletin, Session 2008-09: Liberal Democrat Front Bench Team". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2026.

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1964 to Present

Nick Clegg
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010–2015) Lord President of the Council (2010–2015) Leader of the Liberal Democrats (2007–2015)
Government	Premiership of David Cameron Cameron–Clegg coalition 2010 coalition negotiations Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition agreement Frontbench Team
Politics	Liberal Democrats East Midlands Sheffield Hallam Opposition Frontbench Team
Elections	2007 (party leadership) 2008 (local) 2009 (local) 2009 (European) 2010 (local) 2010 (general) 2011 (local) 2012 (local) 2013 (local) 2014 (local) 2014 (European) 2015 (general) 2015 (local)
Family	Nicholas Peter Clegg (father) Miriam González Durántez (wife) Hugh Clegg (paternal grandfather) Kira von Engelhardt, Baroness von Smolensk (paternal grandmother) Baroness Moura Budberg (paternal aunt-great-grandmother)
In the media	Britain's Economy: Cameron and Clegg Face the Audience (2010) "Nick Clegg Says I'm Sorry (The Autotune Remix)" (2012) The European Union: In or Out (2014) Coalition (2015) How to Stop Brexit (And Make Britain Great Again) (2017) How to Save the Internet (2025)