Frontbench Team

Frontbench Team is a political term used in the Westminster system of government.[1] It is used to describe the senior leadership of opposition parliamentarians in the British House of Commons and the Dáil Éireann.

United Kingdom

Political party Frontbench Team Years
Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1945–1956
Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1956–1967
Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1967–1976
Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1976–1988
Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrat frontbench team Frontbench Team of Paddy Ashdown 1988-1999
Frontbench Team of Charles Kennedy 1999-2006
Frontbench Team of Menzies Campbell 2006-2007
Frontbench Team of Nick Clegg 2007-2010
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 of Keir Starmer 2020-present[2]
Conservative Party Opposition frontbench of David Cameron 2005-2010[3]
Scottish National Party Scottish National Party frontbench team Frontbench Team of Angus Robertson 2015-2017[4]
Frontbench Team of Ian Blackford 2017-2021
Frontbench Team of Stephen Flynn 2021-present[5]
Change UK Change UK Frontbench team 2019

Ireland

References

  1. ^ "SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn reshuffles frontbench team". Sky News. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  2. ^ Rodgers, Sienna (2021-12-04). "Keir Starmer unveils new frontbench team after wider reshuffle". LabourList. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  3. ^ Grice, Andrew (9 December 2005). "Cameron puts more women in Shadow Cabinet". The Independent.
  4. ^ "The SNP unveils the new MPs who will make up its Westminster". The Independent. 2015-05-21. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  5. ^ "SNP announces frontbench reshuffle at Westminster". BBC News. 2023-09-04. Retrieved 2024-02-16.

See also