Frontbench team

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In the Westminster system of government, a frontbench team is the senior leadership of opposition parliamentarians, in particular in the British House of Commons and the Dáil Éireann.[1]

United Kingdom

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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 2020-2024[2]
Conservative Party Opposition frontbench of David Cameron 2005-2010[3]
Opposition frontbench of Rishi Sunak 2024
Opposition frontbench of Kemi Badenoch 2024-present
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

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References

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See also

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