LIBERAL DEMOCRAT SHADOW MINISTERIAL TEAM
The Liberal Democrats have a team of MPs and Peers to speak for the party on
different issues. Their areas of responsibility broadly correspond to those of
government ministers and they are usually known as the Liberal Democrat shadow
ministerial team. The shadow ministerial team are divided into departmental
teams, such as education, health and foreign affairs. The leader of each
departmental team, and holders of some other positions, are members of
the Liberal Democrat
Shadow Cabinet.
In his December 2007 reshuffle, Liberal Democrat
leader Nick Clegg grouped the party's shadow ministers into teams such as
Economy and Business; Home Affairs; and Public Services with an MP taking the
lead in each area.
This page includes -
- Liberal Democrat Spokespeople in the House of Commons
- Liberal Democrat Spokespeople in the House of Lords
- Liberal Democrat Commons Select Committee Members
Click here for biographies and contact details for all Liberal Democrat MPs
Click here for biographies and contact details for Liberal Democrat Peers
This page was last updated 07/01/08 following Nick Clegg's announcement of non shadow cabinet positions in the second stage of his reshuffle as new party leader.
Liberal Democrat Spokespeople and Office Holders in the House of Commons
Members of the Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet are marked in
bold
Party Leader: Nick Clegg
Deputy
Leader: Vince Cable
Chief Whip: Paul
Burstow
THE ECONOMY AND BUSINESS
Lead
MP: Vince Cable
TREASURY
Vince Cable
(Shadow Chancellor)
Jeremy Browne
(Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury)
John Pugh
Colin
Breed
BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND REGULATORY REFORM
Sarah Teather
(Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory
Reform)
Lorely Burt
HOME AFFAIRS AND
JUSTICE
Lead MP: Chris Huhne
Chris Huhne (Shadow Secretary of State for
the Home Department, for Justice and Lord Chancellor)
Tom Brake
(Spokesperson on Home Affairs)
Lord Martin Thomas
of Gresford (Shadow Attorney General)
David
Howarth (Shadow Solicitor
General)
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Lead MP:
Ed Davey
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
Ed
Davey (Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
Affairs)
Jo Swinson
DEFENCE
Nick Harvey
(Shadow Secretary of State for Defence)
Willie Rennie
Bob Russell
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Mike Moore
(Shadow Secretary of State for International
Development)
PUBLIC SERVICES
Lead MP:
David Laws
CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND
FAMILIES
David Laws (Shadow Secretary of State for
Children, Schools and Families)
Annette Brooke
HEALTH
Norman Lamb (Shadow Secretary of State
for Health)
Sandra Gidley
Greg Mulholland
COMMUNITIES AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Julia Goldsworthy (Shadow Secretary of
State for Communities and Local Government)
Lembit Opik
(Housing)
Dan Rogerson
WORK AND
PENSIONS
Jenny Willot (Shadow Secretary of State for
Work and Pensions)
Paul Rowen
John Barrett
INNOVATION,
UNIVERSITIES AND SKILLS
Stephen Williams (Shadow
Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills)
Evan Harris
(Shadow Minister for
Science)
ENVIRONMENT
Lead MP: Steve
Webb
ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY, FOOD AND RURAL
AFFAIRS
Steve Webb (Shadow Secretary of State for
Environment, Energy, Food and Rural Affairs)
Martin Horwood
Roger Williams
TRANSPORT
Norman Baker (Shadow
Secretary of State for Transport)
Mark Hunter
John Leech
FAMILIES
Lead MP: Susan
Kramer
FAMILIES
Susan Kramer (Families
spokesperson)
OTHER DEPARTMENTS
LEADER OF
THE HOUSE
Simon Hughes (Shadow Leader of the House of
Commons)
Sir Robert Smith (Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of
Commons)
CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
Don Foster
(Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; and
Olympics)
Tom Brake (London and Olympics)
Richard
Younger-Ross
SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND
Mike Moore
(Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland and Northern
Ireland)
Alan Reid
WALES
Roger Williams
(Shadow Secretary of State for Wales)
Mark
Williams
CABINET OFFICE
Susan Kramer (Shadow
Minister for the Cabinet Office; and Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster)
WHIPS OFFICE
Paul Burstow (Chief
Whip)
Adrian Sanders (Deputy Chief Whip)
Jenny Willott
(Deputy Chief Whip)
Paul Keetch
Dan Rogerson
Paul Rowen
Willie Rennie
Bob Russell
Roger Williams
HOUSE OF
LORDS
Rt Hon Lord Tom McNally (Leader in the
Lords)
Lord David Shutt (Lords Chief Whip)
See
below for full list of spokespeople in the Lords
OTHER
POSITIONS HELD
Simon Hughes (Party
President)
Lynne Featherstone (Youth and
equality spokesperson)
Tom Brake (Spokesperson for
London)
Willie Rennie (Chair of Parliamentary
campaigns team)
Ed Davey (Chair of Campaigns
and Communications)
Danny Alexander (Leader’s
Chief of Staff and Chair of the Manifesto Group)
Mark Hunter*
(Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader)
Lorely Burt*
(Chair of the Parliamentary Party)
* Also attending shadow
cabinet
NOTE
Two other apppointments were also
announced at the time of Nick Clegg's reshuffle in December
2007:
Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell will join the Foreign Affairs
Select Committee and will be conducting a full review of Britain’s future
military capability.
Rt Hon Charles Kennedy, as President of the European
Movement will be campaigning across the country on European issues, and will
contribute to major European debates from the front bench.
NB.
The posts of Chair of the Parliamentary Party, Chief Whip and Deputy Leader of
the Party are all subject to internal election.
Liberal Democrat
Responsibilities in the Lords
Team Leaders in
bold
NB. Only the Leader in the Lords, the party's chief
whip and the shadow attorney general are members of the shadow cabinet.
LEADER OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS
Rt Hon
Lord McNally
DEPUTY LEADERS
Lord Dholakia OBE DL
Lord Wallace of
Saltaire
LORDS SPOKESPEOPLE
HOME OFFICE
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne
Domer
Lord Avebury (Civil liberties)
Baroness Harris of Richmond
DL (Police)
SHADOW ATTORNEY GENERAL AND MINISTER FOR JUSTICE
Lord Thomas
of Gresford OBE QC
Baroness Linklater of Butterstone (Penal
Reform)
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Baroness Falkner of Margravine
CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS
Rt. Hon Lord McNally
Lord
Tyler
Rt Hon Lord Maclennan of Rogart
Lord Smith of Clifton
CABINET OFFICE
Rt Hon Lord Maclennan of Rogart
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Lord Wallace of
Saltaire
Lord Avebury (Africa)
Lord Dykes (Europe)
DEFENCE
Lord Lee of Trafford
Lord
Addington
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Baroness Northover
Lord
Roberts of Llandudno
CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
Lord Clement-Jones
CBE
Baroness Bonham-Carter
Lord Addington (Sport)
Lord Lee of
Trafford (Tourism)
CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES
Baroness
Walmsley
Baroness Garden
INNOVATION, UNIVERSITIES AND SKILLS
Baroness Sharp of
Guildford
Lord Watson of Richmond (Universities)
Lord Cotter
(Skills)
HEALTH
Baroness Barker
Baroness Tonge
Lord
Carlile of Berriew – mental health and disability
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Lord Teverson
Lord Redesdale (Agriculture)
Lord Dykes (CAP reform)
Lord Greaves
COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Baroness Scott of Needham
Market
Baroness Hamwee (Regional and Local Government)
Lord
Dholakia OBE DL – Communities
Lord Greaves – Housing
Lord Burnett
(planning)
NORTHERN IRELAND
Lord Smith of Clifton
Baroness
Harris of Richmond DL
SCOTLAND
Rt Hon Lord Maclennan of Rogart
BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND REGULATORY REFORM
Lord Razzall
CBE
Lord Sharman OBE
Lord Vallance of Tummel
Lord Cotter
(small businesses)
Lord Redesdale (Energy)
TRANSPORT
Lord Bradshaw
Earl of Mar and Kellie
DL
TREASURY
Lord Newby OBE
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove
Bay
WALES
Lord Livsey of Talgarth CBE
Lord Roberts of
Llandudno
WOMEN AND EQUALITY
Baroness Thomas of Walliswood
Lord
Lester of Herne Hill (discrimination law reform)
WORK AND PENSIONS
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove
Bay
Baroness Thomas of Winchester
Lord Kirkwood
LIB DEM LORDS WHIPS
CHIEF WHIP
Lord Shutt of Greetland OBE
DEPUTY CHIEF WHIP
Lord Addington
WHIPS
Baroness Harris of Richmond DL
Lord Roberts of Llandudno
Lord
Teverson
Lord Lee of Trafford
Liberal Democrat Select Committee
Memberships
CHAIRMEN
Constitutional
Affairs: Rt Hon.Alan Beith MP
International Development: Malcolm Bruce MP
Science and Technology: Phil Willis MP
ALL
SELECT COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Business, Enterprise and
Regulatory Reform: Mark Hunter MP
Children,
Schools and Families: Annette Brooke MP, Paul Holmes
MP
Community and Local Government: Andrew George MP,
John Pugh MP
Constitutional Affairs: Alan Beith MP
(Chair), David Howarth MP
Culture, Media amd Sport
Committee: Adrian Sanders MP
DCMS: Adrian
Sanders MP
Defence: Mike Hancock MP, Richard
Younger-Ross MP
DEFRA: Dan Rogerson MP, Roger Williams
MP
Department for Work & Pensions: Greg Mulholland
MP, Jenny Willott MP
Environmental Audit: Martin Horwood
MP, Jo Swinson MP
European Scrutiny: Richard
Younger-Ross MP
Finance & Services: Paul Burstow
MP
Foreign Affairs: Sir Menzies Campbell MP, Paul Keetch
MP
Health: Sandra Gidley MP
Home
Affairs: Tom Brake MP, Bob Russell MP
House
Administration: John Thurso MP
Human Rights: Dr
Evan Harris MP
International Development: Malcolm Bruce
MP (Chair), Sir Robert Smith MP
Innovation, Universities and
Skills: Phil Willis MP (Chair) Evan Harris
MP
Justice: Aan Beith MP (Chair),David Howarth
MP
Liason: Alan Beith MP, Malcolm Bruce Phil Willis
MP
Modernisation: John Hemming MP, Simon
Hughes MP
Northern Ireland Grand Committee:
N/A
Procedure: Sir Robert Smith MP, John Hemming
MP
Public Accounts: Annette Brooke MP, John Pugh
MP
Public Administration: Paul Rowen MP,
Jenny Willott MP
Quadripartite Committee on Arms
Exports:Mark Hunter MP, Paul Keetch MP, Malcolm Bruce
MP
Regulatory Reform: Lorely Burt MP, John Hemming
MP
Science and Technology: Dr Evan Harris MP, Phil
Willis MP (Chair)
Scottish Affairs: Mike Moore
MP
Standards and Privileges: Nick Harvey
MP
Select Committee on Statutory Instruments:
N/A
Transport: John Leech
MP
Treasury: Colin Breed MP, John Thurso
MP
Wales: Mark Williams MP
(list of select
committee memberships last updated 19th June 2006)
