# First Frontbench Team of Vince Cable

* 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)
The list that follows is the Liberal Democrats Frontbench Team/Shadow Cabinet led by Vince Cable, who was acting leader between 15 October and 18 December 2007, following the resignation of Menzies Campbell and prior to the election of Nick Clegg.

## Liberal Democrat Frontbench Team
### Frontbench Team of Vince Cable

* Acting Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Treasury – Vince Cable
* Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – Michael Moore
* Health – Norman Lamb
* Home Affairs – Nick Clegg
* Defence – Nick Harvey
* Environment – Chris Huhne
* Transport – Susan Kramer
* Office of the Leader of the House of Commons and Party President – Simon Hughes
* Justice – David Heath
* Innovation, Universities and Skills – Sarah Teather
* Culture, Media and Sport – Don Foster
* Communities and Local Government – Andrew Stunell
* Housing – Paul Holmes
* Work and Pensions – Danny Alexander
* Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform – Lembit Öpik
* International Development – Lynne Featherstone
* Northern Ireland and Scotland – Alistair Carmichael
* Wales – Roger Williams
* Cabinet Office and Duchy of Lancaster – Norman Baker
* Office of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury – Julia Goldsworthy
* Chief Whip – Paul Burstow
* Chair of Campaigns and Communications – Edward Davey
* Chair of the Manifesto Group – Steve Webb
* Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader – vacant
* Chair of the Parliamentary Party – Lorely Burt
* Leader of the Party in the House of Lords – The Lord McNally
* Office of the Attorney General – Martin Thomas
* Office of the Solicitor General – David Howarth

### Other Liberal Democrat Spokespeople

* Treasury – Colin Breed
* Foreign Affairs – Mark Hunter
* Home Affairs – Jeremy Browne, Tim Farron
* DEFRA Team – Martin Horwood (Environment), Roger Williams (Rural Affairs)
* Health – John Pugh, Sandra Gidley
* House of Commons – Sir Robert Smith
* Transport – John Leech
* Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform – Lorely Burt
* Women and Equality – Jo Swinson
* Defence – Bob Russell, Willie Rennie
* Work and Pensions – Paul Rowen
* Northern Ireland and Scotland – Alan Reid
* International Development – John Barrett
* Wales – Mark Williams
* Communities and Local Government – Jo Swinson, Tom Brake
* Culture, Media and Sport – Tom Brake, Dan Rogerson (Arts, Culture and Heritage), Richard Younger-Ross
* Children, Schools and Families – Annette Brooke
* Schools – Greg Mulholland
* Innovation, Universities and Skills – Evan Harris
* Deputy Whips – Adrian Sanders, Jenny Willott
* Chair of the Parliamentary Party – Paul Holmes
* London and the Olympics – Tom Brake
* Leader's Parliamentary Private Secretary – Tim Farron

### Liberal Democrats House of Lords Frontbench Team

Liberal Democrat peers are also organised into teams broadly corresponding to the areas of Government departments.
* Leader in the House of Lords – The Lord McNally
* Deputy Leaders in the House of Lords – The Lord Dholakia and The Lord Wallace of Saltaire
* Chief Whip in the House of Lords – David Shutt
* Home Affairs – The Lord Dholakia
* Health – The Baroness Barker
* Foreign Affairs – The Lord Wallace of Saltaire
* Europe – The Lord Dykes
* Defence – vacant
* Environment, Food & Rural Affairs – The Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
* Northern Ireland – The Lord Smith of Clifton
* Trade and Industry – The Lord Razzall
* Transport – The Lord Bradshaw
* International Development – Lindsay Northover and The Lord Roberts of Llandudno
* Culture, Media & Sport – The Lord Clement-Jones and The Baroness Bonham Carter of Yarnbury
* Shadow Lord Chancellor – The Lord Goodhart