Frontbench Team

Frontbench Team is a political term used in the Westminster system of government.{{Cite web |title=SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn reshuffles frontbench team |url=https://news.sky.com/story/snp-westminster-leader-stephen-flynn-reshuffles-frontbench-team-12954888 |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Sky News |language=en}} It is used to describe the senior leadership of opposition parliamentarians in the British House of Commons and the Dáil Éireann.

United Kingdom

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! colspan="2" |Political party

!Frontbench Team

!Years

colspan="2" rowspan="4" |Liberal Party (UK)

| colspan="2" |Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1945–1956

colspan="2" |Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1956–1967

colspan="2" |Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1967–1976

colspan="2" |Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1976–1988

rowspan="9" |Liberal Democrats (UK)

| rowspan="9" |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

colspan="2" rowspan="3" |Labour Party

|Opposition frontbench of Ed Miliband

|2010–2015

Opposition frontbench of Jeremy Corbyn

|2015–2020

Opposition frontbench of Keir Starmer

|2020-present{{Cite web |last=Rodgers |first=Sienna |date=2021-12-04 |title=Keir Starmer unveils new frontbench team after wider reshuffle |url=https://labourlist.org/2021/12/keir-starmer-unveils-new-frontbench-team-after-wider-reshuffle/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=LabourList |language=en-GB}}

colspan="2" |Conservative Party

|Opposition frontbench of David Cameron

|2005-2010{{Cite web |last=Grice |first=Andrew |date=9 December 2005 |title=Cameron puts more women in Shadow Cabinet |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cameron-puts-more-women-in-shadow-cabinet-518725.html |website=The Independent}}

rowspan="3" |Scottish National Party

| rowspan="3" |Scottish National Party frontbench team

|Frontbench Team of Angus Robertson

|2015-2017{{Cite web |date=2015-05-21 |title=The SNP unveils the new MPs who will make up its Westminster |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-snp-unveils-the-new-mps-who-will-make-up-its-westminster-frontbench-team-10266342.html |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=The Independent |language=en}}

Frontbench Team of Ian Blackford

|2017-2021

Frontbench Team of Stephen Flynn

|2021-present{{Cite news |date=2023-09-04 |title=SNP announces frontbench reshuffle at Westminster |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-66707392 |access-date=2024-02-16 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}

Change UK

| colspan="2" |Change UK Frontbench team

|2019

Frontbench Team

United Kingdom

Ireland

References

See also