Frontbench Team

Political term in the Westminster system

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

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Political party  | Frontbench Team  | Years

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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

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* Frontbench team of Pat Rabbitte
* Frontbench team of Eamon Gilmore
* Frontbench team of Enda Kenny
* Frontbench team of Gerry Adams

## References

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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

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* British Government frontbench
* Official Opposition frontbench
* Opposition Shadow Cabinets of the Scottish Parliament
* Shadow cabinet

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Frontbenches in the Parliament of the United Kingdom

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* Liberal Democrat frontbench team
* Scottish National Party frontbench team

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