Cabinet Name: | Frontbench Team of Ed Davey |
Cabinet Type: | Frontbench Team |
Flag Border: | true |
Incumbent: | 2020–present |
Date Formed: | 27 August 2020 |
Government Head Title: | Leader |
Government Head: | Ed Davey |
Other Government Minister Title: | Deputy Leader |
Other Government Minister: | Daisy Cooper |
State Head Title: | Monarch |
State Head: | Elizabeth II Charles III |
Legislature Status: | Third party (As of July 2024) Opposition(2020 - 2024) |
Legislature Term: | 58th UK Parliament 59th UK Parliament |
Incoming Formation: | 2020 leadership election |
Previous: | Frontbench Team of Jo Swinson |
Ed Davey was appointed as Acting Leader of the Liberal Democrats following the resignation of Jo Swinson. Davey announced his first frontbench team as Acting Leader in January 2020.[1]
Davey was elected permanent Leader on 27 August 2020 and assembled a new Frontbench Team in the following days. Following the 2024 general election, Davey's frontbench team became the second largest opposition party to the governing Labour Party, behind the Shadow Cabinet of Rishi Sunak.
On 18 September 2024, after party conference, Davey announced a new 33-member frontbench team, with new members taking frontbench roles. This left 39 backbench MPs, more than twice the number of Liberal Democrat MPs prior to the election. This was also subsequent to former frontbench members Layla Moran, Alistair Carmichael, and Jamie Stone standing down from the frontbench after being elected to chair parliamentary select commitees. [2]