Frontbench Team of Nick Clegg | |
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| 2007–2010 | |
| Date formed | 18 December 2007 |
| Date dissolved | 6 May 2010 |
| People and organisations | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Leader | Nick Clegg |
| Deputy Leader | Vince Cable |
| Member party | |
| Status in legislature | Third party 52 / 651 (8%) Opposition |
| History | |
| Incoming formation | 2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election |
| Outgoing formation | 2010 United Kingdom government formation |
| Predecessor | First Frontbench Team of Vince Cable |
| Successor | Liberal Democrat General Election Cabinet, 2015 |
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Leader of theLiberal Democrats (2007–2015) Deputy Prime Minister (2010–2015)
Post-Deputy Prime Minister | ||
| Frontbench Teams since 1997 |
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| 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 Frontbench Team led byNick Clegg from 2007 to 2010, before theLiberal Democrats andConservatives formed acoalition government following the2010 general election, and Clegg becameDeputy Prime Minister.
| Name | Portfolio | |
|---|---|---|
| John Pugh MP | Treasury | |
| Colin Breed MP | ||
| Jo Swinson MP | Foreign Affairs | |
| Tom Brake MP | Home Affairs | |
| Martin Horwood MP | DEFRA Team | |
| Roger Williams MP | ||
| Greg Mulholland MP | Health | |
| Sandra Gidley MP | ||
| Sir Robert SmithBt. | House of Commons | |
| John Leech MP | Transport | |
| Mark Hunter MP | ||
| Lorely Burt MP | Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform | |
| Bob Russell MP | Defence | |
| Willie Rennie MP | ||
| Paul Rowen MP | Work and Pensions | |
| John Barrett MP | ||
| Alan Reid MP | Northern Ireland and Scotland | |
| Mark Williams MP | Wales | |
| Dan Rogerson MP | Communities and Local Government | |
| Richard Younger-Ross MP | Culture, Media and Sport | |
| Annette Brooke MP | Children, Schools and Families | |
| Dr Evan Harris MP | Innovation, Universities and Skills | |
| Adrian Sanders MP | Deputy Whips | |
| Tom Brake MP | London and the Olympics | |
Liberal Democrat peers are also organised into teams broadly corresponding to the areas of Government departments: