First Frontbench Team of Vince Cable

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.

First Frontbench Team of Vince Cable
2007–2007
Date formed	15 October 2007
Date dissolved	18 December 2007
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Leader	Vince Cable
Member party	Liberal Democrats
Status in legislature	Third party 52 / 651 (8%) Opposition
History
Incoming formation	Resignation of Menzies Campbell
Outgoing formation	2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election
Predecessor	Frontbench Team of Menzies Campbell
Successor	Frontbench Team of Nick Clegg

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)

Liberal Democrat Frontbench Team

Frontbench Team of Vince Cable

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

Other Liberal Democrat Spokespeople

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

Liberal Democrats House of Lords Frontbench Team

Liberal Democrat peers are also organised into teams broadly corresponding to the areas of Government departments.

Name	Portfolio
The Lord McNally	Leader in the House of Lords
The Lord Dholakia	Deputy Leaders in the House of Lords
The Lord Wallace of Saltaire
David Shutt	Chief Whip in the House of Lords
The Lord Dholakia	Home Affairs
The Baroness Barker	Health
The Lord Wallace of Saltaire	Foreign Affairs
The Lord Dykes	Europe
vacant	Defence
The Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer	Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
The Lord Smith of Clifton	Northern Ireland
The Lord Razzall	Trade and Industry
The Lord Bradshaw	Transport
Lindsay Northover	International Development
The Lord Roberts of Llandudno
The Lord Clement-Jones	Culture, Media & Sport
The Baroness Bonham Carter of Yarnbury
The Lord Goodhart	Shadow Lord Chancellor