Frontbench Team of Charles Kennedy

The list that follows is the Liberal Democrats Frontbench Team/Shadow Cabinet led by Charles Kennedy, who was Party leader from 1999 to 2006. The Party began to refer to its Frontbench Team as a Shadow Cabinet during Kennedy's tenure as leader.

2005–2006

Shadow Cabinet

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• Leader of the Liberal Democrats - Charles Kennedy
• Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Shadow Foreign Secretary - Menzies Campbell
• Shadow Chancellor - Vince Cable
• Shadow Home Secretary - Mark Oaten
• Shadow Defence Secretary - Michael Moore
• Shadow Trade Secretary - Norman Lamb
• Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary - David Laws
• Shadow Education Secretary - Ed Davey
• Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary - Sarah Teather
• Shadow Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat Party President - Simon Hughes
• Shadow Health Secretary - Prof. Steve Webb
• Leader in the House of Lords - The Lord McNally
• Shadow Environment and Rural Affairs Secretary - Norman Baker
• Shadow International Development Secretary - Andrew George
• Shadow Scotland Secretary - John Thurso
• Shadow Transport Secretary- Tom Brake
• Shadow Culture Secretary - Don Foster
• Shadow Northern Ireland and Welsh Secretary - Lembit Öpik
• Shadow Shadow Leader of the House - David Heath
• Liberal Democrat Chief Whip - Andrew Stunell
• Liberal Democrat Chief Whip in the Lords - The Lord Shutt of Greetland
• Chair of the Parliamentary Party - Matthew Taylor
• Shadow Minister for Women and Spokesperson for Older People - Sandra Gidley

2003–2005

Shadow Cabinet

• Leader of the Liberal Democrats - Charles Kennedy
• Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Shadow Foreign Secretary - Menzies Campbell
• Shadow Chancellor - Vince Cable
• Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury - David Laws
• Shadow Home Secretary - Mark Oaten
• Shadow Defence Secretary - Paul Keetch
• Shadow Trade Secretary - Malcolm Bruce
• Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary - Prof. Steve Webb
• Shadow Education Secretary - Phil Willis
• Shadow Office of the Deputy Prime Minister - Ed Davey
• Shadow Health Secretary - Paul Burstow
• Leader in the House of Lords - 2004-2005 - The Lord McNally
• Shadow Environment and Rural Affairs Secretary - Norman Baker
• Shadow International Development Secretary - Tom Brake
• Shadow Scotland Secretary and Shadow Transport Secretary- John Thurso
• Shadow Culture Secretary - Don Foster
• Shadow Northern Ireland and WelshSecretary - Lembit Öpik
• Shadow Shadow Leader of the House - Paul Tyler
• Liberal Democrat Chief Whip - Andrew Stunell
• Liberal Democrat Chief Whip in the Lords - The Lord Roper
• Chair of the Parliamentary Party - Matthew Taylor
• Shadow Minister for Women and Spokesperson for Older People - Sandra Gidley
• Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs and Food - Andrew George
• Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs - Michael Moore
• London Mayoral Candidate and Spokesperson for London - Simon Hughes

2001–2003

Shadow Cabinet

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• Leader of the Liberal Democrats - Charles Kennedy
• Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats - 2001-2002 Alan Beith - 2002-2003 Menzies Campbell
• Shadow Foreign Secretary - Menzies Campbell
• Shadow Chancellor - Matthew Taylor
• Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury - 2001-2002 Ed Davey - 2002-2003 David Laws
• Shadow Home Secretary - Simon Hughes
• Shadow Defence Secretary - 2002-2003 Paul Keetch
• Shadow Trade Secretary - Vince Cable
• Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary - Prof. Steve Webb
• Shadow Education Secretary - Phil Willis
• Shadow Office of the Deputy Prime Minister - 2002-2003 Ed Davey
• Shadow Shadow Secretary of State DTLR - Don Foster
• Shadow Health Secretary - Evan Harris
• Leader in the House of Lords - 2004-2005 - The Lord McNally
• Shadow Environment and Rural Affairs Secretary - 2001-2002 Malcolm Bruce - 2002-2003 Norman Baker
• Shadow Scotland Secretary - John Viscount Thurso
• Shadow Transport Secretary- 2002-2003 Don Foster
• Shadow Culture Secretary - Nick Harvey
• Shadow Northern Ireland and Welsh Secretary - Lembit Öpik
• Shadow Shadow Leader of the House - Paul Tyler
• Liberal Democrat Chief Whip - Andrew Stunell
• Chair of the Parliamentary Party - Mark Oaten
• Chair of the Campaigns and Communications Committee - The Lord Razzall
• Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs and Food - Andrew George

1999–2001

Shadow Cabinet

• Leader of the Liberal Democrats - Charles Kennedy
• Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats - Alan Beith
• Liberal Democrat Shadow Foreign Secretary - Menzies Campbell
• Shadow Chancellor - Matthew Taylor
• Shadow Trade Secretary - Vince Cable
• Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary - Prof. Steve Webb
• Shadow Secretary of State DETR - Don Foster
• Shadow Health Secretary - Nick Harvey
• Shadow Northern Ireland and Welsh Secretary - Lembit Öpik
• Liberal Democrat Chief Whip and Shadow Leader of the House of Commons - Paul Tyler
• Chair of the Parliamentary Party - Malcolm Bruce
• Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs - Colin Breed
• Shadow Fisheries Minister -Andrew George
• Shadow Disabilities Minister - 2000-2001 Andrew George
• Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for London - Ed Davey

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Shadow Cabinets of the United Kingdom

Official Opposition

• Wilson I (1963–1964)
• Douglas-Home (1964-1965)
• Heath I (1965–1970)
• Wilson II (1970–1974)
• Heath II (1974–1975)
• Thatcher (1975–1979)
• Callaghan (1979–1980)
• Foot (1980–1983)
• Kinnock (1983–1992)
• Smith (1992–1994)
• Beckett (1994)
• Blair (1994–1997)
• Major (1997)
• Hague (1997–2001)
• Duncan Smith (2001–2003)
• Howard (2003–2005)
• Cameron (2005–2010)
• Harman I (2010)
• Miliband (2010–2015)
• Harman II (2015)
• Corbyn (2015–2020)
• Starmer (2020–present)

Liberal Democrats

• Ashdown (1997–1999)
• Kennedy (1999–2006)
• Campbell (2006–2007)
• Cable I (2007)
• Clegg (2007–2010)
• Farron (2015–2017)
• Cable II (2017–2019)
• Swinson (2019)
• Davey (2020–present)

Scottish National Party

• Robertson (2015–2017)
• Blackford (2017–2022)
• Flynn (2022–present)

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