Ed Davey was appointed as Acting

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following the resignation of

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. Davey announced his first frontbench team as Acting Leader in January 2020. Davey was

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permanent Leader on 27 August 2020 and assembled a new Frontbench Team in the following days. Following the

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, Davey's frontbench team became the second largest opposition party to the governing Labour Party, behind the

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. On 18 September 2024, after

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, 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

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, and

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standing down from the frontbench after being elected to chair parliamentary select committees.

Frontbench team (2024–present)

Other roles and spokespeople

Frontbench team history

References

External links

Liberal Democrats: Spokespeople
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