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: | Opposition (As of July 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.