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.
Davey was elected permanent Leader on 27 August 2020 and assembled a new frontbench team in the following days. After the 2024 general election, Davey's frontbench team became the second largest opposition party to the governing Labour Party, behind the Sunak shadow cabinet.
On 18 September 2024, following the party conference, 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 Layla Moran, Alistair Carmichael, and Jamie Stone standing down from the frontbench after being elected to chair parliamentary select committees.
The frontbench was reshuffled in September 2025 following the Liberal Democrat Conference in Bournemouth.
Changes from Swinson's final Team
Following Davey's election as party leader, he reshuffled his frontbench team.
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Later changes
Following several by-election victories, Davey reshuffled his frontbench team to include the party's new MPs.
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Following significant gains at the 2024 general election, Davey reshuffled his frontbench team to "champion the peopleâÂÂs priorities". It included the departures of Layla Moran (Foreign Affairs), Alistair Carmichael (Home Affairs) and Jamie Stone (Culture, Media and Sport) who became Select Committee Chairs.
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