# Frontbench team
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{{short description|Political term in the Westminster system}}
In the [Westminster system of government](/source/Westminster_system), a '''frontbench team''' is the senior leadership of opposition parliamentarians, in particular in the [British House of Commons](/source/British_House_of_Commons) and the [Dáil Éireann](/source/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann).[{{Cite web |title=SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn reshuffles frontbench team |url=https://news.sky.com/story/snp-westminster-leader-stephen-flynn-reshuffles-frontbench-team-12954888 |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Sky News |language=en}}]
== United Kingdom ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Political party
!Frontbench Team
!Years
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="4" |[Liberal Party (UK)](/source/Liberal_Party_(UK))
| colspan="2" |[Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1945–1956](/source/Liberal_Party_Frontbench_Team%2C_1945%E2%80%931956)
|-
| colspan="2" |[Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1956–1967](/source/Liberal_Party_Frontbench_Team%2C_1956%E2%80%931967)
|-
| colspan="2" |[Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1967–1976](/source/Liberal_Party_Frontbench_Team%2C_1967%E2%80%931976)
|-
| colspan="2" |[Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1976–1988](/source/Liberal_Party_Frontbench_Team%2C_1976%E2%80%931988)
|-
| rowspan="9" |[Liberal Democrats (UK)](/source/Liberal_Democrats_(UK))
| rowspan="9" |[Liberal Democrat frontbench team](/source/Liberal_Democrat_frontbench_team)
|[Frontbench Team of Paddy Ashdown](/source/Frontbench_Team_of_Paddy_Ashdown)
|1988-1999
|-
|[Frontbench Team of Charles Kennedy](/source/Frontbench_Team_of_Charles_Kennedy)
|1999-2006
|-
|[Frontbench Team of Menzies Campbell](/source/Frontbench_Team_of_Menzies_Campbell)
|2006-2007
|-
|[Frontbench Team of Nick Clegg](/source/Frontbench_Team_of_Nick_Clegg)
|2007-2010
|-
|[First Frontbench Team of Vince Cable](/source/First_Frontbench_Team_of_Vince_Cable)
|2007
|-
|[Frontbench Team of Tim Farron](/source/Frontbench_Team_of_Tim_Farron)
|2015-17
|-
|[Second Frontbench Team of Vince Cable](/source/Second_Frontbench_Team_of_Vince_Cable)
|2017–19
|-
|[Frontbench Team of Jo Swinson](/source/Frontbench_Team_of_Jo_Swinson)
|2019
|-
|[Frontbench Team of Ed Davey](/source/Frontbench_Team_of_Ed_Davey)
|2020-present
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" |[Labour Party](/source/Labour_Party_(UK))
|[Opposition frontbench of Ed Miliband](/source/Opposition_frontbench_of_Ed_Miliband)
|2010–2015
|-
|[Opposition frontbench of Jeremy Corbyn](/source/Opposition_frontbench_of_Jeremy_Corbyn)
|2015–2020
|-
|[Opposition frontbench of Keir Starmer](/source/Opposition_frontbench_of_Keir_Starmer)
|2020-2024[{{Cite web |last=Rodgers |first=Sienna |date=2021-12-04 |title=Keir Starmer unveils new frontbench team after wider reshuffle |url=https://labourlist.org/2021/12/keir-starmer-unveils-new-frontbench-team-after-wider-reshuffle/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=LabourList |language=en-GB}}]
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" |[Conservative Party](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK))
|[Opposition frontbench of David Cameron](/source/Opposition_frontbench_of_David_Cameron)
|2005-2010[{{Cite web |last=Grice |first=Andrew |date=9 December 2005 |title=Cameron puts more women in Shadow Cabinet |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cameron-puts-more-women-in-shadow-cabinet-518725.html |website=The Independent}}]
|-
|[Opposition frontbench of Rishi Sunak](/source/Opposition_frontbench_of_Rishi_Sunak)
|2024
|-
|[Opposition frontbench of Kemi Badenoch](/source/Opposition_frontbench_of_Kemi_Badenoch)
|2024-present
|-
| rowspan="3" |[Scottish National Party](/source/Scottish_National_Party)
| rowspan="3" |[Scottish National Party frontbench team](/source/Scottish_National_Party_frontbench_team_(disambiguation))
|[Frontbench Team of Angus Robertson](/source/Frontbench_Team_of_Angus_Robertson)
|2015-2017[{{Cite web |date=2015-05-21 |title=The SNP unveils the new MPs who will make up its Westminster |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-snp-unveils-the-new-mps-who-will-make-up-its-westminster-frontbench-team-10266342.html |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=The Independent |language=en}}]
|-
|[Frontbench Team of Ian Blackford](/source/Frontbench_Team_of_Ian_Blackford)
|2017-2021
|-
|[Frontbench Team of Stephen Flynn](/source/Frontbench_Team_of_Stephen_Flynn)
|2021-present[{{Cite news |date=2023-09-04 |title=SNP announces frontbench reshuffle at Westminster |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-66707392 |access-date=2024-02-16 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}]
|-
|[Change UK](/source/Change_UK)
| colspan="2" |[Change UK Frontbench team](/source/Change_UK)
|2019
|}
== Ireland ==
* [Frontbench team of Pat Rabbitte](/source/Frontbench_team_of_Pat_Rabbitte)
* [Frontbench team of Eamon Gilmore](/source/Frontbench_team_of_Eamon_Gilmore)
* [Frontbench team of Enda Kenny](/source/Frontbench_team_of_Enda_Kenny)
* [Frontbench team of Gerry Adams](/source/Frontbench_team_of_Gerry_Adams)
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== See also ==
* [British Government frontbench](/source/British_Government_frontbench)
* [Official Opposition frontbench](/source/Official_Opposition_frontbench)
* [Opposition Shadow Cabinets of the Scottish Parliament](/source/Opposition_Shadow_Cabinets_of_the_Scottish_Parliament)
* [Shadow cabinet](/source/Shadow_cabinet)
{{UK Parliament benches}}
Category:Westminster system
Category:British political phrases
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