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List of United Kingdom Liberal Democrat MPs (2015–2017)

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Eight Liberal Democrat members of Parliament (MPs) were elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom at the 2015 general election. Another seat was won in the 2016 Richmond Park by-election.

MPs

Roles	Name	Age	First elected	Constituency	Majority	State party	Regional party
Foreign Affairs spokesperson and Chief Whip	Tom Brake	62	1997	Carshalton and Wallington	1,510	English	London Liberal Democrats
Home Affairs and Treasury spokesperson	Alistair Carmichael	59	2001	Orkney and Shetland	817	Scottish	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Brexit and International Trade spokesperson	Nick Clegg	57	2005	Sheffield Hallam	2,353	English	Yorkshire and the Humber Liberal Democrats
Leader	Tim Farron	54	2005	Westmorland and Lonsdale	8,949	English	North West Liberal Democrats
Health spokesperson	Norman Lamb	67	2001	North Norfolk	4,043	English	East of England Liberal Democrats
Campaigns Chair	Greg Mulholland	54	2005	Leeds North West	2,907	English	Yorkshire and the Humber Liberal Democrats
None	Sarah Olney	40	2016	Richmond Park	1,872	English	London Liberal Democrats
Education spokesperson	John Pugh	76	2001	Southport	1,322	English	North West Liberal Democrats
Wales spokesperson	Mark Williams	58	2005	Ceredigion	3,067	Welsh	Welsh Liberal Democrats

See also

References

Staff (8 May 2015). "election2015: Constituency". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 9 May 2015.

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Liberal Democrats

Leadership

Leaders	Steel (Liberal) (1988) Maclennan (SDP) (1988) Ashdown (1988–1999) Kennedy (1999–2006) Campbell (2006–2007) Clegg (2007–2015) Farron (2015–2017) Cable (2017–2019) Swinson (2019) Davey (from 2020)
Deputy leaders	Johnston (1988–1992) Beith (1992–2003) Campbell (2003–2006) Cable (2006–2010) Hughes (2010–2014) Bruce (2014–2015) Swinson (2017–2019) Davey (2019–2020) Cooper (from 2020)
Leaders in the Lords	Seear (Liberal) (1988) Diamond (SDP) (1988) Jenkins (1988–1997) Rodgers (1997–2001) Williams (2001–2004) McNally (2004–2013) Wallace (2013–2016) Newby (from 2016)
Presidents	Wrigglesworth (1989–1990) Kennedy (1991–1994) Maclennan (1995–1998) Maddock (1999–2000) Dholakia (2001–2004) Hughes (2005–2008) Scott (2009–2010) Farron (2011–2014) Brinton (2015–2019) Pack (from 2020)

Leadership elections

Leadership	1988 (Ashdown) 1999 (Kennedy) 2006 (Campbell) 2007 (Clegg) 2015 (Farron) 2017 (Cable) 2019 (Swinson) 2020 (Davey) 2024 (Davey)
Deputy leadership	2003 (Campbell) 2006 (Cable) 2010 (Hughes) 2014 (Bruce) 2017 (Swinson) 2019 (Davey)

Frontbench team
Leader of the Liberal Democrats Deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson

Structure

MPs and Frontbench	Current members of Parliament Frontbench team Chief whip
Frontbench in opposition	Frontbench Team of Paddy Ashdown (1997–1999) Frontbench Team of Charles Kennedy (1999–2006) Frontbench Team of Menzies Campbell (2006–2007) First Frontbench Team of Vince Cable (2007) Frontbench Team of Nick Clegg (2007–2010) Frontbench Team of Tim Farron (2015–2017) Second Frontbench Team of Vince Cable (2017–2019) Frontbench Team of Jo Swinson (2019) Frontbench Team of Ed Davey (2020-present)
State parties	English Liberal Democrats Scottish Liberal Democrats Welsh Liberal Democrats
Regional parties	London Liberal Democrats Northern Ireland Liberal Democrats
Conference	Liberal Democrat Conference
Committees	Federal Board
SAOs	LGBT+ Liberal Democrats Young Liberals (English Young Liberals, Scottish Young Liberals, Welsh Young Liberals/Rhyddfrydwr Ifanc Cymru)

Related organisations
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland Beveridge Group Christian Forum Friends of Israel Friends of Turkey History Group Liberal Reform Social Liberal Forum

History and related topics

Breakaway parties
Liberal Party (UK, 1989)

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By year elected

1800s	1801 02 06 07 12 18 20 26 30 31 32 35 37 41 47 52 57 59 65 68 74 80 85 86 92 95
1900s	1900 06 Jan 10 Dec 10 18 22 23 24 29 31 35 45 50 51 55 59 64 66 70 Feb 74 Oct 74 79 83 87 92 97
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By region

England	East Midlands 2010 London Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Kent Wolverhampton England 2005 10 15 17 19 24
Scotland	55 59 64 66 70 Feb 74 Oct 74 79 83 87 92 97 01 05 10 15 17 19 24
Wales	31 35 45 50 51 55 59 64 66 70 Feb 74 Oct 74 79 83 87 92 97 01 05 10 15 17 19 24
Northern Ireland	1987 1992 97 2001 05 10 15 17 19 24

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