The Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs spokesperson is the spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats, a British political party, on matters relating to the work of the Foreign Secretary and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. The office holder is a member of the Liberal Democrat frontbench team. The post exists when the Liberal Democrats are in opposition, but not when they in government, for example during the Cameron–Clegg coalition.
List of Foreign Affairs spokespersons Name PortraitTook officeLeft officeFrontbench teamRussell JohnstonMarch 1988June 1989Steel MaclennanAshdownDavid SteelJuly 1989May 1992Menzies Campbell7 May 19922 March 2006KennedyMichael Moore10 March 200620 December 2007CampbellCable (acting)Ed Davey18 December 20076 May 2010CleggVacant – Liberal Democrats part of the Cameron–Clegg coalition7 May 20107 January 2015–Tim Farron7 January 2015?Clegg's General Election CabinetTom Brake29 July 201516 June 2017FarronJo Swinson16 June 201721 August 2019CableChuka Umunna21 August 20196 November 2019SwinsonAlistair Carmichael6 January 20207 September 2020Davey (acting)Layla Moran7 September 202018 September 2024DaveyCalum Miller18 September 2024Incumbent
Spokespersons for Foreign Affairs in the House of Lords NamePortraitTook officeLeft officeBaroness Northover28 October 20166 October 2021Lord Purvis of Tweed7 October 2021Incumbent
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