Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson

The Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson is the spokesperson for the United Kingdom Liberal Democrats on matters relating to the work of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and HM Treasury. 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 are in government, for example during the Cameron–Clegg coalition.

The position is also sometimes called the Liberal Democrat shadow chancellor . ^[1]

List of Treasury spokespersons

Name		Portrait	Took office	Left office	Frontbench team
	Malcolm Bruce [2]		1994	1999	Ashdown
	Matthew Taylor [3]		9 August 1999	12 June 2003	Kennedy
	Vince Cable [4]		12 July 2003	6 May 2010
					Campbell
					Cable I
					Clegg
	Vacant – Liberal Democrats part of the Cameron–Clegg coalition		7 May 2010	7 January 2015	–
	Danny Alexander [5]		7 January 2015	May 2015	Clegg's General Election Cabinet
	Baroness Kramer		16 July 2015	8 May 2017	Farron
	Vince Cable [4]		16 June 2017	?12 October 2017
					Cable II
	Baroness Kramer		12 October 2017	14 June 2019
	Chuka Umunna [6]		14 June 2019	21 August 2019
	Sir Edward Davey [7]		21 August 2019	7 September 2020	Swinson
					Davey (acting)
	Christine Jardine [8]		7 September 2020	10 July 2022	Davey
	Sarah Olney [9]		11 July 2022	18 September 2024
	Daisy Cooper [10]		18 September 2024	Incumbent

References

1. "Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable, secretary of state for Business, Innovation and Skills". The Guardian. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2022. He was the Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor from November 2003 until May 2010
2. "Lord Bruce of Bennachie". UK Parliament. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
3. "Lord Taylor of Goss Moor". UK Parliament. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
4. "Sir Vince Cable". UK Parliament. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
5. "Liberal Democrat General Election Cabinet". stonelibdems.org.uk. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2022. The Liberal Democrat General Election Cabinet comprises of:... Treasury - Danny Alexander
6. "Chuka Umunna gets Lib Dem Treasury role days after joining party". The Guardian. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2022. Chuka Umunna has been appointed Treasury and business spokesman for the Liberal Democrats just days after the former Labour and Change UK MP joined the party.
7. "Ed Davey". UK Parliament. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
8. "Christine Jardine". UK Parliament. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
9. "Sarah Olney". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
10. "Daisy Cooper". UK Parliament. Retrieved 18 September 2024.