Article: Lib Dem leader reshuffles front bench team Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell yesterday announced a minor reshuffle of his front bench team in response to Gordon Brown's changes to Whitehall departments last week.

Article: Lib Dem Conference: Front bench told ...
The Independent - London;  September 23, 1999 ;     688 words ... ... ability on policy, showed the need for more care from the front bench. "Simon has played into Charles's hands, because ... dependent on Kennedy's patronage," said a senior Lib Dem. "And Simon has upset a lot of his colleagues." Collective ...

Article: Opik quits Lib Dem front bench for ...
Belfast Telegraph;  September 25, 2008 ;     550 words ...ULSTER-born Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik quit the party front bench yesterday to concentrate on his campaign to become president of the party. His role as housing spokesman will be overseen by Julia ...

Article: Lib Dem MP on front-bench after ten ...
The Scotsman;  March 9, 2006 ;     428 words ... ... Westminster, has been promoted to the Liberal Democrats' front-bench to speak on Scottish affairs, after her pro-nuclear predecessor ... pro-nuclear stance would have sat uncomfortably with his front- bench role at a sensitive time in the energy debate. Ms Swinson ...

Article: Lib Dem Conference: Party Discipline: `Gag order' ...
The Independent - London;  September 23, 1999 ;     688 words ... ... remarks by Simon Hughes, in which he questioned Mr Kennedy's ability on policy, showed the need for more care from the front bench. "Simon has played into Charles's hands, because he is more dependent on Kennedy's patronage," said a senior Liberal ...

Article: LIB DEM MENZIES BATTLES CANCER; Health blow for ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  November 23, 2002 ;     563 words ... ... cancer of the lymphatic system. A Lib Dem spokesman said the prognosis is ... until 1977. He has been on the Lib Dem front bench for nearly a decade, speaking on ... rapturous reception at this year's Lib Dem conference in Bournemouth when he ...

Article: Lib Dem MP Menzies Campbell fights cancer
The Scotsman;  November 23, 2002 ;     458 words ... ... the 61-year-old MP for North East Fife and the Lib Dem foreign affairs spokesman has non-Hodgkins lymphoma ... Scottish Liberal Party from 1975-77. He has been on the Lib Dem front-bench for nearly a decade, speaking on foreign affairs ...

Article: Scotland and Northern Ireland brief shared in Lib ...
The Scotsman;  July 4, 2007 ;     498 words ... ... Alexander, who entered parliament in 2005. He joins the Lib Dem front bench as work and pensions spokesman. Sir Menzies said ... the leadership, has lost his justice brief to become Lib Dem leader in the Commons, exchanging places with David ...