Frontbench Team of Stephen Flynn

Frontbench Team of Stephen Flynn
Third Party of the House of Commons
2022–present
Date formed	10 December 2022
People and organisations
Group Leader	Stephen Flynn
Deputy Group Leader	Mhairi Black
Member party	SNP
Status in legislature	Opposition 44 / 650 (7%)
History
Outgoing election	2019 general election
Legislature term(s)	58th UK Parliament
Predecessor	Blackford Frontbench

The Frontbench Team of Stephen Flynn is the team of Scottish National Party Spokespersons in the House of Commons since 2022.^[1] The frontbench was appointed on 10 December 2022.^[2]

Flynn was elected leader of the SNP Westminster Group on 6 December 2022, alongside Black's election as deputy leader, following the resignation of Ian Blackford. Flynn's leadership comes at a time of a cost of living crisis while the United Kingdom's Supreme Court has set out that the Scottish Parliament does not have the devolved competence to hold an independence referendum without the consent of the British Government.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has set out plans for the next election to the House of Commons to be a proxy referendum on independence, putting the Frontbench Team at the centre of a constitutional campaign within Scotland.