Members of the British Liberal Party's Frontbench Team from 1945 to 1956 (leaderships listed chronologically): * Clement Davies: Liberal Party Leader * Tom Horabin: Chief WhipChanges * 1946: Tom Horabin defects to Labour Party and is replaced as Chief Whip by Frank Byers * July 1949: Violet Bonham Carter becomes Deputy Leader of the party * February 1950: Jo Grimond replaces Frank Byers as Chief Whip * 1952: Arthur Holt becomes Parliamentary Chairman of the Liberal Party. * 1955: Arthur Holt replaced as Parliamentary Chairman of the Liberal Party.