Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1956–1967
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Members of the British Liberal Party's Frontbench Team from 1956 to 1967 (leaderships listed chronologically):
Party Spokesmen under Jo Grimond's First Three Parliaments November 1956–March 1966
- Jo Grimond: Party Leader
- Donald Wade: Chief Whip
Changes
- May 1962: Arthur Holt replaces Donald Wade as Chief Whip
- 1962: Donald Wade appointed as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party
- 1963: Eric Lubbock replaces Arthur Holt as Chief Whip
- October 1964: Upon election to the House, Alasdair MackenzieAlasdair MackenzieAlasdair Roderick Mackenzie was a Scottish farmer and politician who became a Liberal Member of Parliament....
becomes Chief Spokesman for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, Posts and Telecommunications - October 1964: On losing his seat, Donald Wade steps down as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party
- March 1965: Upon election to the House, David SteelDavid SteelDavid Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, KT, KBE, PC is a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as the Leader of the Liberal Party from 1976 until its merger with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the Liberal Democrats...
becomes Chief Spokesman for Work. - 1965: Eric Lubbock is noted as being 'Liberal Aviation Spokesman' in documentation from this time.
Party Spokesmen under Jo Grimond's Final Parliament March 1966–January 1967
- Jo Grimond: Party Leader
- Eric Lubbock: Chief Whip
- Richard Wainwright: Chief Treasury Spokesman
- James DavidsonJames Davidson (UK politician)James Duncan Gordon Davidson was a British Liberal politician and farmer. He served as Member of Parliament for Aberdeenshire West from 1966 to 1970, when he chose not to stand again because of a family illness.-Before politics:...
: Chief Foreign Affairs and Defence Spokesman - Alasdair Mackenzie: Chief Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, Posts and Telecommunications Spokesman
- David Steel: Chief Work Spokesman