Alan Beith

The Right Honourable Alan James Beith April 20, 1943) British politician, and the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed. Image courtesy Liberal Democrats. ... The Right Honourable (abbreviated The Rt Hon. ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Berwick-upon-Tweed is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

Alan Beith was born in 1943 in Cheshire into a working class Tory family he was educated at The King's School, Macclesfield, Balliol College, Oxford, where he received a BLitt degree; and Nuffield College, Oxford, where he mastered in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1964. This article is about the English county. ... The term working class is used to denote a social class. ... The Kings School, Macclesfield is an independent day school based in Macclesfield. ... College name Balliol College Named after John de Balliol Established 1263 Sister College St Johns Master Andrew Graham JCR President Jack Hawkins Undergraduates 403 Graduates 228 Homepage Boatclub Balliol College, founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... ... Nuffield College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... Philosophy, (Greek: Φιλοσοφία, philo-sophia, love of wisdom) // Meaning and use of Philosophy The word once included all forms of knowledge, and all methods for attaining it. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Politics Look up Politics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Politics (disambiguation) Democracy History of democracy List of democracy and elections-related topics List of years in politics List of politics by country articles Political corruption Political economy Political movement Political parties of... U.S. Economic Calendar Economics at the Open Directory Project Economics textbooks on Wikibooks The Economists Economics A-Z Daily analysis of economics in the news (UK focus) Institutions and organizations Bureau of Labor Statistics - from the American Labor Department Center for Economic and Policy Research (USA) National Bureau...

In 1966 he began his career as a politics lecturer at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1969 he was elected a councillor on the Hexham District Council. In 1970 he was elected to the Corbridge Town Council. He contested the 1970 General Election at Berwick-upon-Tweed but was defeated heavily by the Conservative MP Anthony Lambton. Lecturer is the name given to university teachers in most of the English-speaking world (but not at most universities in the US or Canada) who do not hold a professorship. ... The University of Newcastle upon Tyne is located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the north of England. ... Map sources for Hexham at grid reference NY9363 Hexham is a market town in Northumberland, England, located south of the River Tyne. ... Corbridge is a town in Northumberland, England, situated 25 km (16 miles) west of Newcastle and 6 km (4 miles) east of Hexham. ... The United Kingdom general election of 1970 was held on June 18, 1970, and resulted in a surprise loss of power for Labour under Harold Wilson, who was replaced as Prime Minister by the Conservative leader, Edward Heath. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom. ... Anthony Claud Frederick Lambton (born 10 July 1922) was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Berwick_upon_Tweed from 1951 until 1973, and a cousin of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, the former Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary, and. ...

In 1973 Alan Beith was elected to the North Tynedale District Council, and later in the year Anthony Lambton resigned as the MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed in great scandal. At the by-election later that year, Beith secured a victory and was elected as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed on November 8, 1973 by just 57 votes. Tynedale is a local government district in south-west Northumberland. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as... November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...

The next year was to prove a major campaigning act for the now Alan Beith MP, just three months after his by-election victory he had to face his electors again at the February 1974 General Election, his majority increased to 447. Less than a year after he was elected for the first time, Beith had to face his constituents for a third time at the October 1974 General Election and his majority reduced back to double figures at just 73. The UK general election of February 1974 was held on February 28, 1974. ... The UK general election of October 1974 took place on October 10, 1974. ...

He became a Member of the BBC Advisory Council in 1974 and held the position until 1984. On the election of David Steel as the Leader of the Liberal Party in 1976, Alan Beith became the Liberal Chief Whip in the Commons. After the 1983 General Election he also became the Liberal spokesman for Constitutional Affairs. He was elected as the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in 1985, in both cases alongside his duties as Chief Whip. Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national public service broadcaster of the United Kingdom (see British television). ... David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood KT PC KBE (born March 31, 1938) is a British and Scottish politician and a Liberal Democrat member of the UK House of Lords. ... In politics, a whip is a member of a political party in a legislature whose task is to ensure that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires. ... The House of Commons is a component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also includes the Sovereign and the House of Lords. ... United Kingdom general election, 1983 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) is a United Kingdom government department. ...

After the United Kingdom general election, 1987, Beith concentrated his efforts as the spokesman on Treasury Affairs and stood down as the Chief Whip after eleven years in post. In 1988 the Liberal Party joined with the Social Democratic Party finally to produce the new party of the Liberal Democrats. The UK general election, 1987 was held on June 11, 1987 and was the third victory in a row for Margaret Thatcher and the Conservatives. ... The new eastern entrance to HM Treasury HM Treasury (Her/His Majestys Treasury) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for and putting into effect the UK Governments financial and economic policy. ... The Social Democratic Party (SDP) was a United Kingdom political party that existed as a national party between 1981 and 1990. ...

Alan Beith was the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democats from after the 1992 General Election under Paddy Ashdown until 2003, and became a Member of the Privy Council in 1992. In 1994 he became the Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Affairs spokesman, a job which he carried on under Charles Kennedy. After the 2001 General Election he briefly became the spokesman on the Lord Chancellor's Department, but left the front bench in 2002. Deputy Leader in the Westminster system is the second-in-command of a political party, behind the party leader. ... The UK general election, 1992 was held on April 9, 1992, and was the fourth victory in a row for the Conservatives. ... The Right Honourable Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, KBE, PC ( born 27 February 1941 ), invariably known as Paddy Ashdown, is a British politician, who was leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1988 until 1999. ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... The modern concept of Small Office and Home Office or SoHo , or Small or Home Office deals with the category of business which can be from 1 to 10 workers. ... Charles Kennedy, current leader of the UK Liberal Democrat Party The Right Honourable Charles Peter Kennedy (born 25 November 1959) is a British politician, who has been leader of the Liberal Democrats (the third largest political party in the United Kingdom) since 1999. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor and in former times Chancellor of England, is one of the most senior and important functionaries in the government of the United Kingdom. ...

Since leaving the front bench he has chaired both the Lord Chancellor's Department and Constitutional Affairs Select Committees. A Select Committee of the British Parliament is a committee made up of a small number of members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues. ...

He has been Berwick-upon-Tweed's MP since 1973 and is now the longest current serving Liberal Democrat MP and only current Liberal Democrat MP to have experience of the House of Commons in the 1970s. As such he has been the MP for the northernmost English constituency for over 30 years. He is a Methodist, who was married in 1965 to Barbara Ward and they had a son and a daughter. His wife died in 1998 and he remarried Diana Maddock in 2001. Map sources for Berwick-upon-Tweed at grid reference NT9952 Berwick-upon-Tweed from across the river Berwick-upon-Tweed, (pronounced Berrick) situated in the county of Northumberland, is the northernmost town in England, situated on the east coast on the mouth of the river Tweed. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and is now the dominant branch of Parliament. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... Diana Margaret Maddock, Baroness Maddock (born 1947) is a Liberal Democrat politician. ...

External links

• Rt Hon Alan Beith MP official site
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• ePolitix.com - Alan Beith MP
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Alan Beith
• TheyWorkForYou.com - A J Beith MP
• The Public Whip - A J Beith MP voting record
• BBC News - Alan Beith profile 10 February 2005