Eric Reginald Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury (born 29 September 1928) is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords. He studied Engineering Science at Balliol College, Oxford. September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... Full name Balliol College Motto - Named after John de Balliol Previous names - Established 1263 Sister College St Johns College, Cambridge Master Andrew Graham (academic) Location Broad Street Undergraduates 403 Graduates 228 Homepage Boatclub Balliol College, founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford...

Having joined the Liberal Party in 1960 and becoming a councillor the following year, Lubbock won a sensational by-election victory in Orpington on 15 March 1962 with a majority of 7,855. This was a swing of nearly 22% from the Conservatives and brought the number of Liberal MPs to seven. 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... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... Orpington is a parliamentary constituency of the United Kingdom, in the London Borough of Bromley, forming the southeastern limits of Greater London and including the urban areas of Orpington, St Mary Cray, most of St Peter Cray, Farnborough, and Chelsfield and extending through the countryside to Biggin Hill. ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ...

Many commentators speculated that the Liberals would make a substantial breakthrough at the following general election and this by-election was taken as the start of a Liberal revival. Unfortunately, the party was hampered by organisational difficulties and progress was slow, with a loss of votes and seats under Harold Wilson’s Labour government. This article should be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... The Right Honourable James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, PC (March 11, 1916 – May 24, 1995) was one of the most successful Labour Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom and a 1960s icon. ... The Labour Party is a a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ...

Lubbock was the MP for Orpington and was appointed Chief Whip by Jo Grimond in 1963, a post he held until 1970. 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

When party leader Jo Grimond resigned in 1967 Eric Lubbock was one of the three Liberal MPs who stood for the position. Jeremy Thorpe, whoever, won with six votes to Emlyn Hooson’s and Lubbock’s three apiece. Joseph (Jo) Grimond, Baron Grimond (July 29, 1913 - October 24, 1993) was a British politician, leader of the Liberal Party from 1956 to 1967 and again briefly in 1976. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Right Honourable John Jeremy Thorpe (born April 29, 1929) is a British politician, former leader of the Liberal Party. ...

In the Commons he was on the Speaker’s Commission on Electoral Law in 1964-6, and proposed STV in multi-member constituencies, only to be voted down by 18-1. He also proposed reducing the voting age to 18, on which two Labour Members supported him. In the British House of Commons the Speaker of the House of Commons controls the day to day running of the house. ... The Single Transferable Vote, or STV, is a preference voting system designed to minimise wasted votes in multi-candidate elections while ensuring that votes are explicitly for candidates rather than party lists. ...

In 1970, Orpington reverted to its Tory origins. On losing the seat Lubbock said

"In 1962 the wise, far-seeing people of Orpington elected me as their Member; in 1970 the fools threw me out".

Lubbock is a grandson of John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury and the following year upon the death of his cousin he succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Avebury. He sat on the Royal Commission on Standards of Conduct in Public Life and in 1976 founded the Parliamentary Human Rights Group, which he chaired for the next 21 years. John Lubbock. ... The Peerage is a system of titles of nobility which exists in the United Kingdom and is one part of the British honours system. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He is currently a member of the Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Team, speaking frequently on conflict resolution and human rights. He was elected to an Honorary Fellowship at Balliol College in 2004. The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...