Alan James Beith, Baron Beith, PC (born 20 April 1943) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who represented Berwick-upon-Tweed as its Member of Parliament...

and Parliament; this caused a by-election for his seat which was won by Alan Beith for the Liberal Party. Shortly after, the name Jellicoe emerged in connection...

a vituperative attack on Ashdown in a letter written by Alex Carlile, a Beith-supporting MP. At the close of nominations on the 24 June 1988, the following...

Sir Alan Beith from 1973 (formerly Liberal) until his retirement in 2015, when it was gained by the Conservative candidate Anne-Marie Trevelyan. Beith was...

000 members. In its first leadership election, Paddy Ashdown defeated Alan Beith. Ashdown saw the Liberal Democrats as a radical, reforming force, putting...

Beith is a Scottish surname. Notable people with the name include: Sir Alan Beith (born 1943), British politician Alexander Beith (1799–1891), Scottish...

Ashton, John Biggs-Davison, Emma Nicholson, Ivor Richard 30 17 8 May 1980 Alan Beith, John Grugeon, Stanley Orme, Claire Palley 31 18 15 May 1980 Hugh Clegg...

seat for the Conservatives with a 9.6% swing, after the sitting MP Sir Alan Beith stood down. She was re-elected with an increased majority in the 2017...

American actor (d. 2010) 1941 – Ryan O'Neal, American actor (d. 2023) 1943 – Alan Beith, English academic and politician 1943 – John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor...

Beckett (Labour) Sir Alan Beith (Liberal Democrat) John Bercow (Conservative) Patrick Cormack (Conservative) Parmjit Dhanda (Labour) Sir Alan Haselhurst (Deputy...

been the local MP since 2015.   From 1973 until 2015, Rothbury's MP was Alan Beith, a member of the Liberal Democrats since 1988 and the Liberal Party prior...

office 12 February 2003 – 2 March 2006 Leader Charles Kennedy Preceded by Alan Beith Succeeded by Vince Cable Liberal Democrats Spokesperson for Defence In...

Durham, later Newcastle University) Sue Beardsmore - television presenter Alan Beith - politician Jean Benedetti - biographer, translator, director and dramatist...

Chief Whip In office 1985 – 11 June 1987 Leader David Steel Preceded by Alan Beith Succeeded by Jim Wallace Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal Incumbent...

Democrats In office 9 August 1999 – 7 January 2006 Deputy Menzies Campbell Alan Beith President The Baroness Maddock The Lord Dholakia Simon Hughes Preceded...

the defeat of the traditional liberal Alan Beith to become party leader of the Liberal Democrats, although Beith himself stayed with the latter. The continuing...

Diana Margaret Pearson Maddock, Baroness Maddock, Lady Beith (née Derbyshire; 19 May 1945 – 26 June 2020) was a British Liberal Democrat politician. She...

had been "a great success", and Farage agreed to continue as party leader. Alan Sugar, a Labour peer in the House of Lords, also announced his resignation...

became an economics researcher for the Liberal Democrats, principally to Alan Beith, the party's then-Treasury spokesman, whilst studying at Birkbeck College...

Post vacant (1964–1979) John Pardoe (1976–1979) Post vacant (1979–1985) Alan Beith (1985–1988) Eric Drummond, 16th Earl of Perth (1946–1951) Walter Layton...

(PR). In addition to Ashdown, Liberal Democrat MPs Menzies Campbell and Alan Beith were earmarked for places in the cabinet if a Labour-Lib Dem coalition...

inquiry into alleged acts of abuse by Sir Cyril Smith. Rossendale councillor Alan Neal alleged that at the age of eleven in 1964, during Smith's membership...

office 9 August 1999 – 7 June 2001 Leader Charles Kennedy Preceded by Alan Beith Succeeded by Mark Oaten Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats In office...

October 1981 Bill Pitt June 1983 1985 David Penhaligon Alan Beith January 1987 June 1987 Alan Beith Russell Johnston Liberal Democrats March 1988 David Steel...

Scotland." However, Alan Beith, the former MP for Berwick, said the move would require a massive legal upheaval and is not realistic. Beith's successor as MP...

in Berwick-upon-Tweed, with the retirement of the popular incumbent Alan Beith, the seat was no longer safe for the Liberal Democrats. Traditionally...

(1976–1979) Alan Beith (1985–1988) President List Basil Goldstone Gruffydd Evans Michael Steed Richard Holme Viv Bingham John Griffiths Geoff Tordoff Alan Watson...

1976 – 3 May 1979 Leader David Steel Preceded by Donald Wade Succeeded by Alan Beith Liberal Spokesperson for the Treasury In office June 1970 – 3 May 1979...

1920–2. Sir Leonard Behrens, President of the Liberal Party, 1958–59. Sir Alan Beith, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats 1992–2003, Liberal (later Lib...

Willetts 2015   Malcolm Bruce, Baron Bruce of Bennachie 2015   Alan Beith, Baron Beith 2015   Paul Murphy, Baron Murphy of Torfaen 2015   Lynne Featherstone...