Alan Beith
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Alan James Beith, Baron Beith, is a British Liberal Democrat politician who represented Berwick-upon-Tweed as its Member of Parliament from 1973 to 2015.
Official portrait, 2019
Balliol College, Oxford
David Steel
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David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood is a retired Scottish politician. Elected as Member of Parliament for Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles, followed by Tweeddale, Ettrick, and Lauderdale, he
Alan Beith
…the eight further elections he stood in. Beith was appointed to the BBC Advisory Council in 1974, and served as a member until 1984. On the election of David Steel as Liberal Leader in 1976, Beith became the Party's Chief Whip in the Commons. After the 1983 general election, he was appointed Liberal Spokesman for…
Official portrait, 2020
Steel addressing the Liberal Party assembly in Harrogate on merger in 1987
Steel's stall in the Thistle Chapel, St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh. His arms can be seen on the right, with the crest of a springing jaguar.