Dick Taverne
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Dick Taverne, Baron Taverne was a British politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 1962 to 1974. A member of the Liberal Democrats, he was a Labour MP until his des
Official portrait, 2018
Margaret Beckett
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Margaret Mary Beckett, Baroness Beckett is a British politician who was the United Kingdom's first female Foreign Secretary and a member of Parliament for more than 45 years, first from 1974 to 1979 a
Dick Taverne
…retaining his seat at the February 1974 general election, Labour regained the seat at the October 1974 general election, by the future cabinet minister Margaret Beckett. However, his success opened the possibility of a realignment on the left of British politics, which took shape in 1981 as the Social Democratic Party…
Official portrait, 2020
Beckett appears with US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, following her appointment as Foreign Secretary