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Monday, 21 October, 2002, 17:26 GMT 18:26 UK
Alan Beith
Date of birth 20 April 1943 Political profile Alan Beith won Berwick-upon-Tweed from the Tories by 57 votes in a 1973 by-election and has held it ever since, having increased his majority to over 8,000 at the last election. Unsurprisingly, as a long-serving member of a fairly small party, he has held many senior positions including chief whip, treasury spokesman and home affairs spokesman; though currently he is not in the front bench team. He stood against Paddy Ashdown for the party leadership in 1988 but was comfortably beaten. He has a socially conservative outlook, especially for a Liberal Democrat. His views are heavily informed by his Methodism (he is a lay preacher). He is a pro-life, anti-smoking, anti-drinking, anti-Sunday trading campaigner. He is regarded as a solid and hard-working, if slightly uncharismatic, member of the Commons. In 2001, he married former Lib Dem President Baroness Diana Maddock. Contact berwicklibdems@cix.compulink.co.uk Constituency office 01665 602901
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