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Member of Parliament

Great Britain · Politics / Liberal Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

23Records
1857–1973Date range
18Named people
11Places

Chronological records

1857

Spencer Cavendish Devonshire, 8th1857

Politics / Liberal Party

Elected Member of Parliament

1863

Goschen Goschen, 1st1863

Politics / Liberal Party

Elected Member of Parliament

1868

Henry Campbell-Bannerman1868

Stirling Burghs · Politics / Liberal Party

Elected Member of Parliament for Stirling Burghs

1885

Joseph Arch1885

Politics / Liberal Party

Elected to Parliament for North-West Norfolk as a Liberal

Edward Grey Fallodon, 1st1885

Berwick · Politics / Liberal Party

Elected Member of Parliament for Berwick-Upon-Tweed

Robert Anthony Haldane1885

Politics / Liberal Party

Elected Member of Parliament for East Lothian

1886

Henry Herbert Asquith Oxford, 1st1886

Politics / Liberal Party

Elected Member of Parliament

1890

David Lloyd George Dwyfor, 1st1890

Politics / Liberal Party

Elected Member of Parliament

1892

Austen Chamberlain1892

Politics / Liberal Party

Elected Member of Parliament

1900

Alfred Emmott1900

Oldham · Politics / Liberal Party

Elected Member of Parliament for Oldham, joint Member of Parliament for Oldham with Winston Churchill

1906

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill13 January 1906

Manchester · Politics / Liberal Party

Elected Member of Parliament for Manchester North West, majority of 1,200

Edwin Samuel Montagu1906

Chesterton · Politics / Liberal Party

Elected Member of Parliament for Chesterton in 1906, a seat he held until 1918,

1908

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill9 May 1908

Dundee · Politics / Liberal Party

Elected Member of Parliament for Dundee with a Liberal majority 2,709

1910

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill19 December 1910

Dundee · Politics / Liberal Party

Elected Member of Parliament for Dundee with an increased majority

1914

Walter Runciman Runciman, 1st1914

Hartlepool · Politics / Liberal Party

Elected Liberal Member of Parliament for Hartlepool

1919

Nancy Astor25 January 1919

Plymouth · Politics / Liberal Party

Elected 1st woman MP, 1919-1945, succeeds her husband as Member of Parliament for Plymouth

1920

Henry Herbert Asquith Oxford, 1st1920

Politics / Liberal Party

Elected Independent Liberal, 1920-1924

1923

Hore-Belisha1923

Devonport · Politics / Liberal Party

Elected Member of Parliament for Devonport

1931

Hore-Belisha1931

London · Politics / Liberal Party

Appointed Member of National Liberals

1942

Hore-Belisha1942

London · Politics / Liberal Party

Appointed Member of National Independents

1950

Jo Grimmond1950

Politics / Liberal Party

Elected Member of Parliament for Orkney & Shetland

1962

Lubbock14 March 1962

Orpington · Politics / Liberal Party

Transforms a Conservative majority of 14,760 into a 7,855 Liberal majority. The Liberal swing leads to phrase "Orpington man"

1973

Alan James Beith1973

Berwick · Politics / Liberal Party

Elected Member of Parliament for Berwick-Upon-Tweed

Names involved

Alan James BeithAlfred EmmottAusten ChamberlainDavid Lloyd George Dwyfor, 1stEdward Grey Fallodon, 1stEdwin Samuel MontaguGoschen Goschen, 1stHenry Campbell-BannermanHenry Herbert Asquith Oxford, 1stHore-BelishaJo GrimmondJoseph ArchLubbockNancy AstorRobert Anthony HaldaneSpencer Cavendish Devonshire, 8thWalter Runciman Runciman, 1stWinston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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