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Tributes paid to former Lincoln MP Dick Taverne
Lord Taverne, a pro-European who left Labour to help found the Liberal Democrats, served as MP and Treasury minister, inspiring decades of political and economic debate.
- Lord Dick Taverne, a Liberal Democrat peer, has died aged 97, with his family saying he died peacefully early this morning at home in London.
- After quitting Labour over Europe, Dick Taverne won the 1973 Lincoln by-election as a Democratic Labour candidate, later joining the Social Democratic Party and becoming a founder of the Liberal Democrats.
- Having been Lincoln's MP since 1962, he polled 58.2% in the by-election, won by more than 13,000, and later lost his seat in October 1974.
- Sir Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat leader, said `Dick was a passionate, principled and thoughtful colleague who will be sorely missed by all of us in the Liberal Democrat family.`
- His long and exceptional record of public service is described as an inspiration, as he served across Labour, the Social Democratic Party, and the Liberal Democrats, shaping debates and using his voice in the House of Lords.
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Dick Taverne was the last social democrat
Lord Dick Taverne, a one-time Labour Minister turned Lib Dem peer, has died at the great age of 97 – and with him has passed the once leading force of social democracy in British politics. A Charterhouse and Balliol College Oxford educated intellectua, Taverne was a barrister who entered Parliament as Labour MP for Lincoln
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Liberal Democrat peer Lord Taverne dies aged 97 as tributes made
Liberal Democrat peer and former Labour Treasury minister Lord Taverne dies aged 97.
·Bournemouth, United Kingdom
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