Eric Lubbock

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Eric Lubbock, later known as Lord Avebury, was a British Liberal politician and peer best known for winning the 1962 Orpington by-election, which marked a major revival for the Liberal Party.

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instanceOf British politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
life peer ⓘ
causeOfNotability Liberal Party by-election victory in a Conservative stronghold ⓘ
constituencyRepresented Orpington ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
electionWon 1962 Orpington by-election ⓘ
electoralUpset defeating the Conservative Party in Orpington in 1962 ⓘ
familyName Lubbock ⓘ
givenName Eric ⓘ
historicalSignificance symbol of the Liberal Party revival in the early 1960s ⓘ
honorificTitle Lord Avebury ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
laterMemberOf House of Lords ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Avebury ⓘ
notableFor contributing to the revival of the British Liberal Party in the 1960s ⓘ
winning the 1962 Orpington by-election ⓘ
occupation peer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
parliamentaryGroup Liberal MPs ⓘ
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
politicalAlignment liberalism ⓘ
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Orpington ⓘ
precededBy Donald Sumner ⓘ
residence United Kingdom ⓘ
succeededBy Ivor Stanbrook ⓘ

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