David Austick (8 March 1920 – 9 February 1997) was a British Liberal Party politician and bookshop owner.

At a by-election in July 1973 caused by the death of the sitting Conservative MP Sir Malcolm Stoddart-Scott, Austick was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Ripon in the West Riding of Yorkshire, gaining the seat from the Conservatives by a majority of 946 votes. However, it was a short-lived success. In the February 1974 general election, Austick lost by 4,335 votes to the new Conservative candidate Keith Hampson after seven months as an MP.

David Austick

Austick was never again elected an MP, but he also served as a district and county councillor in Yorkshire and was one time Chairman of the Liberal Candidates' Association. He later became Executive Chairman of the Electoral Reform Society.

David Austick

See also

List of United Kingdom MPs with the shortest service

References

Times Guide to the House of Commons October 1974

External links

Examples of Austick's election material

1920 births

1997 deaths

Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies

Councillors in Leeds

UK MPs 1970–1974

David Austick