| The Right Honourable The Baroness Maddock |
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| Lady Maddock during the 2009 Liberal Democrat Party Conference | |
| Member of Parliament for Christchurch |
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| In office 29 July 1993 – 19 March 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Adley |
| Succeeded by | Christopher Chope |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 January 1947 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Sir Alan Beith |
Diana Margaret Maddock, Baroness Maddock and Lady Beith (born 31 January 1947) is a Liberal Democrat politician.
Maddock was educated at the University of Portsmouth and leader of the Liberal Democrats on Southampton City Council. She was elected as Member of Parliament for Christchurch at a by-election in 1993 caused by the death of Robert Adley, but lost the seat at the 1997 election to the Conservative candidate Christopher Chope. She was made a life peer as Baroness Maddock, of Christchurch in the County of Dorset, in 1997.[1]
From 1998 to 2000 she was President of the Liberal Democrats.[2]
She was elected a member of Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council, for Berwick North ward, in 2005 - as Councillor Diana Beith [1]. The council was abolished in 2009 and the Borough was absorbed into the new unitary authority of Northumberland County Council. In the election for Berwick North ward of the new council, held in May 2008, her successor as the Liberal Democrat candidate was defeated [2].
She is married to Sir Alan Beith, MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed. She and her husband are one of the few couples who both hold titles in their own right.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Robert Adley |
Member of Parliament for Christchurch 1993–1997 |
Succeeded by Christopher Chope |
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| Preceded by Robert Maclennan |
President of the Liberal Democrats 1998–2000 |
Succeeded by Navnit Dholakia |