David Austick

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use British English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = David Austick | image = | caption = | office1 = Member of Parliament <br /> for Ripon | parliament1 = British | majority1 = | term_start1 = 26 July 1973 | term_end1 = 8 February 1974 | predecessor1 = Malcolm Stoddart-Scott | successor1 = Keith Hampson | birth_date = {{birth date|1920|03|08|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1997|02|09|1920|03|08|df=y}}<ref>{{cite news |author1=Michael Meadowcroft |title=Obituary: David Austick |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-david-austick-1277974.html |accessdate=26 September 2020 |work=The Independent |date=10 February 1997}}</ref> | death_place = | birth_name = | party = Liberal | spouse = | relations = | parents = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | signature = }}

'''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.

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.<ref>The Times, 27 September 1977</ref> He later became Executive Chairman of the Electoral Reform Society.<ref>The Times, 14 November 1985</ref>

== References == {{reflist}} *''Times Guide to the House of Commons October 1974'' *{{Rayment-hc|date=March 2012}}

== External links == * {{Hansard-contribs | mr-david-austick | David Austick }} * [https://archive.today/20240524143956/https://www.webcitation.org/5knRvzAc2?url=http://www.geocities.com/byelections70/ripon73/Liberal.html Examples of Austick's election material]

{{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{succession box | title = Member of Parliament for Ripon | years = 1973–February 1974 | before = Sir Malcolm Stoddart-Scott | after = Keith Hampson }} {{s-end}}

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